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for example, it is technically illegal to rape (legislation) yet few rapists are ever convicted and even if they are, their sentences never match the crime. why? for one, it’s hard for girls and women of challenging socioeconomic backgrounds to access services or resources like rape kits or information on how to seek legal assistance; and in the course of this, the police men are likely to sexually abuse them as well, resulting in more trauma and reducing their chances at seeking justice (infrastructure). even if a woman were to get a job (and the law doesn’t allow discrimination), if the social bias is that she can’t perform well, she is still less likely to be hired. if she is hired, she is more likely to be underpaid (read up on the velvet or pink ghetto).

government (legislation and judiciary) are reflective of social consciousness. they may agree with the rights of women (sometimes) on paper, but whether or not they are meaningfully enforced is completely up to those with the most socioeconomic power, which, for now, is largely still men (in that men maintain most of the wealth, property, and high opinion in a populace, they also control most popular metanarratives via religion, education, pornography and entertainment which means they largely control public perception). because men in patriarchal society keep their resources to themselves and seek to elevate only themselves. racism can be illegal, and still rampant, in a country. so it is with misogyny and homophobia.

if men hate women in a system that has long been organized to benefit them, a few legislative changes won’t automatically change that system. it has to be altered structurally and socially as well.

Construction companies are not allowed to discriminate based on sex (law), but they can discriminate on ability to preform the job (law).

OSHA states that a man can lift up to 50lb unassisted. OSHA states that a woman can lift up to 40lb unassisted. All construction items such as paint, sand, tiles, etc come in 50lb containers.

So if a company is made to be OSHA compliant, they can say that women cannot do the job because they cannot regularly lift 50lb without injury over time. BUT! Theres no reason for a standard sand bag to be 50lb. Or for a standard paint bucket to be 50lb. They could just as easily be set at a 40lb standard to include women more easily in the construction industry, but since there is no one who would notice this barrier in the production of paint, sandbags, tile, mastic, etc, it doesn’t get noticed or changed.