The quote that I picked from the "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions" is: "Resolved, That women 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".
The meaning of this quote is for women to attain certain rights such as, civil, social, political, and religious rights that men have and that they should be treated equal.
I see the whole article as a protest for the mistreatment of women in the American society. It echoes the preamble of the Declaration of Independence. This quote represents a demand to the government so that women are granted all of the rights and privileges that men possess, that they should be treated equal as men. Some of the rights might include, the right to vote. Social and institutional barriers as family responsibilities, lack of education and educational opportunities do not really help for women to have equal rights as men. Basically women did not have a voice in our society, however, today women somewhat have the same rights as men and even thought the two genders do not have equal rights one hundred percent it is a big progress from 1848 to 2015. For example, we still see that big corporations top executives are mostly men, and that there is still a big difference when it comes to men and women salaries. Women and men should have the same rights and today it is "believe" that we do have them, which in reality we don't, the problem is how do we enforce laws so we both could have the same rights in our society. Very interesting and controversial article.
Great post. While the law usually calls for gender equality, the reality is another. Women have made amazing progress in the past few decades. The growth of the feminist movement demonstrates that this progress is not enough and there is still much room for improvement. I think a cultural shift in the way we value men and women is necessary for this improvement to occur. We need to consider men and women equally capable on all level. We deserve more than 77 cents to ever dollar earned by a man and a man deserves to have the choice to be a stay at home parent without being considered less of a man by society. Only when we begin to consider men and women truly equal on all levels will their be complete gender equality.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree written laws and reality is different.
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