Waging a Living, A reflection

In the film that we watched the way women are treated in the movie is not the ideal environment at all. The film makes it seem that all of these women go through divorces/family problems, sexual abuse, smoking problems and having several thousand dollars of debt. Most people take what they have for granted, especially college kids since it seems as though all we have to worry about is getting educated and missing the bigger picture in others life's. I think the film helps expose to others just how hard it truly can be for others trying to survive paycheck to paycheck. No women should be living in these conditions, but  it is horrible that they have to, and this film definitely highlights these tragedies compared to men. The one Mexican man was indeed a recovering alcoholic but his struggles were very less compared to women. For one, he was living fairly comfortably for a tight budget it seemed since he gave money to homeless people and was working out consistently. It seems sad that women have more of a burden imposed on them to live to a higher expectation than men do. One of the major themes in this movie was that everyone had one major responsibility-kids, and some had a hard time trying to keep them under control, or just making sure that they are not doing mischief. I think that society today has imposed such conditions that make it hard for others to raise children because of what they see from others and what could happen to them. This movie was definitely worthwhile, but for a young adult it concerns me about my future and what could happen to me just as to these others.