Tradition+OJ2

//What role does tradition play in our society?//

Tradition can play a good and a bad role in society, such as women's role in the workplace and male-only

draft in the war. Women's role in the workplace is good, but it's the unequal pay is the bad thing about it. If the

jobs are similar or basically the same, even if it's a job just for women, the pay compared to men's jobs should

be around the same. Males-only draft is somewhat of a good thing, that way the woman of the house can either

a) take care of the house/children, or b) to support and pay for the family or the house. Not only that, but the

roles in the field for men are way more strenuous and harsh on female's fragile body. Though there are course

similar to those the male soldiers course designed for women.

First, women's role in the workplace. The fact that there are female workers is great, but the sad thing is

that though the jobs are similar to men's at times, the pay is not equal. To put into perspective, earnings for

women in 2012, year-round, was around thirty-seven thousand dollars. Men's earning, again year-round, was

around forty-nine thousand dollars, seventeen thousand more than women. This is honestly saddening, the fact

that women work as hard, maybe even harder at times, to support their families or even themselves. There's

also complaints where when asked to be payed more, there are reports where the boss has rejected rudely,

have denied because of their, 'little-to-no hard work.' The reason that there is little to no hard work because they,

at times, have been given "pity jobs" where the pay is low and the effort is little. What's worse is that it's the

most common job to be given to women, even in big-name companies! There are even reports of women having

nearly the same job, and the women's pay is lower than men's.

For example, imagine there's a man and a woman on a construction line making cars and they're standing

directly in front of each other. When a shell of a car comes down the line, they screw in the exact same bolts,

tighten all the loose ends and basically mirror each other. Now, after they've done the exact same job after the

same hours, the woman gets paid less at the end of the day, and if the pay, let's say is around $100, the

woman gets paid only 75 dollars and the man the full 100 dollars. You may even say that it's "Not that different,"

but it takes two days to get paid about the same as the man did the previous day. And the next day, the man

gets another 100 at the end of the next day, so the woman is another 25 dollars behind.

Next, is males-only draft into war. Honestly, in my opinion, is somewhat a neutral thing. Overall, the job of

everyone, regardless if their in the Navy/Army/Air Force/Marines, is to protect their country. So, it's fine if the

women have female-only roles and still protect their country in a way. But if there is less roles in the military and

such than male, that's also somewhat fine, it's understandable about how out in the field, there's more men than

women, mainly because of the females 'fragile' frame and their pain threshold when carrying the 40+ lbs of

equipment. But recently, three women have completed a training course that is similar to that of men's and both

completed around the same time.

But, they do commonly play a large role in intelligence in the military and the air force. They can either be in

the control tower, guiding those out in the field, they can watch the skies for any unidentified air crafts, and they

can be guiding a squad behind the lines, out of harms way. In this case, it's basically the same job, only with

different responsibilities. The fact that it's male-only draft is also a good thing, because the females can support

the family back home and their spouses. They need support not only in the field, but behind the lines back

home. Plus, it creates less stress for the man on the field, knowing that his wife and family are perfectly fine.

Tradition can play a good and a bad role, for example the lesser payment for women in the workplace is a

bad tradition. But on the other hand, males-only draft is a good/neutral tradition because of less stress to

soldiers on field, knowing that those back home are safe and sound. Plus, it's not just males-only roles in the

military, since women are a large part behind the lines.