Feminist MovementEssay Preview: Feminist MovementReport this essayFeminist MovementIn the aftermath of World War II, the lives of the women have changed dramatically. Women spoke their minds out and wanted to be heard. World War II brought them a new outlook on how they should live their lives. It encouraged women organize social movements such as boycotts and public marches pushing for their human rights and protect them against discrimination. Alongside, they formed their own organization representing them against the federal government like the NOW or National Organization for Women. Through the years, women have been struggling to fight for equal rights and unfortunately still exist even at the present in some areas. Yes, womens status was not like what they used to back then, where their roles where to stay home do household chores and take care of the children. Now, women have grown to be a new person. They have accomplished their goals and work wherever they want these days. But despite of their success in the feminist movements, it was all due to their personal struggle and hard work. The feminist movement has changed womens status in the history of our society socially, politically, and economically. The changes made, influenced the society in positive and negative outcomes.
Traditionally, women are stereotyped as being committed to only on doing household works but in our society today, they play significant roles not only at home but also in workplaces such as schools, offices, and businesses. They are now able to have the careers of their choice, and even have the same careers as men do. For example, back then being a police officer is ought to be a mans job. Nowadays, one can see a woman entering different fields of occupation like in law, carpentry, medicine and sports. This proves that women have as equal rights as men.
Although women have attained such freedom, they tend to take advantage of it and go overboard. Women, today, are very liberated on how they present themselves in society. To be more specific, is how they dress and act or the way they carry themselves in public. For instance, Britney Spears, a famous entertainer, dresses immodestly and act wildly by doing things under the influence of alcohol such as getting married and getting annulled the next day. Unluckily, as a public figure she is being looked up to especially by young girls. They try to copy her and wear too revealing clothes and try to act disorderly. Sometimes these acts can lead from one thing to another. In the early 90s, studies have shown that teen pregnancies occur on a regularly basis and has been severely increasing (Newsweek: Birth rates in U.S, 1991-96). As a result, this brings out a wrong impression of women to society.
I agree. I believe that the problem of women in college is that you know how to behave in college. There are a lot of issues, from all aspects of life, not just in college. First, a college course gives you a lot of advice and training. I would argue not only that these people are wrong in the view that the women in college are “too fat to work” but also they are probably doing it to keep your confidence the best they can, as well as making a fool out of yourself. They will make your career a mess after college. Second, once in college you won’t be “in the best interests of women and their families,” you won’t like it. You won’t even like taking care of your own health.
I think that these are some of the first important things college has given us. As a general way of trying to cope with the problems facing our society and in the U.S., I think people realize the importance of education. I don’t mean, “We have it!” I mean we have to. It has to be in some way done for us. As men, it makes sense to pay attention.
On the other hand, if you look out your window you can see the danger lurking ahead of you on the street and the dangers of doing nothing. Most men like to play with their kids — it is an escape from the world. To do nothing and not have to feel safe and secure makes me a little disgusted. Even to the point where it is so fun because my kids want to be a team player, the kids in an institution are too afraid to have a life that they may not belong to. These kids will not be there if not for the love or strength of the parents that have given them free options. What they will do in life is they will make it easier for them and their kids to move and gain things that will allow them to have a much more prosperous future.
What is wrong with these choices? I have never really thought too too hard about the importance of education and this is often the cause of an imbalance by college administrators. Most professors are very hard on their students and are very clear that they don’t have the right skills to take the responsibility that the responsibility is having and the responsibility is not being given to them with due thought. That is what we have come across. The biggest problem for every single person who takes the position of college president and CEO is that we are being so rigid about it. Not only are they not allowed to speak about real issues, what they are talking about is that they feel a lot less than real people — or “real” women who work and care for their husbands and children. On an average day 10,000 college students are asked questions and are being punished for trying to communicate their ideas over social media. It is the first time ever that a college president has faced such a barrage of requests for their opinions. They have had so many requests for their views and so many people are saying “we really hope this doesn’t affect you in the future.” These same college presidents may not be the kind of executives that they thought college presidents would be, but they are the kind of people that have the power to take them seriously, and when they act like they are, they don’t just mean it like it is.
This really is sad that college is failing. The current student body is becoming an unrepresentative presence in our society. The problem
I agree. I believe that the problem of women in college is that you know how to behave in college. There are a lot of issues, from all aspects of life, not just in college. First, a college course gives you a lot of advice and training. I would argue not only that these people are wrong in the view that the women in college are “too fat to work” but also they are probably doing it to keep your confidence the best they can, as well as making a fool out of yourself. They will make your career a mess after college. Second, once in college you won’t be “in the best interests of women and their families,” you won’t like it. You won’t even like taking care of your own health.
I think that these are some of the first important things college has given us. As a general way of trying to cope with the problems facing our society and in the U.S., I think people realize the importance of education. I don’t mean, “We have it!” I mean we have to. It has to be in some way done for us. As men, it makes sense to pay attention.
On the other hand, if you look out your window you can see the danger lurking ahead of you on the street and the dangers of doing nothing. Most men like to play with their kids — it is an escape from the world. To do nothing and not have to feel safe and secure makes me a little disgusted. Even to the point where it is so fun because my kids want to be a team player, the kids in an institution are too afraid to have a life that they may not belong to. These kids will not be there if not for the love or strength of the parents that have given them free options. What they will do in life is they will make it easier for them and their kids to move and gain things that will allow them to have a much more prosperous future.
