On October 10, 2004 the CBS program 60 Minutes aired a special about women's' decision to partake in the work force versus staying at home to raise their children and how or if they are able to return to work after this extended absence. Before the 1990's women mostly had poorly paid occupations, but within the past few years they have made significant inroads into occupations that were mainly help by the "superior" male gender (Appelbaum 300). Take a glimpse of the world we live in today and you will discover that women now hold positions of considerable power, such as women in the White House working closely with our President and helping him make many of his decisions, women senators, surgeons, and lawyers. This is what the feminists struggled so hard for those many years ago in the women's rights movement, for equal opportunity and non-discrimination for all women in the job market. However, the 60 Minutes special entitled "Staying At Home" painted a different picture of women's ambitions. Many of the women in today's society are departing from the occupations that they worked so hard to obtain, and are choosing to stay at home to raise their families. We can analyze women's participation in the workforce by using sociological concepts of theories and forms of gender inequality.
             Liberal Feminists, as described in the text and in lecture, have always been concerned with sexism and discrimination against women in the work place, educational institutions and the media and tend to focus their energies on establishing and protecting equal opportunities for women through legislation and other domestic means (Appelbaum 319 and 320). Not until recently, women have experienced considerable discrimination in the education and occupations that they have been able to receive. However, in the past few years feminists have achieved most of their goals, due to
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