Also I thought that the Suffragists played a vital role in getting the rights for women to vote because they proved to the men that they could protest and campaign without using violence or breaking the law, unlike the Suffragettes, who resorted to violence when they wanted their way or when they wanted to be heard. Before World War 1 there, were two groups of women that campaigned for votes for women and they were known as the Suffragists and the suffragettes. They called themselves the Suffragists because they were trying to mock the word Suffrage which means the right to vote. Then there were the Suffragists they were so different from the Suffragists yet they were so similar. Both groups of women were campaigning and fighting for the same thing, but the way they achieved the vote was very different.
However, it is clear that discrimination again female athletes largely shaped the event, as woman competitor Boulmerka felt much criticism for her participation. However, the fact that she is from Algeria, a conservative country, likely made her feel this criticism more extensively than female athletes from more liberal nations. A source from a woman athlete from a Western nation during this time could clear this up to see whether female discrimination was a more universal problem in the late 20th century. The Olympics was also shaped by political tensions of the time period. A 1936 British team captain commented on the cutthroat mentality of Nazi skiing competitors, who used any method possible to win and therefore show their superiority to other nations (Doc 3).
This paper will explain some key factors in the views of women all around the world; why women’s progress in achieving leadership roles has stopped making progress, explaining the main causes of women’s leadership roles, and offering interesting solutions that can empower women to achieve their full potential. Beginning in the early 1800s, many women took a leading role in the struggle for black rights. Black men had more rights than these black women and black men were not willing to let black women have an equal place at the table. This eventually abolished slavery then, led to the suffragist movement, which led to women winning the right to vote, and many other things. This led women’s rights movement of the 60’s and still occurs today.
Women learned the ways of men (doing business and taking care of finances) while the men were away at war. Because of this they desired more equal marriages and wanted a say in decisions. They also wanted to marry for love instead of economics. Men finally began teaching women in schools which eventually led to women teaching other women. Abigail Adams reminded her husband to not forget the women in the constitution which is significant because it was the beginning of women’s rights.
Female judges are less protective of female offenders because they do their jobs as judges and not as a female civilian. These judges are women who have experience they understand how women are and they know all their tactics. Female judges have been working with female offenders for years so they know how they can be, they have no reason to be more lenient on female offenders than male offenders. In fact, “the greater the proportion of female judges in a district the lower gender disparity there is for that particular district” (Barker, 2010). If there were more female judges there would still be gender disparity, but more women would be in jail.
Nevertheless, it seems that he could not escape the dominant philosophy of his own society that women were the weaker sex. The question is why? Why did More believe that giving more rights and power to women would contribute to the creation of a perfect society? Also, why, yet giving women more rights and power than they usually would be given, he still maintained the patriarchal values of the sixteenth century? Even in the perfect Utopian world of Thomas More, the social status of women, the role they played in society and the general way they were treated, were influenced by the dominant view of the society at that time and by his own personal values.
In The Power of the Positive Woman, Schlafly explains that there is indeed a difference, besides the obvious physicality, between men and woman that cause them to play different roles in society. She in no ways demoralizes the role of either men or women, but instead explains how each gender has an equally important role to play in society. She explains the ideals of liberationists by saying, “The second dogma of the women’s liberationists is that, of all the injustices perpetrated upon women through the centuries, the most oppressive is the cruel fact that women have babies and men do not” (Schlafly 296). This puts the blame of female anatomy on the males instead of on the Divine Creator of human lives. Although this seems to be a ridiculous reason to hate the male population, it is Schlafly’s way of making their movement seem ridiculous.
The Fight for Women’s Rights Essay 2 Outline Introduction Thesis: Elizabeth Cady Stanton fought for women to have legal rights, have better jobs, and higher education, even though many men shunned her. I. Women fought laws that would discriminate against them. A. Seneca Falls Convention B. “Declaration of Sentiments” C. Divorce rights D. Hold property E. Guardianship of children II.
Men were seen deviating from religious values and it was up to the women’s “purifying passionless love”(barbera Welter) to salvage the men’s relationship with God. Because of the naturally assumed purity of women, they were the perfect for reconciling society and religion. Women were seen as pure, not having any sexual desires. Christian Motherhood focused on femininity, how it was natural for women to exclusively work in the home. Raising children and tending to a house were thought to be a natural part of being a woman, an effortless and feminine expression.
Jane’s character not only radicalized the traditional roles of woman but also paved the way for all the woman who were determined to make women equal to men for ages all ages to come. A feminist is a person who advocates equal rights for women. Many of us imagine a feminist as an outspoken female parading in the streets with signs splattered in blue and red with equality slogans. Jane Eyre illustrates a more subtle approach to feminism. Though Jane does not announce to the world that she is trying to begin any type of feminist movement, her actions and decisions nevertheless set a model