On the Equality of Sexes
American History I
November 19th 2012
On the Equality of Sexes Throughout history, there have been many rebels who have stood up for ideals in which they personally had felt were wrong in society. By choosing to stand against the wrongs of society, those revolutionaries have led to numerous changes in our modern society of this day and age. In the essay Judith Sargent Murray had written “On the Equality of Sexes”, she had discussed about the issue behind how women are not inferior to men. Murray’s father had not sent her to college, but instead sent Murray’s brother to Harvard. Murray had overcome the obstacle of not going to college, and despite having her brother go to Harvard; she strived through adversity to write such a robust essay. Rather than becoming upset of the situation she is put in, she continued to strive through such diversity and dedicated herself to obtaining an education. Despite her father rejecting her knowledge she continued to spend countless hours in her father’s library and she had also listened in on her brother’s tutoring sessions. Having this passion for education had given her the initiative to prove that women are equal to men and should not be beset in comparison to men. Murray refused to sit down and allow these ideas to flourish in the presence of men & women. Murray set out to make a point, and with this document she had done so. Both sexes had been equal in the eyes of Murray, and she had felt as God had created both equally also. One of the bigger examples she had given was the two year old male and the female child, neither tend to be more intelligent than the other. Cause of the society in that time, the male child would initially be entitled to the education rather than the female. In addition to the sexist aspects of society, the male child would be taught more trades and skills in comparison to the female. While talking of that example, Murray herself could be used as an example with the situation between
November 19th 2012
On the Equality of Sexes Throughout history, there have been many rebels who have stood up for ideals in which they personally had felt were wrong in society. By choosing to stand against the wrongs of society, those revolutionaries have led to numerous changes in our modern society of this day and age. In the essay Judith Sargent Murray had written “On the Equality of Sexes”, she had discussed about the issue behind how women are not inferior to men. Murray’s father had not sent her to college, but instead sent Murray’s brother to Harvard. Murray had overcome the obstacle of not going to college, and despite having her brother go to Harvard; she strived through adversity to write such a robust essay. Rather than becoming upset of the situation she is put in, she continued to strive through such diversity and dedicated herself to obtaining an education. Despite her father rejecting her knowledge she continued to spend countless hours in her father’s library and she had also listened in on her brother’s tutoring sessions. Having this passion for education had given her the initiative to prove that women are equal to men and should not be beset in comparison to men. Murray refused to sit down and allow these ideas to flourish in the presence of men & women. Murray set out to make a point, and with this document she had done so. Both sexes had been equal in the eyes of Murray, and she had felt as God had created both equally also. One of the bigger examples she had given was the two year old male and the female child, neither tend to be more intelligent than the other. Cause of the society in that time, the male child would initially be entitled to the education rather than the female. In addition to the sexist aspects of society, the male child would be taught more trades and skills in comparison to the female. While talking of that example, Murray herself could be used as an example with the situation between