Women 's Role For Women

1. Why did Cato object to repealing the Oppian law? What was the basis of his objections?

Women’s roles have changed greatly throughout history. As the advancement of culture, laws, and ideas altered ways of life, women’s lives also evolved in numerous aspects of society. Women’s roles changed greatly between 1815 and 1860. During this time, family dynamics changed as the mothers that were placed at the center of the household were given greater freedoms. In addition, women had more opportunity to take on jobs in the workplace. Women also fought for reform movements that altered their ways of life in the community. During the reform era of the United States, factors such as religion, education, and reforms greatly changed women’s roles in the family, workplace, and society.

In the post classical period, different societies viewed the women in different ways, therefore they were all treated differently. Due to all the passages being around the world, it shows how differently and similar these societies treated women. All have a different opinion on women’s role and position within their society. Some views were negative while others are positive and think both sex’s are both equal. In document 1, Islam: The Koran, it talks about how women are made from men.

At the beginning of the twentieth century women had very little role in the United States in general. They could not vote, could not own land, could not serve on juries, or hold elective office. But as the twentieth century continued, women moved into a more active role in American, but were still not equally represented. Although today they make up fifty-one percent of the nation, women make up less than one-fifth of government in the United States. With such a minor role in government, it leaves the issues that revolve around women to be addressed by people who are not women. If there was a way to regulate the amount of men, and women, in the government, these issues could be addressed by the people they affect more. Women have faced similar problems in other countries, but some have found a solution. Some countries have introduced quotas in order to monitor and control the amount of men and women in

The social role and stature of women has been an eternal topic. In an age when the images of women were expected to be associated with marriage, motherhood, and domestic matters, few Americans could have thought of a young woman from an upper-middle class family would pursue professional study of art in Europe in the late nineteenth century. Yet, praises and critics both fall on the young artist, Mary Cassatt (1844 - 1926). In this paper, I will show how two historians contrast about the their views of this feminine artist, as well as their methodological approaches.

In July 1848, the Seneca Falls Convention, held by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, became the first meeting to be held on behalf of women’s rights. It was at this convention that the Declaration of Sentiments was drafted, and modeled after the Declaration of Independence by asserting the equality of men and women throughout the document. This was to show that men were not the only one who had the right to equality, but also woman. At the time, not everyone, even women, believe in the the idea of women being equal to men because in this century it was believe women were fragile creatures who only live within the domestic and social sphere. Within the past few decades the role of women in America changed dramatically; they have right to vote, to education, to work, etc. Yet substantial inequalities remain between women and men.

Sexist values against women in leadership roles impact the confidence and empowerment of female initiative and authority. Embodying leadership is key to political participation – without which one could not take initiative in seeking to foster positive social change. Tony Abbott’s response to a question of women’s opportunities: ‘What if men are by physiology or temperament, more adapted to exercise authority or to issue command?’ (Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) 2012) accounts for the typical gendered attitudes towards female

The roles of women have always been changing over time, and the roles of women have never been identical in two different societies. Throughout history we have seen women be vital to societies and treated as such, women have had power and equality to men. We have seen great women successfully lead massive empires, but we have also seen women be mistreated, objectified, and treated as less than a man. An analysis of four sources shows how the role of women in the west, central Asia, and China had many differences but also many similarities.

I believe that one of her serious handicaps is the fact she’s woman”. Most of the people don’t support women in any of the field is just because she is a woman. A lot of research has gone into how to tackle the low participation of women and solution have been brought is to fill the gender gap and create the awareness among women that they need to stand for themselves and should do what they are interested in. There is need to reform the political system so that each one should get equal and fair chance to win the seat. “The representation of elected women now stands at about 25% at each level of government in Canada: on municipal councils(25%). in provincial/territorial legislatures(25.5%) and at the federal level (24.8%). Quebec became the first among the federal- Provincial/territorial jurisdictions in Canada to meet the critical threshold of 30% in the 2003 election, when 32% of seats in the National Assembly were held by women. Currently, women hold more than 30% of seats in the provincial assemblies of British Columbia (36.9%), Quebec (32.8%). the representation of

America is a country that prides itself on equal opportunity for all. However, the results of the recent presidential election have demonstrated a major disparity in the ‘equality’ of that opportunity. Donald Trump, with almost no political qualifications, beat out Hillary Clinton, a highly qualified individual, for the presidency. In addition, many scandals were attached to the Trump campaign, mainly his disparaging comments against women. The success of his campaign, after all the scandals, can be attributed to sexism in the general American population. Ingrained sexism in American society constituted a major reason as to why Hillary Clinton lost the presidential election.

Feminist’s forces support the political aspirations of women. They are interested in the actual participation of women in power structures and in social life in general (and not just formal equality). They examine the phenomenon of masculinity, a change in stereotypes of masculinity, as well as changes in the relations between the sexes. Partnership between women and men in politics is not only possible, but necessary. Politics is too serious and common cause to trust it only to men.

Taking on feminist principles means reconstructing personal relations as well as public life, and this offers endless opportunities for hurt, mistaken judgments, and mistrust. Indeed, it is often easier to acknowledge women 's rights to fair and equal treatment in the public world than to confront sexism at the personal level. This is the response of some powerful men in the professions, in bureaucracies, in universities and in politics--liberal Democrats in the United States, Labor or Social Democratic leaders in countries like Australia and Sweden. Such men may find it easy to support equal opportunity and anti-discrimination programs, which correspond with their own agendas for efficiency and modernity. They are less likely to change the

The article emphasizes that, despite the significant increase in the number of women occupying the traditionally "male" political departments, in the big scheme of things women's voices are still weak.

The definition of masculinity has periodically changed throughout history and has been consequently refabricated. It is no longer related solely to biological attributes but has evolved into emotional, physical, and intellectual beings, altering societies opinion of what “being a man” actually is. Subconsciously, feminism has drawn their swords in the art of picket fences and created a barrier towards men built off animosity and egotism. What started in the late 19th century, woman were seeking a larger role in society has now changed to pointing fingers and seemingly blaming men as a whole for the downfall of feminism. We sit amongst our communities and urge males to “man up” while we hypocritically fight for equality. Yet as we stand protesting for rights, we have overstepped our grounds when we take into account the effect we have on the image of masculinity. By protesting these views of feminism we are trying to shatter gender roles for women, yet we leave the definition of masculinity in question. By doing this we are throwing away all the work of the LGBTQ and the numerous women’s right campaigns.

The social role which I feel that I occupy and that I am going to focus on in this essay is the one of a women in this society. I believe I have been socialized into this role for numerous reasons. Throughout this paper I will explain how I think I have been socialized into this role.