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    As women, we have been suppressed and mistreated throughout history. As a person who is an advocate for women’s right I think several people confuse the whole concept of “feminism”. Feminism is not women trying to overpower Men, but rather it is women trying to receive the equality they deserve. This is a concept that many people confuse, and due to this confusion, a lot of satire and hatred is created from this misconception. However, men have never felt inequality based on there gender like…

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    The Weaker Sex (Women) In The Fourteenth Century In the fourteenth Century, in Chaucer’s canterbury tales, Chaucer depicts women in a negative way. Chaucer represented women as weak, not equal to men and less educated. Chaucer shows women as nothing and they are just an object to use and keep in the house. Women are weak, without power and has no choices of their own. Women were unequal to men, and they were worthless in the community. They were less educated because they could not have the…

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    both black people and women by denying them from the law. African Americans and women; these two groups have traditionally been oppressed in the United States. They were rejected and looked down upon because they weren’t the typical white, wealthy males. However, the constitution now after the civil right movement protects in particular the freedom for these groups to express their selves. In this paper, I argue that freedom of expression for African Americans, and women is better today than…

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    Sport In The 1900's

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    are clearly a lot of sport for women. At every college, high school, or even school period, there are women sports as long as women can be enrolled to the school, they can play a sport if they qualify. Women wasn’t even allowed to participate in physical activity in the 1870’s. They were limited until title 9 became a law. Before title 9, women could only play recreational sports with dresses and skirts on. Women sport were non-competitive, rule-less and informal. Women were being criticized…

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    1.Introduction This assignment is about woman right which objected in violence against women. This topic chosen because violence against woman still exist until now no matter where we live, what time, in which relationship. Since the violence against women still exist that is why so many people especially women fighting for their own right to deserve better life and better position as same as men and in this assignment, there will also some evidence, analysis, problem solving,and recommendation,…

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    Women have evolved dramatically over time. How women were raised, their independence, and morals have changed since the 19th century. Women have gradually improved in most areas, but some women have taken a few steps back in other areas. According to Dorothy W. Hartman, “Women’s God-given role, it stated, was as wife and mother, keeper of the household, guardian of the moral purity of all who lived therein (Lives of Women).” Dorothy’s statement is still what most women believe in. The only…

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    advocating for greater rights of women through her writing, Friedan was able to bring more equality to females in the twentieth century. Friedan was a strong and brave woman who became a writer, feminist, and a women's rights activist. Friedan wanted to take action because she did not want women to stay in the same position for years; she wanted women to have rights and equality. Furthermore, Friedan is one of the people who established the National Organization for Women, which helped fight for…

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    World, Women are on the Move” he explains how the lives women changed from being the caretakers of the family to now being able to have the same careers as men. Before women were finally considered equal to men they were not allowed to vote, be paid the same amount as men, and considered unfit to work in politics. Back in the old days women were not treated with respect as they are today. Richard Rodriguez mentioned a few inspirational women in his essay who had a great impact on other women…

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    In the 1960’s the second wave of feminism came into play, women started to have a voice, to want more and to stand together for a common goal. After World War 2, women’s roles had changed. Women, once objectified now were machine operators, mechanics, steel workers and most importantly independent of men. They would never go back to only being housewives again. The second wave of feminism was started in part by the publication of a book. This book titled “The Feminist Mystique” was penned by…

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    21st Century was an era of change, a time where women were not easily held back to conform to societies cultural norms. Women were now rebelling against the typical women’s sphere, which raised several controversial topics, such as women in the workforce, women in politics and women’s sexual freedom. An era where male supremacy was slowly taking a downfall, yet women where steadily making their way up and taking charge of their lives. Feminism was considered a “rejection of Gilded Age” a…

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