Where Are We Today? Final Analysis of the Movements

After analyzing and studying extensive information, primary sources, videos, and articles about women's social issues and women's equality in healthcare, there is no question that both of these movements have advanced dramatically. Although, not everything in the women's equality situations are ideal yet. 


In social issues such as birth control, we have made leaps and bounds to provide women with these rights, yet this topic is still an ongoing issue in politics today and is argued about regarding health insurance, relating to abortion issues and planned parenthood, etc. 


Women have made tremendous progress in advancing and excelling in the healthcare profession. The most obvious sign of progress in this area is the evident increase in number of female physicians over the years. After the feminist movement especially, the number of women who were applying to and attending medical school rose, hence increasing the number of female physicians in general. Although they have made some progress in these areas, issues come up now and again regarding gender discrimination in this career field. Referring to a previous post, a current issue is the large salary gap between female and male physicians, resulting from the only obvious reason, lingering sex discrimination for no specific reason. As the graph below shows, even though women have made incredible strides in medicine in general, the number of men enrolling in and applying to medical schools is still increasingly higher judging from this 2009 data. 


In conclusion, women should be proud of the efforts they have made to come this far and make such drastic changes. The feminism movement sparked inspiration in women fight for their rights all over the world, and quite obviously in the medical career field and within social issues. 

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