essay of women rights

Growing up as females has never been easy. Maybe when they were still kids, things were not strikingly different for little boys and girls. Yet, females, as they grow up, may face a lot of disturbances or discrimination from people around them and worse, from their parents sometimes, in the case of determining their own happiness and their futures. In my viewpoint, women have the rights to live their lives as they want to and to make their dreams come true – free from fear of abuse or force since these are basic human rights everybody is entitled to. Women, in my opinion, must gain access to live their lives as they want to – to feel the freedom. Some cultures may force little girls to marry early the men who are far older than those little girls are. At that time, these child brides do not have the rights to even refuse the marriage set for them. Little girls who are supposed to enjoy playing with their friends have to give birth to their babies whose ages are not that far from those little 'wives'. This happens due to gender discrimination – a condition where girls are not entitled to education and there is no other choice but marriage. Or else, the girls' families are so poor that they need urgent financial help. In addition, women have the rights to make their dreams come true. They have the rights to access education as high as they can attain. They have the rights to be smart and to be successful. It is a very unfair decision where boys may go to schools and girls must stay home. Girls are not allowed to go to schools since parents are going to send them to marriage anyway. The parents consider this going to school as a waste of money if they spend the money on their daughters. What the parents think about is only how to find their daughters good and rich husbands so that their daughters may live a life of fortune which the parents believe to be the source of.
Anyone who does not live in The Middle East may think women are treated unfairly or like animals. In many cases this is true since many of them were raised to believe their place in society is behind a man or being a servant and nothing more. There are various reasons why women in this part of the world should be treated better, but part of the problem is with the government and the men who feel women should not have a higher standard in their society. The Middle East may have their own reasons for why they treat women the way they do. Some are religious reasons while others are based on laws and ethics. There are governments outside of the Middle East that feel women can do better not just for themselves, but for their families. Women in the Middle East may have to make sacrifices that seem unfair or unjust. It is likely there are skilled and talented women that can have a better place in society but they are unable to leave their home and families behind in order to do so. There are women treated unfairly for doing things that seem normal. Some women may not be allowed to wear certain clothes, show their faces, or speak to certain people. Others outside of the region may feel this is a form of abuse or neglect since women may not have a say or a choice in what they can do. There are people who think women in the Middle East may be brainwashed into thinking they are inferior or less than the man that runs the household. There is a lack of understanding on various levels about a woman’s worth on both sides (men and women). It seems unfortunate a woman is punished or treated badly when she tries to take a stand for herself and other women. Various parts of the Middle East have issues with economic growth that women can contribute to in a positive way if they were treated better. More opportunities for personal and professional growth may evolve overtime if women were.
•  Suffrage Challenged the Existing Order:  Custom and laws in many countries had placed men as supreme in public sphere and within the family. Deep cultural beliefs in male/female differences in altitudes and abilities supported this situation, and giving the women the vote posed a direct threat to male powers and privileges. Changes in women’s reforms, such as access to education or property rights, were justified because they were viewed as an improvement in women’s social position. Suffrage, on the other hand, challenged the existing order by threatening the basis of women’s subordination in society. Granting suffrage was a revolutionary act. Conservative Kuwait lawmakers recently blocked women’s vote by arguing that giving women would essentially double women’s power. Citing claims that Islam and Kuwaiti custom bar women from holding office, the head of the Parliament’s human rights committee in May, 2005, said that men “are technically the head of the nation here.” •  Many Women didn’t Want it. This rationale swayed many a male legislator. It is true that at times even well educated women in countries with high percentages of female illiteracy joined men who claimed that as long as the majority of women were still illiterate and ignorant, it would be dangerous to extend them the vote. The anti-suffrage groups in the U.S., for example, were mainly led by women. New York City, 1920 •  Fear of a Lose of Female rights. Some women and men worried that if the concept of male “protection” of women were broken, women would be forced to compete with men in areas which they were not prepared to. Giving women political independence would even change male/female roles in the family structure, severely damaging it. •  Women’s Essential Femininity would be Sacrificed. Most women did not want to give up what they saw as essential characteristics of their female nature if.