ABSTRACT
This chapter provides a mixed picture of the gains that women have achieved. Women have remained the hated "other" and a disdained minority. According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the War on Women describes the increasing aggressive legislative and rhetorical attacks on women and women's rights taking place across the nation. The ACLU cites examples that include "restricting contraception; mandating medically unnecessary ultrasounds; abortion taxes; forcing women to tell their employers why they want birth control, and prohibiting insurance companies from including abortion coverage in their policies." Women who are more assertive and dominant in their areas of expertise are not seen as brilliant or knowledgeable but as bossy and annoying. Either a woman is barely heard or she is too aggressive. Women, viewed as the "other," are often met with overt hostility when they enter the workplace. The rising numbers of women in the workplace will inevitably chip away at the disadvantages that women face.
