Just this October, the Topeka, Kansas City Council repealed their laws against domestic violence. According to the New York Times, since September, eighteen people arrested on domestic violence charges were released because there is now no one in Topeka to prosecute them.
Why are women not outraged and called to action? Is the Pink Collar Ghetto considered so much the norm in America that its continued existence is readily accepted? These shameful inequities will never be corrected until women stand united and fight for other women.
Can the Pink Collar Ghetto Ever Be Eliminated?
The Pink Collar Ghetto is destined to remain an inherent part of the American landscape. Women, for the most part, are oblivious to its existence and men are perfectly satisfied with the status quo. Many men, mostly conservative lawmakers are intent on eroding any rights that women have won, with barely any outcry from women.
While this article barely scratches the surface of the ghetto, and even though it may provoke some thought, it provides little in the way of offering methods to rid us of the largest of American ghettos. The only way the Pink Collar Ghetto will ever disappear is if women themselves take an active role in its destruction.
As long as women war against other women or ignore the plight of other women, inequity will flourish and the walls keeping women imprisoned in the Pink Collar Ghetto will grow taller, making it only more difficult to escape.
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