The topic of women’s rights is very controversial, especially in today’s society. Each country has its own perspective on women and their rights. In America, women are treated with the same rights as men as where in Yemen, women are treated very poorly and not given any rights. In third-world countries it is more common for the women to not be given equal rights. In America, there is a social movement called Feminism. A feminist is a person who agrees with the views of feminism – which are that every human, male or female, should have equal political, economic, and social rights (Cavanagh). Women deserve to have the same rights as men and deserve to be treated fairly and have their developing rights turned into full human rights same as men.
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In 2010, the United Nations collected data and research and concluded that 49.7% of the world population is made up of women. That leaves 50.3% of the population to be male. With the small difference of 0.6%, one would think that women and men would have the same fundamental rights, right? Wrong. For a long period (work the wording around) men were in charge, men held positions of power, men exercised their right to vote, men were the majority. This was a major occurrence all over the world - even in first-world countries like America, until the women’s suffrage movement in 1869. Mainly in the Eastern part of the world, today, women do not have the same basic rights as men. In countries, such as India and Afghanistan, the law they abide by states that women are equal to men and they have the right to work, but people who have researched and studied this topic would say differently. The law might say one thing, but the people will act another.
Many people, especially in third-world countries, are very strict on tradition. They will abide by what they were taught by their ancestors and keep the old way when the world is changing every day. Tradition is normally the woman staying at home and her main purpose is to cook, to clean, to have children, and to repeat this until she dies. Now, some third- world countries are not as harsh to women as others are – an example being China and Yemen - but their law might be the same as the other countries. It is dependent on how the people view the law and how they decide to pursue the
In 2010, the United Nations collected data and research and concluded that 49.7% of the world population is made up of women. That leaves 50.3% of the population to be male. With the small difference of 0.6%, one would think that women and men would have the same fundamental rights, right? Wrong. For a long period (work the wording around) men were in charge, men held positions of power, men exercised their right to vote, men were the majority. This was a major occurrence all over the world - even in first-world countries like America, until the women’s suffrage movement in 1869. Mainly in the Eastern part of the world, today, women do not have the same basic rights as men. In countries, such as India and Afghanistan, the law they abide by states that women are equal to men and they have the right to work, but people who have researched and studied this topic would say differently. The law might say one thing, but the people will act another.
Many people, especially in third-world countries, are very strict on tradition. They will abide by what they were taught by their ancestors and keep the old way when the world is changing every day. Tradition is normally the woman staying at home and her main purpose is to cook, to clean, to have children, and to repeat this until she dies. Now, some third- world countries are not as harsh to women as others are – an example being China and Yemen - but their law might be the same as the other countries. It is dependent on how the people view the law and how they decide to pursue the