Yes, equal rights is a good thing. ... The belief that women are equal to men and perfectly capable of doing everything a man can do is pounded into the male brain irritatingly and unceasingly. ... If women demanded to be equal to men during a terrible time such as the sinking of the Titanic, then they have a valid argument for equality. ... Women deserve all the rights of men, but going too far is, simply put, going too far. Women and men are not equal to each other. ...

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 The Societal Birth Rights of Women We humans now in the 21st century have evolved into a world of adequate justice compared to previous decades and centuries. ... This shows how the divisions of obligations are biased, and domestic inequality is extremely apparent when there is no equal participation in such. ... Men and the society believe the male's mere and main duty in life is to bring money to the table, only hogging women's equal opportunity. ... Not just men themselves, but society, has opposed women to equal financial achievement, creating males to affirm their better ach...

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In the meanwhile, the process of making the decision also violates women's fundamental rights especially voting rights, thereby pushing women to the subordinate position. ... The law deprived women of their natural rights that everyone has unalienable rights of Life, Liberty and Property. ... In the American history, women had been struggling for equal rights for a long time. ... Men and women were not given equal rights even though they were both legal citizens and both of their rights should be protected by the federal government. ... To sum up, only when women and men had equal righ...

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These women were lobbying for the basic human rights of African-Americans when they themselves did not even have the right to vote. ... Women became concerned with the issue of equal access and equal opportunities. ... This wave began around the 1960s and developed from the greater civil rights movement. ... The Third Wave recognized the importance of fighting for equal rights among all humans who are oppressed, and the danger of focusing only on a particular minority. ... The feminist movement grew from a deep frustration in women that they were not considered equal to men. ...

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This group inclines to focus on equal right in the workplace such as equal pay and sex segregation as well as issues on access to education and political rights. Liberal feminist also support issues on abortion and reproductive rights and also tackle issues regarding sexual assault and harassment. ... A big accomplishment in Liberal feminism which gives a clear example of what they stand for was the Equal Rights Amendment which was sent to the states in the 1970's stated that, "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on ac...

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It is likely that the thrill and importance that the women felt during their contribution in the war period, led them to actually fight for their rights. ... This breakthrough provided a new mentality to women on several things, but particularly equal rights. ... Florence Bird was appointed as the chairwomen and is best remember due to her role, and in an interview several months before her death she specified that the status of women in Canada ensuring equal opportunities for women with men in all aspects of Canadian society was exactly what she wanted ("Florence Bird", 2000). ... A...

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America is a free country, where "all men are created equal", people do not have equality. ... The definition states that the U.S. promise to provide equal opportunity to all of its citizens. ... Without equal opportunity for all types of people, poor or wealthy, the American dream would not exist. ... Women are now given more equal rights. ... Women should have equal rights to everything and not be judged by stereotypes, but these rights are not always respected. ...

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Women's access to education played an essential role in gaining equal opportunities within formal employment. ... It gave women the confidence to fight for equal pay, as women were paid half that of men for the same position. Equal pay was achieved in the 1950's. ... Throughout the century women were similarly successful in achieving change through campaigning for their rights. ... Through the unions women were able to campaign for equal rights, issues such as sexual harassment, heath and childcare facilities, maternity leave and access to education [11]. ...

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"The rights and responsibilities of a woman are equal to those of a man, although are not identical with them (Badawi.) The difference is understandable because men and women are not identical but are created equals. ... People are not created identical but they are created equals." ... The fact that Islam gives women equal rights, but not identical, shows that it takes into due consideration, acknowledges her and recognizes a woman's independent personality (Badawi.) ... According to Gal. 3:28, in soul men and women are equal Galatians 3:28 "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neith...

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Decade after decade, few changes and improvements regarding women's rights in Islam have been made, as inequality is still predominately evident in the lives of Muslim women today. ... These women's rights are deprived, as these Islamic females are seen as objects as opposed to equal human beings. ... The Islamic religion itself does not promote nor is the reason for the oppression of women and deprivation of women's rights. ... The Koran explicitly state that men and women are equal in the eyes of god, "And for women are rights over men similar to those of men over women." ... ...

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Decade after decade, few changes and improvements regarding women's rights in Islam have been made, as inequality is still predominately evident in the lives of Muslim women today. ... These women's rights are deprived, as these Islamic females are seen as objects as opposed to equal human beings. ... The Islamic religion itself does not promote nor is the reason for the oppression of women and deprivation of women's rights. ... The Koran explicitly state that men and women are equal in the eyes of god, "And for women are rights over men similar to those of men over women." ... ...

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They put pressure on president Lyndon Johnson in 1967 to reform the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, who threatened not to enforce sex discrimination laws, so that women's rights would be represented (Women's 1960s). ... Such victories allowed NOW to become a powerful purveyor in women's rights. ... However most moderate organizations fought for equal pay, stricter rape laws, reform of divorce practices, and improvement of health care (Women's 1970s). ... While all of the women's rights movements were occurring, America was in a social upheaval. ... They all w...

