The Rise of Women
Many men in the present and most, if not all, in the past have considered themselves of obvious higher caliber and as the undisputed dominant role over women. Yet in the midst of the 21st century, we are very much reminded every day of the radical change that occurred merely within the last two centuries. In the course of this time, women were led, due to key feminist individuals, from the stereotypes of the "home-maker" to a much stronger and independent sex. Through the historical struggle in which women have faced in the past by persecution and insolence, women have fought for small rights that have led to a social revolution, which has furthermore resulted in benefiting the western world immensely. Other parts of the world, due to lack of freedom of speech, are still in the process of fighting the old customs and laws which are most definitely holding many nations back socially and economically. By examining the historical events in which women had struggled in the past, and specifying the key events in the mid-late 1800's and throughout 1900's, we can moreover make a confident prediction of the bright future that is laid upon for future female generations.There was a time when both men and women were r
esponsible for the well being of their families, on the same sort of level. The men were the hunters and the women also gathered food, such as beetles, nuts and roots. The woman's role of collecting edibles may not seem very significant, but when the men came home empty handed, their families had to depend on what the woman collected for their meals. The women who gathered the food bore the lion's share of responsibility to keep the tribe fed. This was a good time for women because they pulled an equal weight with their spouses. The reason for their equality is based on the fact that the families were trying to survive, and there was no such thing as education and owning property to set the sexes apart. This brings us to when women started to become condemned to their homes. The subordination of women seems to have started at about the same time the hunter-gatherers settled down to farm. When men gave up hunting, they took over agriculture and animal domestication, which had been women's jobs. The new division of labour gave men greater authority and responsibility outside the home. It put women inside the home for the first time, where their responsibilities were limited and within their homes. Where and when women lost control over agriculture and animals, they lost control over the primary economic resources of their families. Now that men had possessions, protecting them become important. Men with great wealth wanted to make sure that their holdings went to children that they could verify as their own. It quickly became obvious that the best way to do this was to control the women's sexuality, and in turn, the children they bore. This led to the establishment of the monogamous family and the beginning of the patriarchy. Patriarchy placed men at the head of the household and gave them authority over its contents, including women and children. While it became an aspect of virtually all-human societies, it didn't happen overnight or at the same pace in all cultures. Most of the rise in the feminist movement occurred in the nineteenth century. Even though the women of the nineteenth century didn't know it, the winds of change were blowing their way. The calls for "a new order and a new day" that women such as Mary Wollsto
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