The Fight For Women In The 1900's

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People always seem to think that woman’s suffrage ended after the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. Women around the world have fought all their lives to have equal rights. Still today men and women are treated differently based on their work efforts and their way of life. Women have been fighting for their rights since 1848. Many women are pushed around and downgraded based on their gender. A man overrules and has more power than a group of women put together. Many countries have strict rules that only apply to women and affects their way of life. Women play a vital role in our lives, so they should receive equality to men. They should be treated as equals to men since they are no less.
As a woman I find it interesting on how the women have fought …show more content…

Many women say they will avoid certain careers because of sexism and fewer women refuse to be in politics. In a recent article Sexist Attitudes in Australia Are on the Rise, Young Women Tell Gender Study talks about how women are tired of men down grading them. Many young women said “you immediately get called ‘bossy’ or ‘pushy’ when you’re simply trying to be assertive and step up.” Due to some social structures, traditions, stereotypes and attitudes about women and their role in society, women do not always have the opportunity and ability to access and enforce their rights on the same basis as men. Women in Australia are paid less than men while doing the same work. One in three Australian women will experience violence in an intimate relationship, and one in five women have experienced sexual violence since the age of 15. Additionally, domestic violence is the biggest cause of homelessness for Australian women. Sexist Attitudes in Australia Are on the Rise, Young Women Tell Gender Study says, “women and girls make up just over half (50.7 per cent) of the Australian population.” They are still ranked second to men. “Women take home an average $251.20 less than men each week.” Australian women work harder than men and get paid less because they are considered weak. As a result, women have a higher chance of experiencing shortage of money in their retirement than men do. Women will always have a harderBrazil is thought to possess the most organized and effective women's movement in Latin America, with visible gains having been made over the past century to promote and protect the legal and political rights of women. Women's societal roles in Brazil have been heavily impacted by the patriarchal traditions of Brazilian culture, which holds women subordinate to men in familial and community