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Human Rights For Women And World Public Order Myres Modougal Summary

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McDougal, Myres S. et al. “Human Rights for Women and World Public Order: The Outlawing of Sex-Based Discrimination.” The American Journal of International Law, vol. 69, no. 3, 1975, pp. 497–533. www.jstor.org/stable/2199896.
In The American Journal of International Law, author Myres McDougal examines the rights of women in society are based on their gender. He describes women as the “inferior sex” the moment they are conceived. Men are quickly seen as the more powerful sex in the fact that can own property, have voting rights, and can hold a political position. By having mediocre, low-paying jobs, women become financially dependent on their husbands. In marriage, it is always expected for a woman to take the husband’s last name. Women can …show more content…

Author Charlip has some good claims that are backed up by the educated women fighting for their political positions instead of standing by idly. The author is credible because he found the article through a newspaper. Within Atwood’s Dystopian novel, she tells of how the Gilead march their way into the U.S. and assassinate the men leading. The Republic of Gilead is ruled by totalitarian dictators whose slashes the people of the Constitution and of their rights. This article shows how women had to fight dictators to gain their equality. In the Handmaid’s Tale, Offred was stripped of her rights. It was not until later she joined a resistance organization called Mayday. The resistance knew of Offred’s frequent meetings with the Commander and instructed her to learn any information she could. The information could then help push their movement along to one day remove the Republic of Gilead from power. They needed to be educated on this government in order to eliminate it. Both the article and book relate to the power of knowledge and …show more content…

Within Poland, abortion in a public hospital was only allowed if the life of the pregnant woman was threatened, had a malformed fetus, or had gotten pregnant by incest or rape. Contraception is a key part of feminism because it gave them a choice. Abortion was prohibited in private clinics. This law was issued in Poland on Mar. 15, 1993. If performed by a private physician, they could be imprisoned for two years or up to ten years if the woman dies from the procedure. The women that do the procedure do not receive a punishment. With the new law, sex education was to be increased in schools and contraceptives were to become more available. Some women, who could afford it, did cross the border to a clinic there. This law created a problem for poor, young woman who became pregnant and had nowhere to go for help. Women are being denied their rights of

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