Thursday, October 7, 2010
GIRL POWER
The idea of women's rights, has just recently come into our society. The women used to always be treated in a lower lever, and they are starting to come up in society. This is seen in politics, such as when Hilary Clinton ran for Presidency, with just 50 years ago this would be completely unheard of and never would have gone to the stage it did. This does not mean though that men and women are equal completely yet, this is seen in the work force at times when men are more likely to get a job because of their gender. Or if the women and men have the same job, the men are more likely to be paid more, this is wrong and should not be allowed in society but it happens everyday. There is a change going on with high school sports though, with the passing of Title 9. This makes sure that the men and women teams are all getting the same funding and that there has to be the same amount of men’s sports teams as there is women's team. This may not always be enforced to the full extent but they are moving their way to equality. Things have made a big step from the way they were though. Women used to not be able to vote and they used to marry at a very young age and the husband used to always make more money then their wives. But all of this has changed and it has changed society greatly. The women are now able to vote which made a huge change in society and the fact that some women are making more then their husbands shows a huge jump in a very short time. I think that within the next 20 years there will be a women president, such as we just had our first black president in the history of the US. I think there are some huge steps still to be made though and they start in the working field. All women should be treated equally to the men and they should be able to work the same jobs and get paid the same amount. No one should be allowed to discriminate at all against anyone, and women should be able to work the same jobs as the men. There should be more women running businesses and they should be put in powerful positions because they are smart and not because of their gender.
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Randy, Great post! I totally agree that the woman's suffrage movement has changed our society greatly. Hilary Clinton has not only come a long way for herself, but woman all across the nation. We have come a long way from where we were before, but we still have a little ways to go for total equality.
ReplyDeleteRandall, I was very interested in this blog post about women's rights. I totally agree with you and believe that women deserve the same rights that men have. You last sentence summed up the social injustice perfectly, as you said, "...they should be put in powerful positions because they are smart and not because of their gender." Gender should not be a factor in social injustices, and it is shameful that it is, even today.
ReplyDeleteRandy, it is very interesting to me you of all people wrote about this, either way it was very well written and a good choice for recent injustices. Although I think that this is more of a past injustice that has been over for awhile, and now is just showing a lot more. women have had equal rights as men since before 2000. But good job explaining the differences between todays women's rights and rights 50 years ago
ReplyDeleteRandy, I thought this was a great and interesting post. I found some interesting information about women's rights and how they are suppressed. You did a great job explaining your topic and I highly agree with your standpoint and how women being oppressed is a big problem in modern society.
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