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    March 2011 Do women face Social injustice and oppression in today’s World? Many women around the world are treated as second class citizens or worse in their own countries. In poor and modern countries alike sex and slave trafficking are still prevalent. Many women die in child birth from complications American women don’t even worry about. Many women are murdered by their own families because they were raped. In some places women are forced to marry their rapists. In

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    The Injustices that Women Faced Since the beginning of time women had been working hard to improve their place in society. The Equality of man has been one of the most pursued activities throughout human history. Mankind has made several mistakes during this long quest for a prejudice-free society. However‚ in order for humans to continue evolving in the making of ourselves as better‚ we must stare back at these mistakes and learn from them. Womens suffrage is a relevant

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    Disparity and worlds injustice to women Gender equality is every human beings right. Men and women should be treated equally. When gender inequality occurs‚ it is usually women whom are degraded. Nicholas D. Kristof; demonstrated the idea of gender inequality by giving an example about a 14-year-old Pakistani girl named Malala who was shot in the head and neck by the Taliban. She was shot due to advocating education for impoverished Pakistan girls. The Taliban attempted to end her advocacy

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    The Oppression of Muslims in the World Today Muslims are being oppressed all over the world in today’s times. Muslims are branded by the Western part of the world as ‘terrorists.’ This is completely false. Islam is a religion of peace and those countries that have branded Muslims as terrorists are in fact oppressing Muslims. One of the worst types of oppression that is taking place today against Muslims is in Palestine. Israel is killing and torturing all the Palestinian Muslims just to gain territory

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    and become an injustice. Injustice could mean violating the rights of others or going through an unfair action or treatment. In the 1830’s‚ Native Americans experienced social injustice and unfortunately social injustice still exists today‚ just with gender inequality‚ specifically women’s rights. Both injustices happened due to an urge of wanting a personal gain. In other words‚ the injustice occurs because there is a reward that will benefit the group of people who start the injustice. The difference

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    strides in social justice were made recently. It is hard to imagine what life was like for people during America’s burgeoning years. Although some think that burgeoning America was a land of opportunity for all‚ it was actually an oppressive place for every American‚ specifically the financially handicapped‚ women‚ and ethnic peoples. Though oppression was rampant in burgeoning America‚ some might argue that white men did not receive maltreatment based on factors they couldn’t control. Women were forced

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    The image of the flapper in addition to women stepping out of the household have then a new sense of independence. For women‚ having a job was now a form of self expression. You were making a statement. This radical new idea is explained best by Charlotte Perkins Gilman in Women and Economics when she says‚ “The spirit of personal independence in the women of today is sure proof that a change has come...the radical change in the economic position of women is advancing upon us...the growing individualization

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    Throughout history‚ women have long endured centuries and centuries of discrimination and oppression. Male superiority and male dominance have long been in the roots of societies. Even as of today‚ in many countries‚ women still struggle with gender inequality. Women‚ especially in developing countries where democracy has yet to be put into action‚ are often victims of oppression and discrimination. Violence used against women are often overlooked and women are not legally represented as equals.

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    makes a very bold statement in her essay “Oppression” stating that “women are oppressed as women‚ but men are not oppressed as men” (Frye‚ 16). She claims that women are oppressed as women‚ because in our society females are defined by preconceived stereotypes of their gender. However‚ men are not oppressed as men because the male population holds social power and choose to not stigmatize their own gender. Instead they choose to stereotype and place social restrictions on the female gender in order

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    prejudice thoughts and discriminatory acts all circle back to Social Darwinism. Darwin’s theory‚ developed in the mid-19th century was based on the belief that environmental competition‚ a process called natural selection‚ ensured that only the strongest and most fit organisms would survive (allowing the biologically fragile to perish); thus‚ guaranteeing the successful survival of a species(Martin‚ 2012). Also‚ supporters of social Darwinism opposed state aid to the poor and otherwise handicapped

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