Arguments In Status Quo

The first reason that shows that Canada has become a “just society” is the changes to women’s legal rights. Since the 1970s, many women have stepped up to the work of politics. Several instances include Kim Campbell, the first woman to become the prime minister of Canada,1 Kathleen Wynne, the first premier of Canada to be lesbian,2 Beverley McLachlin, the “first female chief of justice of the Supreme Court of Canada,”3 and Catherine Callbeck, the second female provincial premiere and first woman to win

More specifically, in the case of sexual assault, this approach focusses on the changes in the labour force (gender based) and conflicts between genders over the acceptability and criminalization of sexualized violence as the starting point of explanation. One such concept is marxist-feminism, as a form conflict theory. According to this theory, the incidence of sexual assault in Canada is a result of the power imbalance between men and women, in which women are expected to assume a subordinate relationship to men in our capitalist society. Consequently, sexual assault can be seen as a logical extension of the typical interactions between women and men in which women are made dependent on men for economic production. Women's vulnerability to sexual assault is a result of their subordinate relationship to men. The set of beliefs and attitudes that divide people into classes by sex and justify one sex's superiority is called sexism. There are a number of sexist dictates that serve to maintain this subordinate relationship. The first tenet concerns women's status in society: women occupy a relatively powerless position in society and are the recipients of fewer advantages and privileges (economic). Men's benefits are built into a patriarchal system which begin in a basis of economics and branch out to other aspects of social life from there. Secondly, sexual assault is as a means of control over women: assault plays a role in

The author's purpose was to use the main characters to make the reader think of what abortion actually means and what our rights are to our own bodies. Since I have read this book, it’s showed me that everyone's meaning of life is different and that we have more rights than we might think. “We have a right to our lives! We have a right to choose what happens to our bodies”

It has been a long and hard journey in Canada to attain gender equality between men and women. Today, most people are unaware of the discrimination in workplaces, schools, and everyday life. Due to the Famous Five who lead the Persons Case that stated women as official persons, and many heroic individuals who lead the Women’s Suffrage Movement, women now have more opportunities than ever before. The Canadian Labour Movement has helped improve many citizens’ careers including those of women, protecting them from discrimination, violence, and harassment at work. Saskatchewan feminism has followed a similar path to Canada concerning women’s rights, most often categorized into three influential periods of time. The gender pay gap is the difference of money that men and women make, that is a crucial example of gender inequality. Gender stereotypes have limited the ability of men and women, judging them with false ideas through the media. All of these have played a major part of women’s rights and gender equality today.

To complete my research on RU-486 and past and present examples of Legal/Political Stonewalling relative to women’s issues and reproductive health rights in Canada, I will be heavily reliant on the scholarship of other academics and on the record keeping of cabinet meetings and other such assemblies or political interviews. I plan to begin by investing five dollars in my research so that I might submit a request to the department of Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy, asking for anything and everything that has been written or produced by the Canadian federal government on RU-486 since January 1st, 1995. I selected this date in particular because it will limit me to include twenty years of information on RU-486 in Canadian politics

The acceptance and practice of abortions has greatly increased in America, with nearly 53 million legal abortions being performed from 1973 to 2011. To put this into perspective, that’s nearly 77 times the number of homicides and nonnegligent manslaughters from 1972 to 2007. ("Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics”). As of abortion rates in 2008, three in ten American women will have an abortion before the age of 45 (“Abortion ProCon.org”). Abortion has especially grown in acceptance among the younger generation, with 75% of women who have abortions being under the age of 30. Another shocking fact about abortion is that 9.3% of women who had abortions in 2011 had already had three or more abortions previously. In fact, a child is killed by an abortion in America every 26 seconds (“Online For Life”). While abortions can be dangerous for the mother, the mortality rate is only about 0.6 out of 100,000, which is about fourteen times smaller than the mortality rate of childbirth. So what do activists have to say about abortion?

