The Presence Of Operating Women 's Crusades

Women have been a vital key to the shaping and progression of our society. Throughout time, women’s roles and opportunities in the family, workplace, and society have greatly evolved. They started from being housewives that don’t have many rights, even in the household, to being valued citizens in our

However, people fail, and not only because of lack of education or responsibility, but also because of simple contraceptives unavailability. At this stage, a woman face a perspective of bearing and having an unplanned and consequently, unwanted child.

Women are expected to cook, clean, bear children, and be emotionally available to nurture all family members. The activities that are associated with womanhood maintain, sustain, and reproduce the labor force, which fuels patriarchal capitalism (Dill, 2011, p. 256). The separation of men and women in the workforce was common in the past, the majority of blue and white-collar workers were men; more specifically white men. The workers in pink-collar jobs, such as elementary, middle and high school teachers mainly consisted of white women. However, looking at the situation that present-day women face, it would be not only naïve, but also highly offensive to say that women are only capable of cooking and cleaning. The rise of employed women has increased due to the drastically changing economy. In addition, people of color occupy more that a third of the labor force

Through multifarious ways, female gender roles in Latin American countries have gradually begun to improve over time. These slight improvements have manifested through women’s increasing involvement in politics and presence in the labor force due to immigration, globalization, and global media. Women in Latin American countries have become

Traditional gender roles (men performing instrumental tasks and women performing expressive tasks) are viewed as important not only for the individual but also for the economic and social order of society. Failure to maintain the traditional division of labor is believed to lead to destruction of family life as well as higher rates of crime, violence, and drug abuse. Human capital theorists claim that sex differences in promotion rates are due to sex differences in commitment, education, and experience; women are believed to have less to offer employers. Even if these differences exist, this position ignores the fact that women are in a system of inequality, where social expectations prevent them from having qualifications that are similar to men. The conflict perspective emphasizes men’s control over scarce resources. The gendered division of labor within families and in the workplace results from male control of and dominance over women and resources. Differentials between men and women may exist in terms of economic, political, physical, and/or interpersonal power. Men remain the head of household and control the property. Also, men gain power through their predominance in the most highly paid and prestigious occupations and the highest elected offices. Liberal/Equal Rights Feminists – seek equal access for females within the current social system; focus is on equality of opportunity (e.g., civil rights and occupational equality). Radical/Transformative Feminists –

Enlightenment ideas and industrial revolution influenced the social position of women. Women started to separate from their origin family and become independent, and they started to realize that they shared the same ability with men. This idea spread world-widely, women from Latin America in 20th Century also influenced by this idea and started to view their social and polictal position. Even though a lot of man still against the ability of women, women started to fight back. This essay aims to analyze male and female’s political position and polictal willings in twentieth-century Latin America.

As part of the larger movement for equal rights, this feminist mobilization focused on a broad spectrum of economic, political, and cultural dimensions of the distribution of power that entailed the discrimination of women. Political struggles targeted the stigmatization of women as caregivers and the devalorization of this role in relation to that of the male breadwinner, a mainstream culture of sexism permeating all spheres of life and cutting across income and educational levels, as well as women’s unequal access to and unequal positioning within the labor market. (Azmanova 751)

Birth control has been studied for many years. Over the year’s people have discovered so many new things and applications. The history of birth control and the society around us has been affected by the impact of laws and the people.

In a patriarchal society such as colonial Latin America, women were considered second class citizens. No matter their class or ethnicity, all women experienced the social and cultural limitations that are subjected to them by this patriarchal society. Women had limited access to education, women are used to satisfy men’s personal desires and legal systems neglected women’s court rights while heavily advocating men’s. However, not all women are subjected to the same limitations because of the difference in one’s economic status and ethnic identity. Nonetheless, women still found a way to carve out a space for themselves in attempt to overcome these regulations set by a patriarchal society.

The Mexican Revolution was an armed struggle that shifted the Mexican government and culture. There were many factors involved that affected many people in different ways. The Mexican Revolution did not only target a specific gender group like males, but everyone else including women and children. Everyone took part in the struggle one way or another. Surprisingly, women took a major role when it came to the Mexican Revolution. Women are seen as weak and useless when it comes to serious battles, but that did not matter in that time period. Women were as helpful as men during the struggle and therefore, their participation in the Revolution took

Women are generally responsible for caregiving (children and elders), volunteer activities, domestic duties, and social reproduction at an average rate of 2:1 (50 hours per week) compared with men (25 hours per week), regardless of how much paid work they are committed to (Milan, Keown, & Urquijo, 2015). Men are freer to pursue paid opportunities (and investments in human capital) and women are restricted by unpaid obligations, which perpetuates inequity. Some solutions to gain equity include social welfare reform programs, universal/affordable dependents’ care programs, and the shift of unpaid duties to men, as sociologist Nancy Fraser (1997) theorizes in After the Family Wage: A Postindustrial Thought

Throughout the past century in Central and South America many counties have came across military dictatorships that have oppressed the people. Along with these dictatorships the lives of the working class and peasants become expendable to the dictatorial powers. In the case of Argentina and Chile this becomes a great factor where the oppression of the people claimed many lives and in other factors the inhumane exploitation of the people. As a military dictatorship oppresses the people they do anything in their command in order to eliminate any rising of those that are being oppressed. Although both men and women in these countries suffered from the military dictatorship it was the women who played a crucial role in challenging the government.

Institution, ones traditions, and everyday lives are filled with examples of men in positions of authority over women” (Kay, 2012). Inequalities in gender can be seen in marriage as well as parenting. It is believed that by many that a man should have a higher income than a female. In some cases women are being paid less than men in their work place and yet they hold the same credentials as men, this is where secondary status comes in. In most households it’s the female who cooks and clean look after the kids while the men work but roles can be divided when faced with certain duties, to accommodate one another. “Gender inequality forms the basis of sexism, misogynist and the prejudiced beliefs that males overpower females” (Anon. 2016).

Women and men have had certain roles in society that were understood amongst them to be specified for their particular gender. Males were known to have the leading role as head of the house hold and the bread winner while the woman’s duty was to stay at home and take care of the house and children. While many people years ago deemed this way of life and practice to be the right and ethical thing to do, times have changed and so this kind of treatment towards a woman’s equality must be questioned. Even though times have changed, this mindset of a woman’s ability to be as good as a man has not completely gone away. In today’s society a woman contributes to the economy and her family as equally as that of a man. Therefore, women should share equal rights and opportunities as their gender counterparts.

A Major reason why only six percent of women use contraceptive devices is the lack of education as to what they will prevent (Prata 192). According to the CIA, the literacy rate gap between men and women is well over twenty percent (World FactBook). With contraceptive use being linked to the more educated to cause less of a transaction of sexually transmitted diseases, women are behind men. Simple education programs can help prevent disease and health concerns to women. Men are more likely to engage in sexual behavior at a younger age then women, making it vital to educate the older women to keep everyone safe (Prata 192). When people are not able to understand the potential risks of pregnancy’s this can lead to very high mortality rates as well.