A Man Is Like A Fish Without A Bicycle Summary
The Reagan-Carter Debates: Gloria Steinem
"A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle."
This Gloria Steinem quote is an accurate summary of one of her primary issues. She has spent, and continues to spend, her entire life fighting for the equality of all people, but particularly the rights of American women. Her main beliefs are in support of a women's reproductive freedom, equal opportunity, equal pay, and anti-discrimination for all genders, races, sexualities, and castes. One of her main topics, as addressed by the preceding quote, was the independence of women in the world. She is a well-known feminist speaker, author, activist and organizer who has fought for equality in America her whole life. She travels across the country …show more content…
Kennedy in an executive order aimed at ending discrimination against minority Americans. However, this is a topic still widely debated today, as many close-minded traditionalists view it as reverse discrimination. Steinem held, and still holds, herself in favor of affirmative action, viewing it as one of America's preliminary attempts to redeem itself for the horrible way minority groups were treated throughout American history and, in some ways, are still treated today. She is in favor of this Kennedy implemented policy because it does support her main platform of equality for everyone, including many minority …show more content…
During this era, many rights were acknowledged such as: the declaration of segregation as unconstitutional, making illegally obtained evidence inadmissible in court, established the right to be represented by a lawyer, initiated the declaration of a criminal's Miranda Rights upon an arrest, chartered the separation of church and state, and the protection of a citizen's right to symbolic speech. Most of the rights established by the Warren Court benefited prisoners, but some did serve to further the feminist movement. While Steinem didn't focus on the rights of criminals, she did support the advancement of anyone's rights so she was greatly in favor of most of the decisions made by the Warren Court. During this era, many progressive movements found their footing in the many court cases used to establish the rights of the American people, including the civil rights and feminist
"A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle."
This Gloria Steinem quote is an accurate summary of one of her primary issues. She has spent, and continues to spend, her entire life fighting for the equality of all people, but particularly the rights of American women. Her main beliefs are in support of a women's reproductive freedom, equal opportunity, equal pay, and anti-discrimination for all genders, races, sexualities, and castes. One of her main topics, as addressed by the preceding quote, was the independence of women in the world. She is a well-known feminist speaker, author, activist and organizer who has fought for equality in America her whole life. She travels across the country …show more content…
Kennedy in an executive order aimed at ending discrimination against minority Americans. However, this is a topic still widely debated today, as many close-minded traditionalists view it as reverse discrimination. Steinem held, and still holds, herself in favor of affirmative action, viewing it as one of America's preliminary attempts to redeem itself for the horrible way minority groups were treated throughout American history and, in some ways, are still treated today. She is in favor of this Kennedy implemented policy because it does support her main platform of equality for everyone, including many minority …show more content…
During this era, many rights were acknowledged such as: the declaration of segregation as unconstitutional, making illegally obtained evidence inadmissible in court, established the right to be represented by a lawyer, initiated the declaration of a criminal's Miranda Rights upon an arrest, chartered the separation of church and state, and the protection of a citizen's right to symbolic speech. Most of the rights established by the Warren Court benefited prisoners, but some did serve to further the feminist movement. While Steinem didn't focus on the rights of criminals, she did support the advancement of anyone's rights so she was greatly in favor of most of the decisions made by the Warren Court. During this era, many progressive movements found their footing in the many court cases used to establish the rights of the American people, including the civil rights and feminist