“OK, so I’ve talked to Jennifer, and she told me these are the things you talked about,” the lawyer told me. His wispy, thinning hair bounced a bit as he motioned toward me with his head, like one of those toy birds that fills itself up with liquid. “So, I’m just going to go over this real fast. These are just bullet points; I’ll write it up later. One: to your knowledge, Jason has been using drugs while his children have been in his care…” And so the lawyer continued down his list, each point more damning than the last. I don’t really remember how I responded, but I do remember that it felt like I was in Hell’s waiting room: the corners of the claustrophobic, square room unnaturally dark; the only sounds the last gasps of the fluorescent bulb above us; and a two-way mirror behind the lawyer, opaque enough that I could faintly see my reflection, but weak enough that I could see through it oblivion. …show more content…
“Now, you do understand that what you are claiming will revoke his parental rights of William; however, we will be submitting this attached form to the court essentially saying that he can gain these rights back, but not before meeting these requirements.” I reviewed the list: rehab, counseling, anger management, etc. Jennifer and I had worked together on this. What am doing?, I thought. I’m no hero. I’m a terrible
I like your point of how when women are not being objectified, they are shown to be homemakers, as if they can only be one or the other. Most of the images show women either being judged for what she is or what she is not. For example, in the first image the average-looking woman is surrounded by posters of glamourous woman, but in the second, a glamourous woman is met with judgement from bystanders. It’s as if women are expected to be both glamourous and homely, simultaneously.
On September 5, 1995 in Beijing, China, first lady Hillary Clinton delivered a speech on women’s rights at the United Nations Fourth World Conference of Women. As Clinton stood in front of an audience of thousands she proudly stated “If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, let it be that human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights once and for all.” The target of the conference was to inform the audience of government officials, leaders of organizations and the public on the problems women throughout the world face. Clinton’s speech argued how women were not treated equally and that women’s rights should be equal to human rights. Throughout her speech, Clinton provided harsh examples of the abuse, rape, death and discrimination women face, to evoke sympathy from the audience. Her overarching goal was to get action among government officials and motivate women across the world to take control of their lives and not suffer from these circumstances. Clinton uses a mix of pathos, ethos, logos, and anaphora to deliver a definition argument on why women’s rights are human rights.
Mrs. Secor began the conversation with “I just talked with Mark Charlie, and if you could keep an eye on him, it might be a good thing”, or something very close to it. Mrs. Secor continued with statements the inmate had made to her that included: (1) having flashbacks; (2) feeling lonely; (3) being in negative places; (4) feeling depressed; (5) not feeling
“This is personal to you. I know what it’s like to lose someone, and believe me, I’ve been where you are right now. Maybe your emotional state will prevent you from focusing on this case,” Aidan added and smiled. His eyes seemed warm and caring now. Megan noticed how the pitch black color of Aidan’s eyes seemed both mysterious and hypnotic at the same time. “Hey, you came from Connecticut and asked for me. This means that you want me to work on this case because you know what I’m capable of,” said Megan. She was frustrated. She felt much more furious than she sounded. She thought that Aidan should thank her therapist who taught her how to keep her anger under control, and smiled a little.
How did Women's Rights Movement come about? Women were not allowed to vote. They usually could not get higher education. Often, they could not get jobs, and when they did, they get paid less than men for for the same work. They could not own property, in many countries, including England. In some places, if they had money and got married, the money became the property of their husbands. The Women's Right's Movement started because they were sick of the unfairness. Women's rights are the rights and elements and entitlement claimed for a woman and girls of many societies. Women(and some men) have asserted women's equality and the rights of women since ancient times, but without much success until the 19th and 20th century Women's Rights
What you are about to hear are a few letters to people in this world involving the issue of sexism. I am a young women. No one should grow up in this world thinking they can’t do something due to something as stupid as one’s gender. According to a Boston Globe article by Maria Danilova dated January 27, 2017 which states, “Can women be brilliant? Young girls are not so sure. A study published Thursday in the journal Science suggests that girls as young as 6 can be led to believe men are inherently smarter and more talented than women, making girls less motivated to pursue novel activities or ambitious careers. That such stereotypes exist is hardly a surprise, but the findings show these biases can
“I wonder why we take from our women why we rape our women, do we hate our women? I think it's time to kill for our women”(Tupac) this is a line from Tupac’s song titled “Keep your head up” where he talks about all the wrong men do to women. Women have always been look at as less than a man and in the 1960’s the women were at an all time high with being fed up with being looked at as less and fought for equal rights for women. Shirley Chisholm was one of the biggest leaders for women's rights but not only did she fight women's rights she was a black women so he was also apart of the civil rights movements. May 21st 1969 Shirley Chisholm delivered a speech in front of the house of representatives where she points out all the wrongs that are being done to women in the job force.
