Women have struggled for decades to have equal rights as men. Even in today's world, we are still not completely there yet. It's proven that, in some circumstances, men still get paid higher wages than women when doing the same job.
It's amazing how the Woman's Rights Convention was held in 1848 and even today it's still not completely equal. Yes, we, as women, have achieved a lot over the years especially in the business world but secretly people still stereotype in my eyes.
There have been many Supreme Court cases, within ten years, about discrimination with women in schools, and also sexual discrimination. In 2009, "President Obama signed the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act, which allows victims of pay discrimination to file a complaint with the government against their employer within 180 days of their last paycheck." ( info please website) Before this act was placed, the victims, who mainly are women, could only complain 180 days of their first unfair paycheck. This shows progress in today's world for women.
"That woman is man's equal- was intended to be so by the Creator, and the highest good of the race demands that she should be recognized as such." This is really saying that men and women were created equal and for whatever reason men have been established as superior to women all through history. The progress with women's rights has really succeeded through the years but I think if we are almost to the point now of kind of just excepting what he have accomplished after this long and now we will gradually keep trying bit by bit to get closer to the men.
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