Is Every Other Feminist Problem Solved?

I'm not naive and ignorant enough to believe that the battle of the sexes is over and that every man and woman in America is on the same playing field when it comes to job opportunities and compensation.

Having said that, we have come along way, and while there are still some parts of the professional American world that are clearly dominated by males, females have little trouble gaining access to those fields and receiving competitive pay.The point is that we, as a society, have made significant progress since the bra burning days of the 60's.

We've made so much progress here in America, that I think the old warriors of the feminist movement have kind of run out things to complain about. For example, magazine editor Cynthia Good recently went on a hell-bent crusade to get the city of Atlanta to change all the "Men at work" and "Men Working" signs to reflect that women are working on the roads as well.

Of course, this is quite the trivial victory in the battle of the sexes. I can't help but think that Cynthia's time, effort, and position as a "woman's magazine editor" would be better spent fighting for women's rights in countries that continue to treat women as second class citizens.

You know - places like Saudi Arabia or any other traditional Muslim country where female castration is still practiced. Or how about Africa where men think having sex with a virgin will cure AIDS (I'm not making that up).

At the end of the day, this is the United States, and if Cynthia thinks that changing some words on road signs and making the city of Atlanta spend thousands of dollars doing so will further the feminist movement, then more power to her. Personally, between driving, talking on the cell phone, dealing with the idiot drivers in Atlanta, the traffic in Atlanta, I really don't think the driving population of the city is a) going to notice the change or b) if they do notice, it's not going to inspire any sort of further action.

Oh well.