Women's Health Initiative

Today, only a few truly understand the meaning of feminism. Modern feminism has lost its meaning and from the deterioration, many women who believed in equality between genders have stopped identifying themselves as feminist because feminists have been too often related to misandrists. Organizations such as WomenAgainstFeminism is encouraging women to publicly denounce modern feminism. Some even consider that feminism should be banned for good. Those who denounce modern feminism should not blame…

the right to file a lawsuit or sign legal documents without their husband’s permission, the right to own/control their own property or being able to hold political office. The lack of these rights, especially the lack of voting rights, prompted the women’s suffrage movement. Women wanted to challenge the “proper” roles that were placed upon their gender. The traditional gender roles, at this time, were that the men were the head of the household and provided financial stability. The women were…

In the third world country known as India there are numerous social problems that range from poverty to overpopulation. Though these are drastic issues that need to be contained and have measures taken against them, one of the most horrific occurrences in India to would have to be gender inequality. Gender inequality pertains to the unfair treatment of an individual based on their gender or sex . Although in this situation the victims the majority of the time are women. In the third world…

The celebration was to include many domestic and foreign dignitaries, including the acting Vice-President Senator Thomas Ferry as a replacement for President Grant. The women were determined to make a point and conquer the opportunity to discuss women’s rights in front of them. They had asked respectfully and were turned down and they were determined to make their presence and the Declaration of Women known. Susan B. Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Sara Andrews Spencer, Lillie Devereux Blake and…

In April of this year, five members of the United States Women’s National Soccer team with the help of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed an discriminatory action against the U. S Soccer Federation (Martinez, 2016). Even though the women’s team has bought in a profit of around 20 million dollars, they are being paid very poorly compared to the men in the Federation. They are being paid about a fourth of the amount the men make; this even forced some of these world champion soccer…

Thelma & Louise is a 1991 American road film that was directed by Ridley Scott and written by Callie Khouri. The film stars Thelma and Louise as two friends who embarked on a road trip that had disastrous consequences. The two friends set off on a road trip and became outlawed after Louise shot a would-be rapist. The two friends find themselves running away from law and starts finding their independence as well as shaping their characters all through their journey. A woman 's film is a film that…

anti-alcohol organization that were mainly supported by women the 18th amendment was passed in 1919 and the amendment did not prohibit the consumption of alcohol. This is proof that women did not have an easy life compared to white men and before the women’s movement society made it hard to impossible for a women to make a living on her…

A Doll’s House Henrik Ibsen’s, “A Doll’s House,” is an intriguing story about the limitations of women in the late 1870’s. This play highlights the life of Nora and shows the restraints and choices women in a patriarchal society face. Ibsen conveys this theme not only through Nora but also through her interactions with the other characters throughout the play. Nora is trapped in a world of inevitable oppression fighting for a future. Nora encompases the life of a woman in the nineteenth…

oppression of women are displayed in the works of Susan B. Anthony’s “Women’s Right to Vote” and Sojourner Truth’s…

A mother wakes to fix breakfast for her child. Another day, living in a country where she’s unable to work in the field she has a passion for; trapped in a loop as a housewife. Persisting another day in a country that lacks the allowance (qualification) of either one of them access to human rights. Finding a way to reopen those eyes to the rights, and equality they lack within their country is not an easy task. Promoting what these people deserve in their lives is a fight that Shirin Ebadi was…