Regardless of the author, whether they were an active feminist, the time period they were most influential in, or their race, they all have a common theme. They all believed equality of genders, and the importance of this issue is for everyone in the society to accept and understand. There are many varying factors that are expressed in each of the documents that influence a society when faced with the struggle of gender inequality. In “Politics and the Muslim Woman” by Bhutto, the Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1985, stresses the different interpretations of the Qur’an and how those different interpretations reflect people’s ideas on equality. The Qur’an talks about both men and women; it does not exclude women, and or in any way only refer
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One of the more obvious differences is each one of the documents was written for people of different countries and cultural backgrounds around the world. In addition to this, each author does have a slightly different focus while still having the same overall theme. Dworkin tends to focus on what progress has already been made within the society. “We have challenged the old ideology…we have identified rape” (Dworkin 1176). She uses that change that’s already happened to maker her point and encourage younger generations to continue this progressive change. A second focus is presented in Combahee River Collective’s statement, which tends to focus more on all the different types of oppression they need to overcome in order to be equal in terms of gender, sexual orientation, and racially in a society. En even different focus in “Politics and the Muslim Woman” is presented because Bhutto really focuses on the different interpretations of the Islamic religion, which explains why he thinks and believes there is such a major difference in thoughts of equality among his people. In “Communism and the Family” Kollontai focuses on the effect of different political systems on the expectations of women and how, specifically the differences in Capitalism and Communism influence gender equality. The most direct sources were the last two, “Indigenous Women’s Petition” and “Women’s Revolutionary Law” simply lists their expectations from the government in a very direct way. These authors do have slight differences on the areas they focused on; they still all share a common goal, which is
One of the more obvious differences is each one of the documents was written for people of different countries and cultural backgrounds around the world. In addition to this, each author does have a slightly different focus while still having the same overall theme. Dworkin tends to focus on what progress has already been made within the society. “We have challenged the old ideology…we have identified rape” (Dworkin 1176). She uses that change that’s already happened to maker her point and encourage younger generations to continue this progressive change. A second focus is presented in Combahee River Collective’s statement, which tends to focus more on all the different types of oppression they need to overcome in order to be equal in terms of gender, sexual orientation, and racially in a society. En even different focus in “Politics and the Muslim Woman” is presented because Bhutto really focuses on the different interpretations of the Islamic religion, which explains why he thinks and believes there is such a major difference in thoughts of equality among his people. In “Communism and the Family” Kollontai focuses on the effect of different political systems on the expectations of women and how, specifically the differences in Capitalism and Communism influence gender equality. The most direct sources were the last two, “Indigenous Women’s Petition” and “Women’s Revolutionary Law” simply lists their expectations from the government in a very direct way. These authors do have slight differences on the areas they focused on; they still all share a common goal, which is