Living Paycheck At Paycheck A Common Occurrence Of...

Living paycheck to paycheck is a common occurrence in society today, especially for women. About 42 million women live near or below the poverty line, and about 28 million children depend on women as mothers. The story of Katrina Gilbert, a a single woman living in poverty, is told in Paycheck to Paycheck and it representatives the lives of many other women who are in her position. Katrina was previously married and is now separated. They were married for about eight years before he developed a drug addiction. The drug addiction was to expensive for the family to pay for along with other bills, so Katrina separated him. She feels that the marriage left her with nothing but her three children and as if those years of her life were wasted especially in terms of career and economic success. After her divorce, she did not have a job, and therefore, no source of income. She looked for a job for 8 months until she was hired at a home for elderly people. Here she makes $9.49 and hour. Katrina never thought she would be a single mother in this situation. She once had a supportive and present husband, and so she did not have a job that would allow her to be the sole provider for the family. Society molds mothers into the homemakers and fathers into the providers. This dynamic can often cause mothers to be poor and unprepared if the husband ever leaves. Like Katrina, wom en can be thrown into this situation, and it is often not their fault. Society forced her into a scenario in whichShow MoreRelatedDomestic Violence : A Common Form Of Family Violence1076 Words   |  5 PagesDomestic Violence Domestic violence (D V) occurs in almost every society and culture of the world. It can be physical, sexual, emotional, or psychological actions or threats of actions that influences another person. It is behaviors that intimidates, manipulate, humiliate, isolate, frighten, stalk, terrorize, coerce, threaten, blame, hurt, injure, and wound someone. 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