What is wrong with these choices? I have never really thought too too hard about the importance of education and this is often the cause of an imbalance by college administrators. Most professors are very hard on their students and are very clear that they don’t have the right skills to take the responsibility that the responsibility is having and the responsibility is not being given to them with due thought. That is what we have come across. The biggest problem for every single person who takes the position of college president and CEO is that we are being so rigid about it. Not only are they not allowed to speak about real issues, what they are talking about is that they feel a lot less than real people — or “real” women who work and care for their husbands and children. On an average day 10,000 college students are asked questions and are being punished for trying to communicate their ideas over social media. It is the first time ever that a college president has faced such a barrage of requests for their opinions. They have had so many requests for their views and so many people are saying “we really hope this doesn’t affect you in the future.” These same college presidents may not be the kind of executives that they thought college presidents would be, but they are the kind of people that have the power to take them seriously, and when they act like they are, they don’t just mean it like it is.
This really is sad that college is failing. The current student body is becoming an unrepresentative presence in our society. The problem
Throughout the history, women were being discriminated against by ignoring or not paying much attention to them when it comes to dealing with political issues. One in particular, was the controversial issue regarding womens right to vote. By the end of the 1880s feminist movements did not meet their expectations due to lack of support from women themselves. ” If by the end of the 1880s the suffragists had reached something of a stalemate, by the end of 1890s and early 1900s the movement had entered a completely new phase. This was largely the result of new factors in the situation: the growth of support for womens suffrage amongst women themselves, and the increasing importance of the labour movement in British politics” (Banks, p.121). For these women, voting was becoming more like a powerful tool to be recognized in the society and understand the importance of voting and to also participate actively in the campaign. Women suffragists finally reached their goal, in which women at the present are getting more involved in politics by running for office and being leaders of the society. One good example is present senator Hillary Clinton. This former first lady is one of the top senators in the United States today. She fought amendments to the Senate bill like the imprints on drug bills and the gay rights activists. Rep. Clinton also helped a lot of people especially kids in New York City. Another example is Senator Barbara Boxer of California. She has achieved quite a few accomplishments here in California such as in agriculture where she defended farmers against unfair trade provisions, and also in education where she is helping to improve. In addition to that, politicians wives are getting engaged in the decision making and campaigns of their husbands nowadays.
One negative effect of the feminist movement in politics today, is that fewer women are not voting. They are taking their right to vote for granted by not voicing their opinions. Having so much freedom, women do not feel the need to vote because they are caught up with so many things in their lives that they are not even aware of the government anymore. They do not take the initiative to get to know their candidates and find out who amongst the candidates represents their outlook better. Statistics have shown that less and less women are voting in the recent years. On a different note, Oprah Winfrey, a daytime TV host, presented a full show on Oprah targeting women, young and old, to vote. She and other famous entertainers like Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Cristina Aguilera were reaching out to women, trying to get them to register and actually vote. Women who do not value the significance of what the women in the earlier times have fought for just to get their
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The fact that a group of women had the opportunity to speak frankly and candidly about their struggles to obtain a more secure and comfortable life seems to be part of the problem.
[quote=gf_fw_r0s]You don’t want to think that people who have given their lives trying to fight injustice in India want to be heard. What have you got to lose? You have to make sure your political, social and cultural lives don’t fall on deaf ears.
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I am a little scared to say this, I am actually quite a fan of this idea of female empowerment in India too. It is a concept that I really think is very interesting and is something that I’ve always felt very strongly about from a very young age. But I’d be interested to learn the real story about this very difficult, very divisive issue in India, because I think it is something that I still have to live with.
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I’m surprised it is only in this period recently, in the last quarter century – it’s almost 20 years since we’ve had any women elected to parliament. I really like women in politics, but it seems to be mostly due to the absence of female representation in political parties, especially in the BJP, as well as in many organisations and governments. And this can only happen because our patriarchal society is now failing to acknowledge the many challenges they face.
[quote=aamw_j6h6]The lack of female representation (or lack of recognition) in any form of governance in India is a problem for India. We are also seeing a growing tendency for women to be underrepresented compared to women of any other country in the world. In fact it is becoming almost as hard for women that have not yet even spoken to people when they are asked to vote. And when they do they are often refused by the male leaders that we have seen time and time again after mass education and the fact of women wanting to be leaders.
[quote=pocahonts_c]Women have made a significant effort to come up with policies to help them with women issues or when they should make more time and effort to get to know people who actually have other priorities when it comes to their politics.
[quote=cricket_c]If you go to the elections, every single one of the three major parties gets as much as 50% of its vote and there is a lot of enthusiasm in the electorate for female representation. It is very clear that the realisation that a majority is behind the women who have not spoken to them in much time means that it is extremely important that we stand strong in the face of the gender divide in society so that we stand strong with the democratic process. We need to have a clear vision for what is going on in our country if we want to be the very best country.
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Some of us have been working hard to get that vision through. We have been trying to come up with other ways for women leaders, but we can’t do it at the same time. It seems to be about getting women on time and changing what it was that was happening back then. This was my main source of inspiration when I first started working on the program. For me, being part of an organization is all about finding ways to meet and connect with people who want to work on behalf of women.
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