Women VS. Society

The society that we live in today has brainwashed many minds to believe in things that don't really make any sense.  For example, why are women constantly being put down compared to men?  Even if it is in a sport that girls and boys both play separately, like soccer, girls soccer isn't taken as seriously as boys soccer.  Where are the FIFA games for girls soccer? To me, it shows how unreasonable our society can be.  During this unit, we read A Thousand Splendid Suns, which focused on several women in Afghanistan, and the troubles they went through in every day life.  For example, they couldn't show any parts of their body in public and they had to be accompanied by a man where ever they went.  Not to mention the punishments if a woman committed a crime were much worse than a man's.  Even though the "punishments" for being a woman aren't as bad as they once were, our society today still has problems accepting the fact that men and woman ARE actually equal.  For example, in business it is much more rare to find a CEO of a business to be a woman than a man.  Why is this? Who knows, since women are going to college and gaining an education just like men are.  I have a personal experience with this "segregation", if you will.  I am a region secretary in FBLA.  I am part of a team of officers that over see 14 schools in the area.  This entire officer team is male besides me.  It can be hard being the only girl in a position like this, because some people believe that I just ran for the position for the "looks".  Believe it or not, I actually to care about FBLA and am proud to be able to have the opportunity to run for office.  I wrote the speech for the election, and I stood up in front of the entire region and won them over, and won the vote.  I'm proud of that.  For people to say that I just want to be an officer for the "looks", I get offended.  I think it is time for woman to break out of this barrier that many people still don't see.  This is 2013.  Our world is so technologically advanced, and yet some how, women are still seen to be more "weak" than men.  I think it is an unfair judgement made by many just assuming that because we are women, that we can't achieve something.  This needs to change soon, before we miss out and stay like this for too long!