Scapegoat For Women

In most modern governments, such as the United States of America, give the right to vote to almost every responsible adult citizen. There were limiters on the right to vote when the US Constitution was written, and the individual states were allowed to setup their own rules governing who was allowed to vote. Women were denied the right to vote until the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution which was passed in 1920. In order to understand how women struggled to obtain the right to vote, some key factors must be looked at in further detail; why suffrage rights were not defined in the Constitution, the efforts that women put forth to obtain the right to vote, why there are present-day restrictions on

The Women’s Suffrage Movement of the 1920’s worked to grant women the right to vote nationally, thereby allowing women more political equality. Due to many industrial and social changes during the early 19th century, many women were involved in social advocacy efforts, which eventually led them to advocate for their own right to vote and take part in government agencies. Women have been an integral part of society, working to help those in need, which then fueled a desire to advocate for their own social and political equality. While many women worked tirelessly for the vote, many obstacles, factions, and ultimately time would pass in order for women to see the vote on the national level. The 19th Amendment, providing women the right to vote, enable women further their pursuit for full inclusion in the working of American society.

Abortion is a hot topic in United States politics as of late, and rightly so. Though religion, costs, maternal psychological damage, and societal morality are often cited as reasons to oppose abortion, a woman’s right to make her own decisions should always prevail. Abortion should be nationally legalized during the first trimester of pregnancy because Roe V. Wade has declared abortion a “fundamental right” to women, fetuses are incapable of feeling pain during the period when most abortions take place, women should be given the right to choose what happens with their body, and access to legal abortions decreases the

To begin with, women have the right to vote today because of the courageous acts of activist and suffragist from the 1920s. For example, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were two women that were unstoppable and fearless. They were attacked and arrested many times but they did not stop fighting until they achieved the goal of getting women the

Our country needs everyone to vote, including women. For instance, if only men voted then women wouldn’t have a voice in our country. Back in 1848 women didn’t have any rights. From the Declaration of Sentiments written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton States, “He becomes, in marriage, for all intents and purposes, her master -- the law giving him power to deprive her liberty, And to administer punishment.”. From the example given it shows once women are married they lose all their rights and have no voice. Once a woman divorces her husband back in 1848 she would lose custody of her children and would be about to become a teacher of religion or be in medicine. Overall, we need women to voice their opinion to help our country, not just men.

Up until the 1920s, women’s struggle for their right to vote seemed to be a futile one. They had been fighting for their suffrage for a long time, starting numerous women's rights movements and abolitionist activists groups to achieve their goal. “The campaign for women’s suffrage began in earnest in the decades before the Civil War. During the 1820s and 30s, most states had enfranchised almost all white males (“The Fight for Women's Suffrage” ). This sparked women to play a more emphatic role in society. They began to participate in anti-slavery organizations, religious movements, and even meetings where they discussed that when the Constitution states "that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain

The use of the logical appeals in “6 Feminist Myths That Will Not Die” by Christina Hoff Sommers addresses six hot-button issues that many feminists claim to be true. She debunks these myths using statistics and reliable up to date sources to assure readers that these wide known _____ are myths. Hoff Sommers uses Ethos and Logos to support her reasoning throughout the article, however, her arguments seem to lack pathos.

For Feldman, women had the roles of the victim of misogynistic terror and as coauthors. Since many Klanmembers could not accept the fact of gender equality within the fact acts of violence against women, especially in Alabama, happened more frequently. “Kluxers routinely targeted women, mostly for violating narrow social conventions and ideas of traditional morality “(61) In 1920s women received the franchise. This was on of the fact, which led to an explosive growth of the Ku Klux Klan. Men and women were terrified by the new political and economic situation in the United States. In order to turn the time back they joined the KKK. The Ku Klux Klan promised to turn the United States to a holy place again. A place were “darkies were obedient,

Of all the legal, ethical, and moral issues we Americans continuously fight for or against, abortion may very well be the issue that Americans are most passionate about. The abortion issue is in the forefront of political races. Many people in society today choose to be pro-choice because they want to support women of their choice and right to have an abortion and that sex education that promotes abstinence is not effective. According to “Abortions: every Woman’s Right” by Smith S., the article discusses about how women couldn’t be equal to men because they don’t have the same rights to reproductive rights of their own even if though they are advanced in the job market or have a higher education. Even socialist argue that women deserve to have rights over their body without interference. Part of NARAL’s impact to

I have always wondered why women had a double standard when it came to their body. I have just been taught that it is not ok or unprofessional for a girl to show skin. Even in the olden days when women wore long skirts, it was just known that they were expected to dress conservative. We as a society are not just shaming a girl, but shaming our country. Without allowing girls to be themselves, is causing more girls to rebel. If people are told not to do something, they are more likely going to do it and see if they can get away with it. I want to figure out why people think shaming women is doing society any good.

Each year people begin with a chance to start over. An opportunity, to set goals to live healthy, go back to school, save money, and advance in a current career. With goals comes change, and change is challenging, not welcomed by many. Excuses, made to avoid sticking to the change. Mark Twain took a look at New Year’s, as an annual example of promises to oneself, only to find failure even before the first 30 days are completed. Twain stated, “New Year 's is a harmless annual institution, of no particular use to anybody save as a scapegoat for promiscuous drunks, and friendly calls, and humbug resolutions, and we wish you to enjoy it with a looseness suited to the greatness of the occasion.” (Twain “The Works”) In his quote found Territorial Enterprise, January 1, 1863 he states “the following week you will be paving hell with them as usual.” By his own admission New Year’s is no more than a scapegoat for the previous year’s sins. Looking at “The Lottery” Shirley Jackson depicts a story that shows society’s avoidance of change, the need for a scapegoat.

“The emotional, sexual and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says, “It’s a girl.” Shirley Chisholm. Despite the statistics, being half the world’s population are in actual fact women. Nowadays in society woman are faced with many challenges, some being discrimination, margination and gender inequality. Though regardless of many attempts to eliminate these problems there are still many social media, advertisement and more indicating that woman are still extremely marginalised in today’s civilisation. Woman are still being marginalised in society through crude or sexist advertisements in the media; this needs to be readressed and changed. I will identify how woman are marginalised in current society through various advertisements where woman have been illustrated as sexual objects, sexist annotations and much more.

The personal is political is the idea that problems that relate to women’s lives, such as abortion and rape laws, child care policies, etc., can be solved through political action or means (Pateman, 299). The idea is for women to be more attentive in the politics that affect their lives. According to Pateman, the idea is that public factors, such as laws and policies, are structured by personal events (299).

Rape is a very overlooked problem in the United States. Victims of a sexual assault have an increased chance for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), depression and many other mental illnesses. Statistics show that victims are twenty-six times likely to abuse drugs and thirteen more times likely to abuse alcohol. So why do people blame the victim? Sadly these are reasons because of ignorance and power. Many argue that the victims ask for it or the victim did not make it clear enough that they did not want any sexual contact. Sexual assault is the only crime where the victim has to fight for their

Is every women considered useless and evil? In the book King Arthur and The Knights Of the Round Table by Roger Lancelyn Green, women are viewed as daring, seductive, and demonic.