Women’s Rights

 “What do women have in common with bowling balls? No matter how many times you pick them up, stick your fingers in them, and throw them in the gutter, they always come back for more.” Some may say that women are already equal to men in every way. If that is true why then do women still get 70 cents for every dollar a man earns, why do women spend 25% more time doing housework when both the man and women work fulltime, why are only 25% of our politicians women? The fight for equal rights is far from over; some may say we have just begun.

            ster·e·o·type: a conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image. Every woman is; stupid, good at cooking, good at cleaning, bad at driving, impractical, etc. The amount of stereotypes about women is insane.  Women will not be able to have equal rights until all of these stereotypes are broken. If they continue to exist then women will not be confident and men will believe that these things are true. Although they seem harmless at first they can lead to horrible things, women can learn to think that they are less than a man and that they should serve their men. Women may feel that they must do all the cleaning and cooking around the house leaving no time for themselves. Women will also become more insecure. We get these stereotypes from many places; television, internet and music to name a few, however the place we get most of these stereotypes are by looking at our family. That is why it is so important for fathers, mothers, grandmothers and grandfathers all to set good examples. Men must treat women equal by not talking to them as if they are dumb and women must all believe truly that they are equal to men by showing that they can do everything that men can do. Also parents must not give gender specific toys when they are young, give a toy car to a girl and a kitchen to a boy.

            Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed.  If I fail, no one will say, "She doesn't have what it takes."  They will say, "Women don't have what it takes."  ~Clare Boothe Luce. We all must do our part to bring women’s rights to the forefront of people’s minds. It is an issue that is long overdue. We must realize that it is a problem. We must be feminists.

How are women’s issues also men’s issues?

“The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says “It’s a girl.”.”-Shirley Chisholm.  From the moment we are born we are put into two categories boy or girl, which changes our entire life. If we are a boy we will be given action figures when we are young grow up playing ball and watching sports and when we are teenagers we must become gun loving sex hounds. If we are a girl we grow up with Barbie’s and play kitchens and as teenagers you must wear makeup and sexy outfits. If we don’t do what is expected of our given sex then we will be frowned upon from all parts of society. If women escape from the torment of the kitchen and house work and can all become strong independent women. Then men will also in turn be able to show emotion. If women become truly equal to men and stereotyping of women ceases to exist, then the same will happen for men. Once men’s stereotyping is over than people who are gay will no longer have to conform to societies wants. We all must fight for women’s rights because in turn comes men’s rights and next to that gay and even transgender rights.