Carly's Connection #3: Women's Rights

Throughout time (note: in some cultures) women have been looked down on as “the lower” or “more dependant” species. However women rights movements in the last 100 or so years have liberated many countries and cultures into opening their eyes to the equality that women do deserve. In D.O.A.Y.G Anne is in the brink of a feminist revolution and she wonders why she is considered less of a person because of her gender. (See text below) Excerpt from D.O.A.Y.G. {pg. 314-315}
“One of the many questions that have often bothered me is why women have been, and still are, thought to be so inferior to men. It’s easy to say it’s unfair, but that is not enough for me; I’d really like to know the reason for this great injustice! Men presumably dominated women from the very beginning because of their greater physical strength; it’s men who earn a living, beget children and do as they please… Until recently women silently went along with this, which was stupid, since the longer it’s kept up, the more deeply entrenched it becomes. Fortunately, education, work, and progress have opened women’s eyes. In many countries they’ve been granted equal rights; many people, mainly women, but also men, now have realized how wrong it was to tolerate this state of affairs for so long. Modern women want the right to be completely independent…. Women should be respected as well…..”

Link to “Timeline of Women’s Rights” http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenstimeline1.html