In July of 2015, Canada became the fifty-eighth country to legalize RU-486 (a.k.a. mifepristone or “the abortion pill”). Using a social feminist method and taking an informational/qualitative approach, I will ask and attempt to answer open-ended questions regarding the legalization of the drug in Canada from a feminist perspective. Why did it take so long for Canada to legalize the drug when it’s been available since the 80’s, the same decade in which Canada decriminalized abortion? What medical and ethical objections to RU-486 exist and who is raising them? What are the potential implications of introducing RU-486 into Canada? What other examples of the government stonewalling of women’s issues (pertaining to reproductive health and legal

The purpose of this paper is to understand how women’s reproductive choices are influenced by anti-choice discourse, how this discourse reinforces traditional views of femininity and sexuality, and how this has real implications for women in Canada. Some of the themes this paper will examine are, the construction of motherhood, fetal rights, and trauma of abortion because these themes present a particular picture of the ‘type of woman’ who accesses abortion services. This issue is important because in order for women to “substantial access to abortion” the dialogue of anti-choice needs to be understood in order to understand the climate it creates (Bourgeois,

1. Reproductive Rights in Canada Reproductive rights in Canada have been discussed in length for many decades, particularly in regards to women’s rights. Reproductive health is defined as the complete physical, mental, and social well-being of women based on the full achievement and protection of women’s human rights (Loretta Ross). Reproductive rights, therefore require three basic aspects for women, including the freedom to choose the number and spacing of children, with the information and means to do so, the right to have the highest standard of sexual and reproductive health, and the ability to make decisions without being discriminated against (Loretta Ross). Reproductive rights also include the freedom to have a safe and satisfying sex

These were five women who acted as activist and was award and recognize in Canada for making Canada a better place to live. The five incidents that involved gender inequality against women. .Constance Backhouse exposed inequalities, for women and other oppressed groups in Canada. Then, Nahanni Fontaine is a special advisor on aboriginal women's Issues for the Aboriginal Issues. Susan Kathryn Shiner highlighting women's inequality as a root cause of violence against women as an issue, as she became aware of incidents of inequality she worked for social change. Last but no leased Julie Lalonde who studied the impact of poverty and isolation on elderly women making a difference in improving the lives of women and girls to end sexual assault and

Throughout the past twelve weeks of taking Women and Gender studies, I have learned extensive amounts of information and will be able to take all of the ideas and concepts learned into action outside of the classroom. Each class, we had various conversations about what was going on in the world around us and how that affects each and every one of us. With the knowledge that I now have, I feel as if I am a much better citizen in Canada since I acquire the knowledge of the history in Canada and the conditions of women’s lives, and also how factors such as race, class, and sexual orientation come into play in daily life. In class, we talked about oppression very often which is, unjust treatment of control. Oppression is a major issue in Canadian society and has many aspects to it. One of the most important pieces of information that I got from taking this course was how destructive power systems function to maintain their

I have chosen to use an article called, "Canada is a Complicit Partner in Sex-Selection Abortion," written by Andrea Mrozek. I found this article on the Huffington Post website. The author, Andrea Mrozek, is a program director at Cardus Family and founding director of an organization called, ProWomanProLife. She has written many powerful pieces focusing on childcare, feminism, women 's issues, education, and how the family affects different aspects of society. Not only is she a very influential author, but she also speaks about these topics at various events. Within the ProWomanProLife program she acts as a spokesperson, speaking out about pro life. The following quote from Mrozek gives a pretty accurate description of her viewpoint on abortion. "Top-heavy legislation, that might criminalize abortion, for example, gets us nowhere with a culture of women who believe abortion to be anything from a necessary evil, to a compassionate act, to completely neutral. We must be able to discuss the issue with complete and total freedom, and to highlight how uncompassionate abortion actually is, from a woman’s perspective.” (Mrozek, 2016)

Through the Contemporary Women’s Issues in Canada course, various topics related to gender inequality were discussed. Due to a long history, of sexism and misogyny in many aspects of Canadian society, outdated behaviours and thoughts have prevailed in many aspects of society. Three main topics that are central to achieving gender equality are gendered violence, gender roles and socialization, and child care.

Gender inequality has been a long part of Canada’s history with men being the dominant decision makers. Women have had to fight long hard battles and overcome numerous obstacles to prove themselves and demonstrate that they are equal to men and not inferior. Over the course of a century women have achieved suffrage and have become increasingly visible in the political and economic sectors. Despite all the achievements women have made barriers remain in effect leaving women at a social, economic and political disadvantage even in the twenty-first century. The primary obstacles in achieving gender equality are the noticeable absence of women in authoritative economic and political positions, unfair social stereotypes that are still

In addition to the gap in political involvement there are numerous evident inequalities for Canadian women that stress the need to continue the feminist movement. The Canadian human rights