The 19th amendment the right to vote for women 1920

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What does a phallus give you? Constant pleasure or a convenient way to be in harmony with your deep physical needs wherever you are? These advantages must of course be taken into account but, the real issue of having a phallus is that you are likely to have an easier life than non-phallus wearing people- the women! Women have been accused of being the major source of temptation and evil. We must also remember that women were also considered intellectually inferior to men, and were thus deprived of many rights men had. The list of women's rights deprivation would be so long that we are just going to focus on one of them: the right to vote. In the 18th century, women were already concerned about the right to vote. Abigail Adams, asked her husband, John Adams, future president of the United States, to "remember the ladies" in the new code of law. Unfortunately for poor Abigail, he didn't. In the 19th century, things began to move much more, and women succeeded in making things change.

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[...] The text, modeled on the Declaration of Independance claimed men and women are created equal”. It was a symbolic step. Feminists were involved into the abolition of salvery and the right to vote for Blacks, since a succes would have paved the way for female demands, but the involment slip in two when feminists understood it was not at stake to give black women the right to vote. Women were keeping fighting and finally, a well-known feminist called Elizabeth Stanton succeeded in convincing a senator to support an amendment allowing women to vote. [...]

[...] 19th amendment really opened doors to women rigths. But, we've to keep in mind there still remain many unfair differences between women and men. (Women and Employment It's true, women did invest jobs which were before reserved to men. Example : before going to Iraq of the army were women. And, women are conquering more and more top jobs, in companies, in medecine, in law : we've to notice than during these thirty last years, women lawier or judge passed from to Nevertheless, inequalities between men and women remain hudge. [...]

[...] considering arguments, the opposition was huge and that's why it took more than 40 years to pass the 19th amendment, in 1920. The 19th amendment, called Susan B Anthony Amendment, refering to a famous feminist, was a great step in women's fight. But, the point is, did the role devoted to woman in the US society changed after this victory of prime importance ? What changed in women's everyday life ? Soon after suffrage was won, many women's right organisation disbanded. [...]

[...] But in fact, this improvement was limited : sexual harrassment and rape rates are getting higher and higher whereas other crimes'rates are decreasing between 1995 and 2005. A part of this fact is attributed to women's increasing willingness to complain and another to the backlash, that's to say the boomerang returnal, which is touching feminists nowadays. (The decline of feminist movements More and more men are bored and hostile to the battle of the sexes. Feminist movements'lack of unity played a crucial role in that feeling: some feminist's violent actions discredited themselves, as bras burning. [...]

[...] The 19th amendment the right to vote for women 1920 To begin with What does a phallus give you? A constant pleasure? A convenient way to be in harmony with your deep physical needs wherever you are? Of course these advantages have to be taken into account but, the real issue of having a phallus is you're likely to have an easier life than non-phallus wearing people, that's mean women! First of all, women were accused of being the major source of temptation and evil. [...]