The fight for women's suffrage had been a constant struggle for many years during the late 18th century up to early 19th century. On the date of February 17th, 1853, Amelia Florensa, a feminist activist, went upon a Washington state court to make her case for women's right to vote.
I am sure that everyone of you have heard about aliens and UFOs. Indeed, we all have heard about the famous case of aliens and UFOs in Roswell, New Mexico. Most people might be interested in the topic of aliens, but I know that the majority of you just think of it as rumours and the existence of them are impossible. Therefore, I am standing here in front all of you to make you change your perspective. I am strongly confident that I have found the evidence of their real existence to convince all of you.
“You know what I mean, this…I feel like I’m going crazy, like I’m one of these prisoners and I can’t escape.” Leaning forward in her chair with an expression of distraught, almost dizzy, guiltiness, she scrambled in her purse and took out another cigarette. “Fuck it,” she said to him and lit it. “I’m starting to have nightmares every night about these stories. My life is too mixed up in this, it’s taking too long.”
Today in our generation, much has changed over the years dealing with women’s rights. Women have more rights today than they did back in the early years. Conflict over social values affected the wider political environment and the readiness of institutions to facilitate the movement for equality (Chafe, W, 1978). Some people still believe today that women shouldn’t have a voice. “Empowering women isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s the smart thing to do” (Barack Obama). In this paper it examines the equality in voting, sexual harassment, and women equality in not only the workplace, but in their everyday lives.
We are gathered here on this lovely Sunday afternoon to not only motion that the Gays, Lesbian, Bi-Sexual, and Transgender community should get married, but to also make sure that they get accepted by the nation as well. In this day and age that we live in, most Americans feel as if the LGBT community isn’t equal with the rest of normal society. This has caused congress to not allow the Lesbians, Gays, Bi-Sexual, and Transgender to marry one another. America feels that it is un-ethnical, non-religious, and the work of the devil. Today I stand here, right on this podium, in Washington, DC to publicly apologize for the stupidity of this place which we all call our home. We as a nation should have stopped, and asked ourselves what makes the LGBT community so different from the rest of us on this earth? Everyone in the LGBT community was born
According to the 2010 U.S. Census, about nine million people identifying as LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) live in the United States, making up about 3.5% of the population. Throughout history and in contemporary times, LGBT individuals have faced persecution and been denied rights and privileges that heterosexual citizens have not. The Clinton Administration's “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, in effect from 1994 to 2011, prohibited openly homosexual or bisexual men and women from serving in the military, and marriage and child adoption by same-sex couples have been banned in many states before the Supreme Court's ruling on the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges case. Despite recent reversals of anti-LGBT laws such as these and support
What comes to mind when you hear the word “Feminism”? You’ll probably hear a few people tut or shake their heads. It as if people view Feminism as a dirty word as if Feminism equals something disgraceful as if being a Feminist is something to be ashamed of. How about this, what comes to mind when I tell you that I am a Feminist? Some may say that I am something vile, something scandalous, something that I should hide and not say. To that I ask yet another set of questions, When did it become wrong for a woman to stand up for her rights? For a woman to say what's on her mind? For a woman to speak out about the injustice, she faces? Ladies and Gentlemen, I am here today to speak about an issue, a problem, a severe dilemma that society is facing
A wise man once said, “When the rivers are all dried up and the trees cut down, man will then realize that he won’t be able to eat money”. This is something that is not true yet but will be true very soon. In the past 40 years, the world has lost over 50% of the vertebra. Anyone with the capacity of self-reflection should realize that there is something wrong with the way we live. Our greed and arrogance have turned our planet into a graveyard. We call this destruction, progress. What does all this progress mean when all we did while on this planet was destroy it?