The Woman 's Rights Movement
Women have been fighting for equal rights for many years. Many women don 't realize the "gains that they are benefiting from due to the women 's rights movement" (Mandel & Schram, page 313). Even women that "don 't consider themselves feminists have many more freedoms due to the women 's rights movement than they realize" (Mandel & Schram, pg. 313). Women still have a "long way to go to achieve true equality with men" (Mandel & Schram, pg. 313). The women 's rights movement has made Enormous strides in equal pay, advancement and entering career fields traditionally held by men" (Mandel & Schram, pg. 313).
Feminist Theory The 1970’s and 1980’s brought out some flaws in the current feminist theory’s (Nugent & Jones, …show more content…
316). The first point the advocacy group made was that the child welfare system “gives women they impression that they will not be believed when reporting abuse and if they do will lose their children and face retaliation from their abuser” (Mandel & Schram, pg. 316). One flaw the advocacy group noticed was that “when a women reports her spouse is abusing her they remove the child instead of the abuser” (Mandel & Schram, pg. 316). This only causes the “women to become homeless, charged with neglect and the child placed in foster care” (Mandel & Schram, pg. 316). Advocates are trying hard to fix some of the problems that they have