In a society where women are taking on many of the traditional roles as breadwinners,
             stabilizers of families, and high competitors in the job market, it is uncanny to propose that
             women still are not equal. Women do not receive as many opportunities as men do. By simply
             looking at the lives of young girls and adolescents, the truth becomes all the more apparent.
             Women are still struggling to survive in a male dominate world.
             While young children sit mesmerized in front of the television sets, their eyes behold
             many different scenarios that speak a million words. As an example, commercials for household
             detergents and Playschool kitchen sets are rarely directed at a male audience. Most often, one
             will view a June Cleaver type actor happily scrubbing away at the "hard-to-get-out spot". Her
             impressionable young daughter can be found eagerly trying to do the same with her play kitchen
             set. Does this commercial not speak volume to viewers who have not yet defined the traditional
             Five to ten years later, these young girls who have been conditioned by media and family
             as to the expectations involved in running a household, will now be told to start planning a career
             for their future with expectations to compete for the male dominate positions. Even though the
             "nineties" hold many more opportunities for women then previous decades, the defining roles of
             women presented to young girls at an early age are difficult to ignore. It's hard not to live up to
             the standards set for both sexes, meaning "boys will be boys" and "little girls are made of sugar
             and spice and everything nice". The expectations that young women face today are to strive for
             equality in every aspect. This makes the transition from a young girl to a women rather hard. It is
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