All men are created equal

In about 1500 BCE, the Aryans came to Northern India and created a religion based on traditions and ritual purity. They called this religion Hinduism. Hinduism has four major jatis or caste; the Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and the Shudras with the untouchables being an unsaid fifth caste. A member of the Kshatriyas, Siddhartha Gautama, started traveling between 600 BCE and 500 BCE within Nepal and Northern India preaching kindness and how to end suffering. By the time Buddha, formerly…

Sikhism is internally diverse within the religion. Everyone is equal in the eyes of Sikhism. Women and men are the same in the community and when presented to God they are one body one mind, we are equal. Sikhism has evolved and changed when Sikhs became oppressed and the sixth Guru, Guru Hargobind, started to form a military within the community. Sikhs live and practice and peaceful life even during strong Political powers take over like Moghal Emperor, Aurangzeb, who tried to force everyone…

Equal Pay? The right to Vote? The respect of their fellow citizens something about everything is turning up rosie. In 1848 the women of the Nation decided to take a stand and fight for their rights as equal beings. The women at the convention drafted their own declaration of independence and proclaimed their grievances. They also passed eleven resolutions to better their lot. Over the next century women continued this fight for equality. Although women’s place in the world advanced considerably…

were not equal? That you were less worthy or less important than the person beside you? Even though you were always told, while growing up, that everyone was created equal, we as humans have created a society in which the rich white male will be most likely to succeed over everyone. Equality issues are not just a racial thing. Equality issues come in many forms such as your sexual orientation, your religion, your financial status or class, and where you are from. Equality is a myth that we all…

to the ballot. The rise of women suffrage then led to a culture that rebuked previous social and cultural implications placed on women; the new woman formed from this newfound independence is today known as a flapper girl. The radical notion of equal suffrage came about in 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York where it was petitioned by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and then adopted as a platform. Both Susan B. Anthony,…

even ten dollars, but that women are seen as second class citizens because of it. The tens that symbolize the bills worth have been crossed out and changed to eight. This signifies that women are worth less than men. Woman have accomplished many feats in the past and should be seen as equals. This political cartoon is very interesting because not only is there one message, it has the viewer reacting to the underlying meaning. It’s stating that woman aren’t…

woman’s rights and the understanding of women’s roles in marriage are changing. The church has to reevaluate the marital relationship between men and women. Foh attempts to show the “proper understanding of Genesis 3:16 is crucial to this reconsideration of the Biblical view of the woman.” Foh argues that the notion that women were made to be subservient to men and…

“In 2013, female full-time workers made only 78-percent for every dollar earned by men, a gender wage gap of 22-percent” (iwpr.com). Although women’s rights are becoming more equal, there are still areas that need improvement. Women weren’t fully introduced to the workplace until WWII, and even though it was a big step, there were still unequal salaries. Differences between men and women are evident in salaries, but major advancements have been made for women through the women’s rights movement,…

the first seeds of the American Revolution grew. People of color as well as women longed for access to equal rights and suffrage in democracy. Although white men were already treated with this sense of social equality, they were displeased with the taxation without representation and inability to govern themselves. Although each category of citizens had a different reason for doing so, they all stood in support of the American Revolution as an attempt to promote their own personal freedoms.…

hard is that when all men do is make them feel like they’re job is to stay at home. Without women we wouldn’t have half the army, half the home cooked meals and half the missing piece men need. A popular opinion about men say that they are more dominant; “Men are physically dominant in every single way.” Back in the 70’s men were the breadwinners. They worked while the women cared for the kids and made dinner. Men…