Monday, November 5, 2012

A Letter to the Editor

46 King George Street
Tel Aviv
58371
November 3, 2012

The Editor
Yedioth Ahronoth
103 Hashalom Street
Tel Aviv
97151

Dear Editor,

I have read Jeffrey Hartmann's letter in the newspaper this week, and I was really upset and could not agree with him. It is true that in the past women were unfairly discriminated against in many fields much more than today, however, nowadays the phenomenon is not completely disappeared. Even today, when we live in a modern and progressive society, there is still an unfairly discrimination against women.

Although today there are more women who are members of the parliament, bank managers etc. still, it is not enough. Many companies reject women's job applications for several reasons. One of the reasons is that women can become pregnant. Becoming pregnant is not a bad thing in life at all, yet in the business world it is not so good. A woman who is having a baby is not going to work, the manager can't fire her and the result is that the company loses money. Therefore, the boss would like to hire for work a man, because he won't miss so many days of work.

Moreover, I believe that women are unfairly discriminated due to misguided way of thinking, in which women should be at home, take care of the children and cook and the men are supposed to support the family. This comprehension is wrong, because today women are learning at the university as men are and they can succeed at work equally to men if not better than men.

To conclude, I would like to say that I respect Jeffrey Hartmann's opinion, but I think he is wrong. Nowadays, the bosses do not get people to work for their qualifications, it also depends on their gender and it is wrong! I hope that in the future people will try to change that fact, but unfortunately today it seems impossible.


Sincerely yours,
Dana Levine.