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Thanks
for your note to FEMINIST.COM.
Your note came amidst my working
on many deadlines, so I wasn't
able to answer them as thoroughly
as I would have liked. However,
I did want to get back to you,
so I have provided mini- answers.
I hope this helps - Amy
1)
In your opinion, how are women
today treated compared to men
This is a very general question-because
there are so many factors to
consider. Also, I think it's
as important to consider how
"women are treated compared
to other women."
2)How
has the role of women changed
over the past 200 yrs.
200 Hundred years ago, women
didn't have the right to vote,
own property, inheritance, to
their own wages.
3)
Why is women's liberation being
halted by men
Women's liberation isn't being
halted by "men" per se. It is
being halted by a system that
has rendered men more valuable
than women. One reason for this
resistance is that right now,
men tend to have more "power"
than women. The ratio is roughly
70% male to 30% female. (This,
of course, is an average, not
the absolute.) In order to get
to 50/50 means men "losing power"
in order for women to gain it.
This would give me reason to
halt it, too.
4)
What can a woman do to help
the liberation cause?
Women can believe in themselves
and their abilities and not
stand for anything less than
equal respect, equal pay, equal
choices, equal participation
and representation. However,
as one quote goes…… "women won't
have power unless they take
it," so they have to do that,
too. In their homes, in the
workplace, in politics.
5)
What are some laws that have
been passed to ensure equality
for women?
The Civil Rights law of the
1960s did most of what the Equal
Rights Amendment would have
done-it prevented discrimination
in the workplace based on "race,
national origin, color, religion
and sex."
The Nineteenth Amendment to
the U.S. Constitution-which
guaranteed that the right to
vote shall not be denied on
the basis of sex.
Title IX-offers women a legal
weapon with which to contest
discrimination in education,
including admissions, athletics,
financial aid, etc.…
—Amy
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