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Rich strongly believes though, that women such as Sappho, Christina Rossetti, and Emily Dickenson wrote as equals to men. Rich "wanted women poets to be the equals of men, and to be equal was still confused with sounding the same."... Rich wants women to be able to be seen as equals at first. Upon noticing that women like Marianne Moore were being admired by men in addition to already writing as equals, Rich shifts positions to say that women should be more than equal to men, because that is too much like being the same. ... Throughout When We Dead Awaken, Rich is right in saying that women...

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Social functionalist view women with equal power to men as dysfunctional because it violates the traditional view of men/women roles. ... Fourth, we must match like work with like pay wages, encourage equal pay for both men and women. Lastly, equal employment opportunities in the country should be achieved in order to ensure equal education and economic success among both women and men. ... Reproductive rights and abortion issues are not pro- or anti-woman, as many women oppose abortion and unlimited access to contraceptives. ... Until we (society as a whole), bridge these gaps, equal pay, pro...

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Although, in America, the role of women have been developed to its current stage through a lot of historical struggles such as the Civil Rights Movement. ... Due to this strong belief, women led movements such as the Suffrage Act, fighting for equality, independence, voting rights, to name a few. ... Within the movements, they suffered a lot of pain and punishment which included physical attacks, incarcerations and their little bit of rights taken away at home. Over time, women have overcome several struggles to reach this current stage where equal opportunity is granted, discrimination is ...

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With the inhumane treatment of slaves and the relocation of Native Americans to reservations, rhetorical battles were being fought and movements were emerging to champion the establishment of equal rights for all humanity. ... "Although he paid lip-service to a firm belief in the equality of the sexes, it was not in his character to treat his wife as a partner with rights equal to his own" (Wade 5). ... In an attempt to make her case that the rights of liberty must be granted to women as well as men, Fuller challenges the role men assign women. ...

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Monetary benefits and costs shape individuals' agency, individuals who are believed to all have equal opportunities but positive inequality of outcomes (Greig et al., 2007). ... Yet, according to the modernization theory, the process of development will emancipate women from their "traditional" roles, allowing them equal amount of opportunities and rights (Silberschmidt, Cornwell, Edstrom, & Greig, 2011, p. 7). ... However, the contribution to increasing household income is not equal to an input from the male part to help in the many household tasks and taking care of the childr...

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It was thought that women had an equal position to men economically. ... A woman would also lose all her rights if divorcing a man without any fault of his own and she would receive nothing if she had committed adultery. ... Overall, the position of women in a marriage was equal to the position of the male. ... The economic and legal position of women in Ancient Egypt was quite equal to that of Ancient Egyptian men. ... As stated earlier, the role of women economically was fairly equal to the role that men had. ...

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It's a heart breaking truth that more than two hundred years later a battle is being fought to enable women with the same rights that were conceived during the birth of this nation. ... A feminist is any person involved in organized activity on behalf of women's rights. ... This fact alone says that women need to become empowered and encouraged to seek professions that will give them equal opportunity if the United States ever wishes to grow its economy. ... However, men are allowed to legislate on what care women can and cannot receive as well as what reproductive rights they have. ...

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Even presently, with all our advances in equal rights and women's advances in the work fields, this role of compliance and passivity is still present among our society. ... She fought for equal opportunities for women and proved it was possible when she was the first woman to be admitted to the Goncourt Academy. ... Now, with advances in women's rights and the expansion of women's role in the workplace and society, they are given a chance to abolish or escape these roles. ...

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Even presently, with all our advances in equal rights and women's advances in the work fields, this role of compliance and passivity is still present among our society. ... She fought for equal opportunities for women and proved it was possible when she was the first woman to be admitted to the Goncourt Academy. ... Now, with advances in women's rights and the expansion of women's role in the workplace and society, they are given a chance to abolish or escape these roles. ...

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It has not been until that last century that we finally see women step up and voice their rights and opinions against stereotypes in our country. Since then, women have legally been granted equal rights with men. ... It is human nature to judge and because of this we may never truly see men and women as equals, both capable of being whomever they choose to be. ...

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In contract, in modern society men and women are equal in law through the efforts of several generations of women. ... In addition, women get the rights to say, men are no longer the authority and the only person who make decision in the family. ... In traditional society, women has no rights to choose her husband, they have to accept the marriage arranged by family. But now, women become an independent individual, they can choose their husband base on their own mind, no one has rights to push her choose a men she don't like. ...

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Women of the time were objectified and certainly not seen as equals, in contrast to Linde, She felt a great duty to maintain subordinance and keep domestic peace and harmony, she speaks to Torvald, "I've been your doll wife". ... Rank, a man of high status and authority represents the gentle patriarchy and proposed on an equal power level with Nora however his chivalry is proved fallible when he declares his love for her. ... Ibsen's play was one of the first revolutionary of its type and instigated the beginning of what would become a monumental movement for women's rights. ...

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They have 14 villages with a combined population equaling 4,000(http://www.vanderbilt.edu). ... Along with being connoisseurs of their ecosystems the Kayapo are very involved with art using it to distinguish some gender roles along with rights of passage through body painting, piercing, and different hairstyles. ... It is used as a means of social stratification among the tribes" men, woman, and children and also representing a boy and girls rights of passage to adulthood through different piercing, paintings, and hairstyles. ...

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