The Importance Of Women's Rights In The United States
What is your interpretation of freedom? Is it guaranteed or repeatedly fought for? Although we are guaranteed our rights in the U.S. Constitution, we still have to win them over many times. In this essay I will argue that our freedom has been repeatedly fought for. The Revolutionary War was fought to gain freedom from unreasonable taxes, we fought a Civil War to end slavery, and we are still protesting about the rights of women. We must repeatedly fight generation after generation for our freedoms and rights under the Constitution. I have listed below three reasons I believe this.
First, The Revolutionary War was fought to gain freedom and independence. Tensions were being built between the colonists and British authorities over taxes and …show more content…
We fought this war, yet some people are still treated as slaves in parts of this country. There are nearly 60,000 slaves in America today who are forced laborers, prostitutes, and child brides. Even though slavery is illegal almost everywhere, it is not abolished. Slavery is happening all around us, we just cannot see it, and we must put a stop to it. Lastly, I'm going to talk about women's rights. The Women's Rights Movement began in 1848. The 19th amendment was ratified to give women the right to vote, but we still struggle with other rights that men have and women still do not. My example of this is equal pay; men can get paid more than women do by doing the exact same job. Some people look at women as not as important as men, but if a woman could do the same job as a man she should get equal pay. In this essay I am arguing with the opposing thought that our freedom is guaranteed. I'm arguing with this, because of the reasons I have stated above. We are not guaranteed our freedom, because we still are fighting over rights of equality and women's rights. We must fight repeatedly for these rights or they could get taken right from under us just like that. This is why I think we have to fight for our rights
First, The Revolutionary War was fought to gain freedom and independence. Tensions were being built between the colonists and British authorities over taxes and …show more content…
We fought this war, yet some people are still treated as slaves in parts of this country. There are nearly 60,000 slaves in America today who are forced laborers, prostitutes, and child brides. Even though slavery is illegal almost everywhere, it is not abolished. Slavery is happening all around us, we just cannot see it, and we must put a stop to it. Lastly, I'm going to talk about women's rights. The Women's Rights Movement began in 1848. The 19th amendment was ratified to give women the right to vote, but we still struggle with other rights that men have and women still do not. My example of this is equal pay; men can get paid more than women do by doing the exact same job. Some people look at women as not as important as men, but if a woman could do the same job as a man she should get equal pay. In this essay I am arguing with the opposing thought that our freedom is guaranteed. I'm arguing with this, because of the reasons I have stated above. We are not guaranteed our freedom, because we still are fighting over rights of equality and women's rights. We must fight repeatedly for these rights or they could get taken right from under us just like that. This is why I think we have to fight for our rights