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Gender Divide and the American Dream

The gender divide in American has always been prevalent and will continue you to be. As with salary, rights, opportunity and so much more women are at more of a disadvantage then men because of they way society has given gender roles. Many men and women perceive the world differently solely because of the way society has told them that they should view it this way or that. The American Dream is no different in that men and women share different views and ideas of the American Dream.  While I was skimming through the book "The American Dream in the 21st Century" there were many chapters and ideas that caught my attention but the one that stuck with me that most was the chapter on gender and the American Dream. "Whose Dream? Gender and the American Dream" is chapter five in the book and Sandra L. Hanson talks about how, as you probably guessed, gender and the American Dream. Hanson identifies the background of gender rights and equality, she talks about how ...