Women's Equality And Equality For Women

Stalin’s early promises compromised of socialism and a life free from exploitation in regards to his social policies. However, he soon realised his error and reverted to a more conservative form of rule, whereby the interest of the state was given priority. Many describe his soviet social policy during the 1930s as a ‘Great Retreat’, it was named this as his policies saw a return to earlier social policies under the Tsar and former leaders. It is debatable as to how far his actions were a retraction of previous decisions…and the areas impacted were women, family, and education. A common theme of the great retreat was the gender role in society.

At this time period racism and discrimination was going on, women were fighting for equal rights. However African American women had to fight double because of racism.

1. African women worked indoors doing house chores and cooking. The author describes that the women would rather work outside in the field because they were under constant observations by the Master’s wife. Many African slaves were raped by their masters and as a result they had biracial babies. Many masters sexually abused their slaves in order to have more slaves in their plantation. Due to the unfair abused towards slave women, white mistresses had resentment towards the slave girls and believed the slave girls were the ones seducing their husbands into bed. Some of the biracial children can pass off as white or they were very light skinned so they would be sold at “fancy” auctions for a hefty price, therefore it was common for black families to be separated.

Women’s rights in America in late 1800’s women’s right to vote women in medicine and the equal rights for women are the 3 main points that were big in the 1800’s.

First of all, women changed history by proving how important they were throughout the First and Second World War. Women took over men’s jobs when they went off to fight, along with taking care of everything at home and volunteering how ever they could to the war efforts. It’s safe to say that the majority of the women back home worked equally as hard as the men, all the while they were being paid only portions of what the men made for doing the same amount of work. Women took over the factories, shipyards and munitions plants. During the Second World War they also joined groups such as the Canadian Women’s Army Corps and the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service. It gave them the opportunity to prove themselves in a male-dominated society. Women were seen for more than their domestic abilities during this time. Dolefully, once both wars ended, women had to give up their hard earned jobs. Eventually the government realized how useful women were in the workforce and they began to be treated as equals. Although women were beginning to receive more rights and freedoms, there was still the issue of unequal pay. Up until the 1950’s the average working women only made 60% of a man’s wages. The International Labour Organization passed Convention 100 which called for “equal pay for equal work”. Even with this act in place, women had trouble being accepted in the workforce. Women struggled with

Social and economic inequality between men and women is still an issue discussed today. When women were first allowed into ‘men’s’ jobs during World War II its opened social barriers, however the change in gender roles was only temporary, and women faced discrimination. Despite the inequalities they faced, women were able to experience a sense of responsibility outside of the home, and pride for their country. The different gender roles between men and women, and the governments acceptance of women in the workplace created a sense of responsibility for their country during World War II, caused by the reaction of men towards the women who joined the workforce despite the detriments and inequality the women faced the loyalty remained.

While family structure in the Soviet Union did change significantly during the first two decades of Communist government following the social revolution, there were also many ways in which it did not change, and some ways in which there was a return to traditional family structure during this time. Although there were changes to marriage and divorce laws, the role of women in the workplace, and the social ideas of male and female roles, inequality was still a significant issue. The attempts to create a new model of family life throughout the 1920s and 1930s, without traditional boundaries but with respect for individual rights, was unsuccessful in many ways, as women were still viewed as responsible for household duties and for raising children while men had much more sexual freedom than women. The early 1920s and the revolutionary concepts and laws which it introduced resulted in social disorder, with marriage breakdown, homelessness and poverty leading to a backlash against the changes in gender roles. Rather than blaming the lack of social services, many claimed that women needed to return to traditional roles and supply stability to the family, rather than considering the nation’s economic situation and the lack of social services as being the central issue.

