This is evidence that the women in this part of the world are oppressed and abused. What kind of civil people would legalize rape and deny women basic rights that men have. Religion and culture is not excuse to treat people inhumanly. The women of this culture have suffered horribly because of this law. Source G talks about the daily struggle of a woman living under the Taliban regime.
One of the main points that Wollstonecraft touches upon in A Vindication of the Rights of Women is the issue regarding women and education. I believe this to be one of Wollstonecraft’s strongest points in the book. According to Wollstonecraft, individual education is extremely important and women should be allowed to pursue an education equal to that of men. This statement is extremely important because during the 18th century, many people believed that women were incapable of rational thought. Wollstonecraft states that education for women "will slowly sharpen the senses, form the temper, regulate the passions as they begin to ferment, and set the understanding to work before the body arrives at maturity; so that the man may only have to proceed, not to begin, the important task of learning to think and reason."
One of the most important institutions in a society is that of marriage. The practice of marriage has often been a subject of criticism. In fact, marriages have long since been used for achieving different purposes of society by killing the liberty and individual rights of people. One of the biggest defects of marriage is that it does not fulfill the sexual desires of married partners. Actually sex is an impulsive desire which cannot be tamed while marriages try to confine these desires only to the married partner.
HISTORY AND THEORY OF FEMINISM The term feminism can be used to describe a political, cultural or economic movement aimed at establishing equal rights and legal protection for women. Feminism involves political and sociological theories and philosophies concerned with issues of gender difference, as well as a movement that advocates gender equality for women and campaigns for women's rights and interests. Although the terms "feminism" and "feminist" did not gain widespread use until the 1970s, they were already being used in the public parlance much earlier; for instance, Katherine Hepburn speaks of the "feminist movement" in the 1942 film Woman of the Year. According to Maggie Humm and Rebecca Walker, the history of feminism can be divided into three waves. The first feminist wave was in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the second was in the 1960s and 1970s, and the third extends from the 1990s to the present.
History Paper Revolution and Women’s rights Marie Gouze, also known as Olympe de Gouges, was a female civil rights activist who fought for women’s rights by arguing that both men and women are created equal. In the book, Declaration of the Rights of Women, De Gouges states in section I that “Women is born free and lives equal to man to man in her rights.” Meaning that she believes God created us to be equal, no matter the gender or race. She explains how men are “tyrannical” for she believes the American constitution is not an actual constitution without the “guarantee of rights and separation of powers [for women]” as said in section XV. The men, however, created the constitution saying that “people are created equal,” but it was only directed towards men, white men to be exact. This also brings problems not only to women, but also to the African American slaves living in the south as they are being restricted to rights too.
Jill Tweedy 1932- 1993 was also an influential feminist writer. Wollstonecraft’s polemic, ‘A Vindication of the Rights of Women’ and Tweedy’s ‘In the Name of Love’. Both these extracts show how these female writers can write from both genders; female and male. They can bring across different views and thoughts throughout their extracts. A Vindication of the Rights of Women’ is an early example of a feminist outlook; Wollstonecraft aims to define, establish and defend equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women.
Critically discuss how sociological theories address the issue of inequality in British society ________________________________________ Inequalities exist in Britain, in common with other nations, which stem from historically and socially constructed ideological beliefs and the unequal distribution of power, both in the public and private domains. These perpetuate the notion that one section of society is superior or inferior to another. Throughout history women have been denied the political, economic, legal, social and human rights enjoyed by men. There are an increasing number of feminism perspectives but they are all commonly connected with two basic beliefs: that women are disadvantaged because of their sex, and that this disadvantage should be overthrown. Hughes & Sherratt (2004, p64) highlight the relationship between the sexes and state that patriarchy, the supremacy of men and the subjection of women, is common to all ‘feminist analysis’.
In my essay I will concentrate on the following feminist theories which have had a big impact on sociology; Liberal feminism, Radical Feminism, Marxist Feminism and difference feminism. Liberal feminists are concerned with human rights. They believe all human beings should have equal rights. Liberals believe that this is best achieved by reforms or changes to the law, without the need for revolution. For example laws that have been put in place such as women's right to vote and to file for divorce.
Many theorists believe either directly or indirectly, the women’s rights movement is responsible for the changes that occurred affecting the lives of men. Other theorists argue that stereotypical sex roles are the primary contributor to the crisis and that hegemonic masculinity is both oppressive and damaging to men. In this essay, I will further discuss the evidence supporting and rejecting the notion of a masculinity crisis as well as some explanations for what caused it. I argue that it is in fact the enforcement and maintenance of patriarchal, hegemonic, masculine ideals that are the predominant cause of the masculinity crisis. I will explore evidence supporting the damaging effects of sex roles and stereotypical masculinities on both men and society as a whole suggesting that hegemonic masculine values and sex role stereotypes must be discarded and masculinity needs to be redefined and reconstructed in order to overcome the crisis.
The Declaration of Sentiments was an inspiring and powerful speech written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton where she argues about the inequality of women and the lack of rights given to them, regardless of them being poor, wealthy or a different race. She mentions that all men and women are “endowed by their Creator with certain alienable rights” to provide the idea that the government has no authority to decide on who has freedom and who does not. A strategy she uses is including parallel structure to intensify her message which gives details on the list of grievances that can be identified in the repetition of the infinitive phrases of “he has...”. Her syntax and organization of her passage establishes an extended analogy to the Declaration of Independence which forms a satirical piece to create a powerful argument to support her position of all females wanting the same rights as white men. Since she is a witness of bearing the lack of freedom, she creates a high credibility in her speech knowing that women and male supporters will believe in her claim of demanding equal rights to women.