It's most important for women to be treated as equals to men; the right to vote, to own property, have autonomy, etc.

Consider the libertarian point of view, "...every human being is entitled to equality before the law and fair treatment as an individual responsible for his or her own actions."

The way that the Democratic Party and press treated Hillary Clinton is proof that women are still not considered worthy of respect in this country, no matter how accomplished they are. Men are still considered smarter, more capable, and deserving of more money for what they do, even if they are doing the exact same thing.

It is still assumed that women will quit a job to marry and have children, even though that has been proven to be untrue. It is still assumed that a single mother will miss more days at work due to problems with sick children, which is totally false. Because these women NEED to work, they are usually far more dependable. It is still assumed that stay-at-home-moms are too stupid to hold a job, so they choose to be mommies, even though there are now thousands of SAHM's who run very successful online businesses while raising pretty well adjusted kids.

Women are discriminated against in the military on a daily basis, from being physically attacked and their attacks covered up and dismissed, to their being the scapegoats in investigations such as the Abu Ghraib fiasco, where the lone woman, who was following orders, had a large part of the blame placed on her, while superiors went unscathed.

The glass ceiling still exists in every corner of business. Mothers especially are passed over for promotion time and time again, due to misconceptions about their priorities, no matter how dedicated they have previously been to their job.

It was not that many years ago that policemen did not take domestic abuse calls seriously, and I personally had a policemen laugh in my face when I reported abuse once. I had him fired, but not all women would do that. We have become so used to not being taken seriously, that we cower under the ridicule of those in authority.

Women still end up with the raw end of the deal in a divorce, especially where children are concerned. The law is so unfair in regard to how much a man must contribute to the support of his child versus the actual amount needed, it's an embarrassment. Men are often better off after leaving their families, while women are relegated to poverty. Deadbeat dads are a huge problem, and social agencies do not seem too very interested in bringing them into compliance. Instead, they expect the mothers to leave their children with caretakers while they get a job and an education to be able to support themselves. The welfare system will not pay for daycare so a mother can work, but it will pay her to stay home with the children, which gets her exactly nowhere.

I believe things will change drastically when the next generation takes over, but right now, with the old guard in place, there is no way anything can be different. The next generation, many of them raised in single family homes, or homes where both parents worked, will be more in tune with women's contributions and their worth.

In some countries women have few if any rights to this day. However, they are doing pretty well here in the USA, and I'll stick to that.

Women still lag men in beer drinking and brewing in the USA. While there are a number of woman craft brewsters (brewster is the feminine form of brewer) their numbers are far below 50%. The probable reason is that most brewers begin by drinking beer and then getting more educated and enthusiastic about it.

Far too few women are drinking beer and getting enthusiastic about it. One constantly sees women ordering wine or mixed drinks even in a brewpub, much to the horror of beer enthusiasts like myself. When women do drink beer, it is all too often a lite beer or an extra mild craft beer. Until women appreciate hops they will never appreciate good beer and go on to become brewsters. As it happens, hops are particularly beneficial to women. But that is a bonus, simply enjoying them in good beer is the main point.

What can be done? I have been trying to get my girlfriend out of the clutches of the whiners for years with little result. It may take a constitutional ammendment, although I can't think of a good wording for one at the moment.

Also, beer pong seems to attract women to beer drinking. Perhaps a Federal progam to encourage beer pong contests and competitions could be created.

I think the most important issue facing women is that of equal pay. According the AFLCIO, women in 2007 were still paid only 77 cents to every dollar a man was paid. http://www.aflcio.org/issues/jobseconomy/women/equalpay/

Secondarily, I think there should be equal treatment by law of parents. Statistics show that more women than men are charged with child neglect, suggesting that more women than men are neglecting kids. However, many time, these women are single parents struggling to care for their children and work full time (or overtime). They are charged with neglect while the fathers of these children receive no charges, despite providing little or no care and support for their children. http://www.thelizlibrary.org/liz/statistics.html