We are All Born Entitled With Equal Rights

     The equal rights movement began in the eighteenth century with people like Mary Wollstonecraft. She was influenced by the French Revolution and defended its principles. She went to argue that if all men were entitled to equality, liberty and brotherhood, then these should be open to women too. She believed that male/female difference was all down to up-bringing.

   A job would prevent women from becoming trapped in unhappy marriages because they would not be dependent on their husbands and they would have their own jobs as source of income. It was not until 1918 that women first gained the vote and even then it was not on the same terms as men. World War I helped to foster changing attitudes towards women. During World War II, women again took on key roles in the country while the men were away. In many areas around the world, women face inequality in the work place, unequal access to divorce and education, forced marriage and domestic violence.

     Amnesty International campaigns for equal rights and equal opportunities for women world wide. The traditional view of women is that they are the weaker sex and more suited to the roles of wife and mother than the world of work. They have often been believed to be more emotional, less logical, less academically capable and less ruthlessly competitive. We must bear in mind that we are born equal. We are all born entitled with equal rights.


References:
http://www.philosopherkings.co.uk/equalrightsandequalopportunities.html
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