I appreciate the recent series of articles The Salt Lake Tribune has done on women’s status and attitudes, the gender wage gap, and women’s leadership in Utah.
As I was scrolling through an article about Utah women’s perception of gender status, I was surprised and dismayed to read what amounted to a lament that 37% of Utah women still do not believe their status to be lower than that of men.
According to an expert quoted in the article, “'There’s more education and awareness’ that needs to be done to get people engaged.”
I thought, “Is this saying women are so oppressed in this state that they don’t even know they are being oppressed?