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Equality for women has been an ongoing debate for years. Most people recognize the inequality for women in areas besides the business world. However, women in politics is one of the most well-known topics. Until a few years ago, the thought of having a woman as president was absurd. It wasn’t until the 2008 election that the idea of a woman for president would change drastically. Both Sarah Palin and Hilary Clinton decided to run in the 2008 presidential election. Although neither of the two were elected, they both still made a dramatic impact on the views of women in politics. Michelle Bernard states that the 2008 election was a breakthrough for women in general. However, Marie Cocco disagrees, stating that the loss was a major disappointment for women. Although both authors feel strongly about their

Women have had a rough way to go for many years when it comes to equality. They face many negative things in today’s society and that is the way it has been for many years. History shows that women have been fighting for equality for decades, because many people believe they just can’t do the things that men can. There’s a website that has been helping women fight for that equality since 1966. That website is www.now.org. Before then women never really had any help. They had to rely on each other to show everyone what they could really do. Women have fought to try and end discrimination when it comes to jobs and economic justice. So the status of women throughout history has changed,

Similar to the relationship between active under-age people and able voters now, women influenced the men who did hold such power, to ultimately have a say in politics. The action of women influencing surrounding men has been happening throughout history, Abigail Adams majorly influenced her husband John Adams, who did enjoy the privilege of having a say in politics, by constantly reminding him “ to remember the ladies”. The continuing theme of women recognizing themselves as valuable and influential members of society, despite having oppressive nondemocratic ideals thrown upon them, grew with the development of the white mans democracy. Women’s fight for equality was not in spite of men’s increasing political power, but a result of it. Women saw men enjoying the power that they inherently knew they deserved and reacted

still lag behind men, we need an Equal Rights Amendment more than ever (Hennessey 3). The real issue, claim some supporters, is the "right to bodily integrity, and without this basic right, women can have no true freedom" (NOW 2). Legal sex discrimination is not a thing of the past, and the progress of the last forty years is not irreversible without the protection of an amendment (Francis 1).Feminist claim that "The ERA's most valuable effect would be the psychological victory it would provide women" (Steiner 35). Women are underpaid in the workforce, required to pay higher insurance premiums and are half as likely as men to get pensions (NOW 4). Supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment remind us of a traditional assumption, ‘Men hold rights and women must prove that they hold them" (Francis 2). Supporter claim amazement that, "Even in the twenty first century, the United States Constitution does not explicitly guarantee that all the rights it protects are held equally by all citizens" (Francis 4). Supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment believe that "unless we put into the Constitution the bedrock principle that equality of rights cannot be denied or abridged on account of sex, the political and judicial victories women have achieved with their blood, sweat and tears for the past two

Women’s equality has made huge advancements in the United States in the past decade. One of the most influential persons to the movement has been a woman named Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Ruth faced gender discrimination many times throughout her career and worked hard to ensure that discrimination based on a person’s gender would be eliminated for future generations. Ginsburg not only worked to fight for women’s equality but fought for the rights of men, as well, in order to show that equality was a human right’s issue and not just a problem that women faced. Though she faced hardships and discrimination, Ruth never stopped working and thanks to her equality is a much closer reality than it was fifty years ago. When Ruth first

Many groups of people throughout the history of the United States have fought to change for change and fairness for their groups. Women have been among the courageous groups that have forged paths to create better lives for themselves and future generations of women.

Today someone could make the argument that the “Woman question”, as chapter 18 in our text book Worlds Together Worlds Apart would put it, is no longer prevalent. Of course many argue that things like rights and equal pay aren't exactly up to speed with our progressive thoughts for our era, I have grown up with a unique perspective on the topic. Growing up in my household we were never shown or taught any discrepancies between the rights of man and the rights of women. My mother raised me and my two other brothers with no husband. At the same time she was a practicing physical therapist, and eventually took additional courses that qualify her to be a general contractor. She now operates and owns her own contracting company. Among many other

For centuries the concept of gender and equality have been issues and talking points. Attitudes toward women have gradually softened and changed for the better as they are viewed as being equal with men. Women throughout history have been referred to as housewives, and factory girls. They weren’t able to gain the respect from men until they took a stance against inequality, also known as women’s suffrage. “I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand”, stated Susan B Anthony. Many factors have contributed to the rise of the status of women throughout the history of the United States. These factors include education, income status, and political contributions.

There are so many things that people focus on, and the one overlooked the most is the discrimination of gender roles. Women have to work harder to be treated the same as a man. Men have to hold and maintain the standard for the women to try to reach. Instead of everyone being looked at the same, and also having the same accountability. Both sexes have to struggle on receiving the same treatment. Women and men should be equally treated and held to the same

Since the mid-1800's, women in the United States and around the world have organized political movements to obtain the same social, economic, and political rights that men have traditionally enjoyed. These feminist movements have sought to change the laws to prevent discrimination against women and to provide them with equal opportunities in all aspects of life, including education, employment, and government representation.

Throughout the nation’s history, American’s have sought to put an end to discriminatory practices and bring equality toward minority groups. For example, Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation and Martin Luther King Jr.’s I Have a Dream speech were directed at putting an end to mistreatment of African Americans. Likewise, Jane Adams and Susan B. Anthony used their authority as women’s rights activists to push for greater equality amongst the genders. While some may argue that women are lagging behind in the race to equal rights, others claim the opposing approach. In today’s society, women are achieving true equality due to a shift in the old stereotypes toward women, increasing opportunities for women to become educated, higher expectations for women in the workplace, and a stronger influence of women in government positions.

Women have failed to capitalize on the right to vote ever since the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. For the most part, women do not desire to involve themselves in political affairs. Moreover, women who wanted to run for a political office often lacked the efficient management to run their campaign, and the adequate resources to use the media to advertise their campaign agenda. Since we live in a democratic country, women should never complain about their failure to gain adequate representation in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Society cannot do much more for women to win political elections and compete against men; women should learn how to support each other. In a free country, various groups of people, including women, will always demand certain rights that will serve their own agenda. It is healthy to compete and demand certain rights, but some women’s rights are baseless and cannot be granted because women should not be treated more sympathetically just because they are women. America is the land of opportunity for those who are willing to work and strive to achieve their

Since the beginning of time, women have explicitly had fewer rights than men until early 1972 when the equal rights amendment was passed. However, the passing of this amendment did not mean that women were treated equal to men. Despite supposedly being “equal,” to this day, women get paid less than men, making only about eighty percent of that their male counterparts earn. More injustices are shown in politics where despite having increased the number of females in government positions drastically since the twentieth century, women make up less than a quarter of the parliament as of August 2016. In more recent times, government funding has been taken away from abortion clinics, the Affordable Care Act on women has been repealed, being a

All around the world people are being discriminated; some are discriminated because of their race, while others are because of their gender, such as women. In today world, it is no different than it was 10,000 years ago. Women are still sold into prostitution, forced to marry someone they don’t love, have no right for abortion or birth control, have little or no access to education, and have to fully rely on men. This is not fair at all, women should have right’s, they didn’t before here in the United States, but now they do (even though it still exists here). If women can have right’s here in the United States they should be able to else ware. In all discrimination against women is unfair, and unjust, because here in the U.S it is

Throughout the U.S history, women have fought a long journey in order to be treated fairly and equally. When women arrived to this country, they were seen as housewives who only served their families, nothing less and nothing more. As time progressed, many women started to disagree with the idea of being just housewives and believed they were capable of many great things such as having the right to vote, and being able to work outside of home. Eventually, it started to create inequalities of the legal statuses of men and women. Around the mid-nineteenth century, the women’s right movement started bringing controversial