I personally feel like women still are not respected in todays society. Men love to claim that women and men are equal now but that is nowhwere near the truth. As a women, during my elementary, middle school and high school life we always read books by strong man writers. Do not get me wrong they were great books but I wish I had been introduced to more female writers as a child. I feel like because of gender women in the writing world are always swept under the rug and never given enough credit for their work. Which is not okay, personally I have also experienced this. Last year for my Senior Writing Project I did the topic of “Sex trafficking across the Texas & Mexican borders” only one person in our grade could do this topic so since I picked it first I naturally thought I could write on this topic. However, three weeks later I hear about a guy in our grade doing the same topic as me. Naturally I was upset so we presented this to the teachers and they decided who got to write on this topic. My English teacher said “We should just let him do it because he is a better writer and you never hear about famous writers writing about this topic.” I was so upset about what the teacher said but I still went with the topic even though I was not aloud to. I ended up receiving the “Best Message” award at my graduation for my Senior Project. And the boy who was suppose to do the same topic failed his project.
