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Letter: Until certain beliefs are debunked, Utah women will continue to be second class citizens

In this Feb. 6, 2018, photo, shows Democratic Sen. Luz Escamilla speaking during a news conference at the Utah State Capitol, in Salt Lake City. Utah Republican lawmakers shut down discussion of a bill Tuesday, Feb. 13, that would study whether women working in some state government offices are paid less than men. Escamilla would ask the state to spend $125,000 to have a university take an in-depth look at whether men and women with similar jobs and backgrounds are paid differently. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Re: “High-tech companies here in Utah often import many of their female workers from out of state” (The Tribune, April 10).

Discrimination is a word that is often used in Utah because of unique cultural issues where men have always dominated in most leadership roles. Utah’s unequaled role between men and women may be identified as phenomenal, especially in its religious control and context.

In this context, a man might ask himself, how superior do I believe I am to my mother, my wife, my daughter or my sister, especially in leadership roles?

Until some of these beliefs and behaviors are examined and found to be faulty, most women will continue to be second class citizens especially in leadership roles and especially in Utah.

Rosemary A. Holt, Salt Lake City