Ninety five years ago, women gained the right to vote in the United States (Sprague). The ongoing fight for suffrage lasted nearly one hundred years before they were granted this right, with many of them risking everything from their social reputation to their lives for the belief of equality amongst genders. Women such as Harriot Stanton Blatch and Alice Paul, who protested at the White House for eighteen months straight after President Woodrow Wilson denied them support of the right to vote (Sprague), have inspired women in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century to transform traditional gender roles, address discrimination, and force the acceptance of equality on society. Although many women have evolved into educated, independent,
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Men are often expected to be assertive and dominant, while women are often portrayed as vulnerable and emotional. These gender roles suggest that men are more likely than women to turn to aggression during times of anger, which has correlation to abuse against their female partners (Campbell and Muncer 286). As a result of domestic violence, women often suffer from mental and health problems such as chronic pain, traumatic brain injury, eating disorders, diabetes, asthma, and if the abuse is severe enough, even death (Tremer). Although there are already certain programs and laws that exist to help women who have experienced domestic and sexual abuse such as the Violence Against Women Act, women’s rights activists work to change traditional gender roles, educate women on how to prevent or cope with abuse, and provide support groups for individuals and families that have been victimized by abuse (Zimmerman, et al. …show more content…
Reproductive rights try to make it possible for women to access reproductive healthcare and education, prevent and terminate pregnancies, and protect women from discrimination for exercising these rights (Caffrey). However, many unfair restrictions and regulations against reproductive rights exists, making it difficult and sometimes impossible for women to take advantage of them. For example, just within the past four years ninety-two provisions regulating abortions have been passed in twenty-four states, making the ability to terminate pregnancies arguably more difficult than it was in the late twentieth century (Pickert
Men are often expected to be assertive and dominant, while women are often portrayed as vulnerable and emotional. These gender roles suggest that men are more likely than women to turn to aggression during times of anger, which has correlation to abuse against their female partners (Campbell and Muncer 286). As a result of domestic violence, women often suffer from mental and health problems such as chronic pain, traumatic brain injury, eating disorders, diabetes, asthma, and if the abuse is severe enough, even death (Tremer). Although there are already certain programs and laws that exist to help women who have experienced domestic and sexual abuse such as the Violence Against Women Act, women’s rights activists work to change traditional gender roles, educate women on how to prevent or cope with abuse, and provide support groups for individuals and families that have been victimized by abuse (Zimmerman, et al. …show more content…
Reproductive rights try to make it possible for women to access reproductive healthcare and education, prevent and terminate pregnancies, and protect women from discrimination for exercising these rights (Caffrey). However, many unfair restrictions and regulations against reproductive rights exists, making it difficult and sometimes impossible for women to take advantage of them. For example, just within the past four years ninety-two provisions regulating abortions have been passed in twenty-four states, making the ability to terminate pregnancies arguably more difficult than it was in the late twentieth century (Pickert