Right to silence

Women's rights. That statement is powerful enough to stand alone, something that has been longed for by the women of this world for ages. Suffrage and suppression, something women were all too familiar with and have had enough of. But who was going to say something? That strong, independent person is Emmeline Pankhurst, a women's rights activist who spoke up for all of the women whos voices were silenced by the prejudice and preconceived idea of male superiority. Well, Pankhursts voice was heard…

created equal.” During this time in America women were not afforded the same rights as men. Women could not vote or participate in political activities. Higher education was not available for women, and a married woman had no rights to property. From the signing of the Declaration of Independence, it would be 72 years before these inequalities were addressed. In 1848, in the town of Seneca, New York, a Declaration of Rights would be adopted. This declaration states that “all men and women are…

to promote the economic well-being of nations fail to support the economic or political well-being of individuals due to four things that development experts ignore: the history of the nations with autocratic leaders, the importance of individual rights, the merit of spontaneous solutions, and the success of free development. The first of these he refers to as the “Blank Slate,” the idea…

woman, or a shrew; it would make no difference to her value. Chaucer never tells us the wife’s name. This is a deliberate and dehumanizing narrative choice, which further emphasizes that the wife is property to be owned, not an individual in her own right. While Symkyn’s daughter, Malyne, is given a name, that is the only dignity accorded to her. Otherwise she is described in terms of her physical attributes, in an animal-like way, and her dowry, which Symkyn intends to use to elevate his…

Freedom of speech. We all have it, don’t we? However imagine if that was taken away from you. This is precisely what happened to the migrants in Toronto during the early 20th centuries. The voice of the migrants are often forgotten within the pages of the past due to the lack of power and as the individual evolves through certain events, their story may be revealed to the audience, overwriting the recorded history. Michael Ondaatje’s novel “In the Skin of A Lion” was written during the 1980s,…

friends did not let this attack silence them, as it was intended to. In fact, she says that none of the girls allowed this attack to change them. Instead they only allowed it to strengthen them. This appeals to the ethics of the audience because it makes Malala and her friends look very morally appealing, this is called ethos. It makes them look good to their audience because even after being shot at and attacked they only grew stronger as…

Like Father, Like Son? Imagine silence, then life. A little baby boy has just been born in North Korea. He has been given a new life to do whatever he pleases; except he can’t. That little boy has been born in a concentration camp and will stay there for the rest of his life. This is what is happening in North Korea at this moment; so cruel, yet still tolerated. The violence and dehumanization in North Korea still has not ceased, and the genocide will continue to affect the world until their…

interfere in personal relationships. He considered that education of women was very important for empowering of the society in general and argued that women should be granted more political and legal rights. Under whatever conditions, and within whatever limits, men are admitted to the suffrage, there is not a shadow of justification for not admitting women under the same .The majority of the women of any class are not likely to differ in political opinion from the majority of the men of the…

among libertarians and collectivists alike. However, under the guise of public safety, governments often choose to censor all forms of expression that may be construed as harmful to the people. Ironically, authorities of state violate the fundamental rights of their people by choosing to edit the boundaries of freedom of expression itself. The fundamental thought that underlies the assumption governments should control freedom of expression has existed for centuries and, more often than not, has…

and months that I tried to find a way to kill the King, which btw I still think is genius now thinking back on it, I came up with this idea to put the knife on my right thigh. I thought most people being right handed would usually put a knife or any kind of weapon on their left thigh, but I, being “handicap” was not searched on my right side as I entered into the King’s palace to “report” on the monthly taxes. See people?…