The United States of America was founded on the idea and need to have a country that granted it's people equality and freedom. This idea of America was a thought that gave many people a sense of hope.
Following the Revolutionary War, The United States of America was established: a country that aspired to thrive upon the roots of life, liberty and equality.
Through numerous tough and long years, the citizens of America slowly started to see the equality for each and every citizen they had always envisioned. African Americans were freed from slavery with the passing of the Thirteenth Amendment. But, when the Fourteenth Amendment was passed in 1868, a new era was beginning. This Amendment to the Constitution was the first time gender was added to the Constitution. This amendment declared that "The rights of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
With this amendment, women became inspired to fight for equality in this country just as every male citizen now had. When the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified in 1920, women were granted suffrage. This milestone pleased the women of this country because they thought they were now equal to their male counterparts.
Well, today, in 2018, women still do not have the same equality as males in this country.
In this "New America" that is "flourishing" today, women earn 80.5 cents on average to every dollar a man makes.
A country that was founded on the value of instilling liberty and equality into the government and country has somewhere lost its morals and values.
In this "New America" a man accused of sexually assaulting a woman can be sworn into the highest court in America. A court people are supposed to see as an establishment of fairness and equality; a court that will protect its citizens.
How are the citizens of The United States of America supposed to feel protected by its government when that government has failed to see women as equals? How are these citizens suppose to be proud to call The United States home when a man who caused a woman so much mental trauma can be represented in our government?
The Old America was a country that worked tirelessly to grant all it's citizens equality in hopes to make this country one that was based on liberty for all. As the years have passed, our government and this country's citizens have lost sight of this.
This "New America" is failing to protect all its citizens and quite frankly I am terrified to see the continuation and evolution of this corruption in our country.
In order for American citizens to feel proud to be a citizen of this country once again, the citizens need to be able to trust their government; they need to feel that the people that represent this country will work as hard as possible to protect all their rights.
For this to happen, this "New America" needs to take a look back in time and remember what this country was established for.
Once women are seen as equals to men in this country, a woman will not receive such harsh backlashed when bravely sharing a traumatic event in order to protect herself as well as the citizens in her country.
Once women are seen as equals to men in this country, a man would not state he is more worried about his sons than his daughters following sexual assault accusations brought to light.
Men should not fear that their sons will be accessed of sexual assault just as women should not fear being sexually assaulted.
America needs to take a good look in the mirror and reevaluate its morals.
