Men vs. Women

Almost no matter where you go, there is going to be a difference in the way men and women are treated. Whether it's just assuming dinner was cooked by the woman and the computer fixed by the man, or the woman getting a lesser pay for the same job a man does, men and women are not treated equally. 

In The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne has committed adultery with Reverend Dimmesdale, and though no one knows that he was involved, they would be treated differently if he was revealed as the adulterer. Hester is a woman, a poor, cheating woman, and Dimmesdale is a priest and a respected man; although they would both be punished for their crime, Hester's punishment would most likely be harsher, and Dimmesdale would probably be let off easier than Hester. Because of gender as well as social standings, Hester would continue to be shunned whereas Dimmesdale would be removed from the church and would lose some respect, but would be forgiven MUCH sooner than Hester.

We see this inequality in today's society in the extremely common stereotype of how women should stay in the kitchen, cook, clean and take care of the kids while men are being taken care of or at work making money. Another example of unequal treatment is that a man and woman can have the exact same level of education and exact same job, but the woman would make up to 30% less than the man. Men and women should be treated the same, as they are the same; men and women are both human beings.