Women have played a defining role in contributing to shaping Canada, as well as the classic Charter of Rights and Freedoms, mainly to promote gender equality which has become the core values in Canada today. Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms is a bill of rights fixed in the Constitution of Canada, and is the first part of the Constitution Act. Women’s rights and freedoms are protected under Section 15 (1985) which guarantees equality rights and Section 28 (1985) which guarantees that all the rights enclosed in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms apply to both genders; male or female equally. (Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 1982). Sexism has been around for a long time despite these strong regulations, and that too mainly

One way women battled the discrimination was by asserting their working rights. During the industrialization era “managers deskilled production,” therefore “the ranks of factory workers [included] more and more women” who were paid low wages (Henretta, 553). However, women faced criticism of men who argued that they belong at home. Despite the opposition,”woman vigorously defended their right to work”(Henretta, 553). They also participated in the strikes to gain “higher wages and shorter hours” for their long, hard work (Drehle, 86). In general the importance of women working and participating in the

Throughout history, we can see that humans have developed quickly in almost all fields including advancements politically, scientifically, and morally. However, one of the greatest advancement, which to this day has not been fully achieved by humanity as a whole, is the equality between the two genders. Since the beginning of civilization, we come to see that all societies with an exception of a few, were mainly male dominated. Men were always seen as superior to women. Men were not just seen as the head of the household, but they were seen as the leaders and organizers of all political, social, and economic affairs for both men and women. However, as time progressed, so did women. Gradually, women were more involved in the work force due to many factors including wars and primarily due to the industrial revolution. Women took the role of nurses and hospitality workers during wars, and as the industrial revolution initiated, they began to work in factories for low pay. During the last half of the 20th century, women’s rights, referring to the social and human rights of women, became a very highly emphasized and recognized issue especially in the United States. By the 1960’s the role of women completely transformed. Women more than ever before, began to enter the paid work force, participated in protests demanding equal rights, and established organizations such as the National Organization for Women. Overtime, these feminist trends of the 1960’s that continued for the

Women had no rights in the 1800 hundreds. The hierarchy in the United States of America back then was rich white men, poor white men, white women, black men and black women. During those time women were uneducated and as a result had to take care of the house chores such as cleaning, cooking, going grocery shopping and lots more. Today women has the opportunity to become whomever they aspire to be, they are liberated and educated. As a result they are able to fill positions such as doctors, lawyers, engineers, and so much more.

Gender roles had been long established in minds of the Russian people, meaning that men were the primary breadwinners and women were in charge of the household work and childrearing. From the days of the tsar, there had never been much opportunities for women outside their homes, but with the creation of a new government that claimed equality and refuted oppression, it appeared that the situation of women would change. Looking at the research done over the last fifty years, this paper aims to examined the different claims historians have made over the impact women had in the Soviet Union, from economic contribution, traditional female roles, and lastly their place within the Soviet society.

Barbara Evans Clements, a retired professor of History from the University of Akron, and author of Bolshevik Feminist: The Life of Aleksandra Kollontai (1979), Daughters of Revolution: A History of Women in the USSR (1994), and Bolshevik Women (1997), wrote the article “Working-Class and Peasant Women in the Russian Revolution, 1917-1923” in 1982 to address a topic she believed other scholars of Russian’s history were overlooking. Clements argues that through further investigation into the experiences of peasant and working-class women of the time, scholars can better address the “paradox, in which lavish promises” presented by the emergent Bolshevik party, and the “enormous deprivation and frightening social disintegration” affected Russian history, and her people (215). From 1917-1923, the chaotic period of Russian history was fraught with turmoil due to the revolution and the civil war taking place, creating a great deal of difficulty for scholars, like Clements, who were attempting to synthesize the narrative of Russian history. As an address for further study in this area of history, Clements extends her argument to promote the value of women’s experiences in order to urge on the new revelations such study might generate as further scholarly discourse continues to progress.

Outline Sheet (See Chapter 11 for all other information that you need to know in order to create an outline, like subordination/coordination, etc.)

For many years, women have aimed for gaining equality with men. They’re opportunities were taken away because of the fact that they were women. Overtime feminism has expanded and diversified in many different aspects including approach and priorities. The changes in them are result of many different social economic groups of women because of the various goals set for methods of creating change, which are implemented within the movement. The feminist movement has been trying to give equal rights to women who have been destitute of their equality and privileges that man have never given them. Feminism is beneficial to men, women, and their families because it is allowing everyone to have an equal opportunity in life to achieve all they can without any discrimination based on their sex.