Chapter 5

The issue of race:

I do feel the government does and has done great things as far as the way they handle racial issues. I feel the government is not closed minded to these issues and has evolved with massive changes in a very short while.

The issue of gender:

I believe the government could do more concerning this issue simply because of the slow paced movement with the salaries of working men and women. Having been an employee on several construction jobs I have seen first hand the way the show is run by many separation issues concerning male/female orientation. I have heard men say "because woman make the same wages they should be required to do everything the man is capable of doing". However when something needs to be swept or cleaned the female(s) are largely the ones who are required to do the "household duties".  A great amount of males will plainly say "sweeping or mopping, well that's a woman's job" even though they are both required to do the same job(s) males, generally get tougher jobs as female(s) the easier, light weight jobs. With the gender issues, I feel the government could do more to create an equal environment because both genders are capable of sweeping and mopping, thus people that have certain training for a job should be allowed to carry out those they are trained to do. Just as women are just as capable of being block layers, roofers, heavy machine operators if the training is there then the pay should be equal and the jobs should be open to whomever. These types of gender issues are so common that no one really stops to think how wrong they are. They are mostly passed off as "jokes" and are never really discussed on serious levels. I suppose the laws between the two are mostly equal as far as age limits and such but the equality laws decrease when you talk about equal wages.

The issue of Sexual Orientation:

I think the Constitution has many provisions that were written for every American as far as Privacy and Freedoms..... of Religion, of Speech and such as Sexual Orientation. I feel in America we have many freedom rights, the right to specific relations should be based on the individuals beliefs. Even though it is more common now than say twenty years ago, the laws that allow same sex marriages and civil unions all has to do with people speaking out on their beliefs. This day in time, I feel the laws concerning these issues have upgraded relatively faster than most other issues the government is faced with on equality.