SOC 315: Cross Cultural Perspectives Women in Politics: US vs. the “MAN” May 16‚ 2010 Instructor Allan Mooney Do you use your power to vote? Have you ever thought the right to vote was not always a right for women? There has been a major trend change in the world of politics and this change is spelled W-O-M-A-N. Women have become a force to be reckoned with in the world of politics. Over the past decade‚ women have resolved into leadership positions‚ encouraging the same sex to voice their
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The suffering of women has gone on for centuries; this has slowly diminished but still exists in today’s society. Although women have their own rights and freedom they can still come across problems like the repercussions of divorce. In this sticky topic of divorce we sometimes don’t think about the whole process and how exactly all parties involved are affected and what kind of double standards are in place. Divorce affects all of the people involved but none more harshly than women and children due
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Modern Australia; there’s no place for sexism Lovely woman‚ hesitating Round the booths in sweet dismay Her gentle bosom palpitating Lest she cast her vote away 1902‚ a moment of such Liberation‚ such pride. It was the period when Australia became one of the first countries to allow women to vote. The poem I just read described how anxious women were to have their say for the first time. It was a hope for equality‚ men and women‚ same opportunities‚ same treatment. To this day‚ many will still
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Mother / Sister Women play a very vital role in human progress and have a significant place in the society. Women have always played an important position in the progress of a nation. In the early days of Islam‚ women worked side by side with men. In the battlefield‚ they nursed the injured‚ kept up the supplies and in certain cases even fought bravely. Florence Nightingale was the woman‚ who led a very successful campaign for the reforms of hospitals and nursing profession. Women had been great saints
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Organization for Women - 1966 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 help women with their movement. The signing of this Act provided women with equality especially in employment. However‚ the Act did not help with the equality as hoped. Women set out to gain equality empowering themselves by standing their ground with and taking action against the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission). Women continued to form and organize group to fight for equal rights and equal consideration for job/pay. Women became
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Women in Combat Women in combat is an issue that I believe should be given a little more thought and attention. I personally feel that women should be allowed to be in ground combat operations if they desire to do so. I do not feel that it is fair to exclude someone from performing a job within the military simply due to their gender. I do feel that women who want to go to combat should be able to perform the same physical tasks as the men currently in those positions. This issue hits close
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men and women. Many women have difficulty advancing in the corporate world because of gender stratification. There are several factors that lead to the failure of women becoming authoritarian. For example‚ if a man were to demand his proceeding employees to complete a task in a harsh‚ almost barking manner‚ then each employee would listen. However‚ women have to find different ways to place demands so that she will not seem as harsh or rigid. (Tannen‚ 1994) The question is do women have to perform
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Women in the Workforce Since the beginning‚ women have had to fight hard for the rights they have now got. Women fought for their change to vote‚ for fair equal workplace‚ equal pay‚ and abortion among just a few. Abortion used to be at the top of the list‚ but has now been replaced by fighting for money. Equal amounts for men and women (Tarr-Whelan‚ 1993). For what women believed they deserved an equal fair in they fought for. From the time this started to the present time‚ has much changed?
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Gender Paper In the early 1800s‚ women from different races and classes have had to fight for the rights that the modern women now possess through rigorous battles against an unfair patriarchy. As more and more people started arriving from Europe to America‚ the American population skyrocketed. This increased the need for land for the growing American population immensely. Led by Andrew Jackson‚ the relocation‚ and removal of Native Americans started to take place in 1930. Native American tribes
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believed the term should expand to include black women. She believed that every woman deserved to be treated with respect by men of all color no matter the color of the women’s skin. Sojourner Truth’s poem‚ ’Ain’t I a Woman‚’ has three separate points. First‚ she challenged the idea that women were weaker and needed to be taken care of. Second‚ she argued that women were as smart as any man. Thirdly‚ she explained that Christ came from a woman so women should have equal rights. What stood out in my
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