Recently, a study done by the American Association of University Women discovered that at the rate that the pay gap is closing today, it will take 136 years until women are paid equally to men. That’s right, one hundred and thirty six years. That is crazy.

Mila Kunis wrote an article this week on gender discrepancies. You see women are not just sidelined to men when it comes to pay, women are treated differently in other ways.

“Throughout my career, there have been moments when I have been insulted, sidelined, paid less, creatively ignored, and otherwise diminished based on my gender… I taught myself that to succeed as a woman in this industry I had to play by the rules of the boy’s club.”

She stands up for herself in the article, stating that she no longer was going to allow herself to compromise just because she was a woman, and she is working hard to be treated equally. Her goal is to try and remove as much gender bias from society as possible.

Confronting discrepancies between men and women

“Subtle gender bias is oftentimes nearly imperceptible, and wholly undetectable to those who share the bias” -Mila Kunis

We all need to recognize that bias inherently exists in everyone. Where you come from shapes you as a person. Imagine how different your life would be if you were born into a different situation than you are living now. The problem is understanding we have opinions, while getting around them and realizing that there are different perspectives that need to be addressed. When it comes to gender, bias is unacceptable. Men and women are both beautiful in different ways. We joke about who is smarter, more athletic, or who drives better, but in reality both sexes are human, and capable of wonderful things. If everyone could see past the roles we traditionally give gender, think of how far we could go and how much could be accomplished.

Sources

http://aplus.com/a/mila-kunis-sexism-gender-bias-w...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_women%27s_legal_rights_(other_than_voting)