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{D} EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE LEGAL SYSTEM IN ACHIEVING EQUALITY FOR WOMEN IN SOCIETY. As I have already stated, women have come a long way in the fight for equality. With numerous legislation, only some of which I have mentioned above, the legal system of today has been effective in striving to achieve equality for women. Although women and men are still not posed as wholly equal, the role of women over time has most definitely changed. Consider this statement: “The role of women in society has not changed, particularly in the domain of the family. Women are still unequal, under the thumb of men, with the sole burden of child rearing and housekeeping. The legal system has failed to make substantial changes in correcting these inequalities.” I wholeheartedly disagree. The role of women in society has indeed changed drastically. Women have gone from being considered as stupid, housebound, child rearing objects for their relevant man to own, to in some instances holding high positions in a traditionally male dominated work environment and having the choice to marry and/or have children. With the advancement of trade unions and lobby groups, anti-discrimination acts, affirmative action in the workplace and equal access to education to say the least, the legal system has obviously addressed the problem of inequality between sexes. Women have come from having very little rights at all, to having the same access to morality as men. Some men would argue that women are not under the thumb of men, in fact in some relationships the situation is on the contrary, and the woman is the dominant force.
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