Separate Spheres
During the early twentieth century in England, the “Separate Spheres” theory was still applied to how women and men were supposed to act in society. The theory is that women should remain at home, because they are “delicate, fragile creatures” who shouldn’t be out in a “man’s world”. Men should be masculine and tough; they should be in charge of financially supporting his family and be in the “dangerous business world”. That left the women at home to take care of the household and children. The logic behind “Separate Spheres” was that “women were considered physically weaker yet morally superior to men, which meant that they were best suited to the domestic sphere. Not only was it their job to counterbalance the moral taint of the public sphere
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When speaking of women’s rights, it is very important to mention the suffragette movement. A suffragette is a woman seeking the right to vote through organized protests. The suffragettes were mostly middle and upper class women, who were frustrated by their social and economic standings. Their deep struggle to gain more rights and independence in society launched them into a movement that would later gather many groups of women fighting for the same cause: the right to vote. When talking about women’s rights, it is very important to mention the suffragette movement. A suffragette is a woman seeking the right to vote through organized protests. This term is mostly associated with the women’s suffrage movement in the U.K. in the start of the 19th century. The suffragettes were mostly women from upper to middle-class backgrounds, who were angered by their economic and social positions. The women’s struggle to achieve more rights and freedom in society forced them into a movement that would later gather huge groups of women working towards the same cause, the right to vote. The women of the suffragette movement would not bow to oppressive and demeaning authority, they would sometimes respond with violence, vandalism and the likes until they were thrown in prison. Once in prison, they would go on hunger strikes, becoming martyrs in the eyes of the public to support their cause.
When speaking of women’s rights, it is very important to mention the suffragette movement. A suffragette is a woman seeking the right to vote through organized protests. The suffragettes were mostly middle and upper class women, who were frustrated by their social and economic standings. Their deep struggle to gain more rights and independence in society launched them into a movement that would later gather many groups of women fighting for the same cause: the right to vote. When talking about women’s rights, it is very important to mention the suffragette movement. A suffragette is a woman seeking the right to vote through organized protests. This term is mostly associated with the women’s suffrage movement in the U.K. in the start of the 19th century. The suffragettes were mostly women from upper to middle-class backgrounds, who were angered by their economic and social positions. The women’s struggle to achieve more rights and freedom in society forced them into a movement that would later gather huge groups of women working towards the same cause, the right to vote. The women of the suffragette movement would not bow to oppressive and demeaning authority, they would sometimes respond with violence, vandalism and the likes until they were thrown in prison. Once in prison, they would go on hunger strikes, becoming martyrs in the eyes of the public to support their cause.