Women's Emancipation
Women’s emancipation
Never has there been a subject that has aroused as much discussion as the one of the evolution of women’s place in society. It is commonly heard that the man has been superior to the woman. This belief appeared first because of the psychological and physiological differences between both sexes. Thus, since the beginning of times, it has also been spread that women was only born to stay home, raise children, cook, make the house chores, and take care of their husband. However, women participated in the workforce, not only in the countryside, where they may had to work in a farm, or in the cities as domestic servants, but also as laborers. Nevertheless, they did not have any responsibilities. Moreover, the aim of woman was to get married as soon as possible. In Shakespeare’s story Romeo and Juliet, the main character Juliet was supposed to marry a man although she was only 14 years old. The ascendancy of men over women was extreme. In addition, the "forbidden areas" of women were in politics, religion and education. Fortunately, the times have changed and evaluated. In recent centuries, the image of women has been upgraded to its fair value. Thanks to the large amount of means and fights bestowed to defend the gender equality, women succeed in improving their status. This struggle began in the fifteenth century at the time of Joan of Arc and is still current. Joan of Arc was a woman who pretended to be a man in order to have the same rights as them, in particular to go to war. She is the emblem of feminists who often take her as an example in order to achieve their purposes such as the right for women to vote. Furthermore, in the eighteenth century many popular revolutions throughout the world allowed women to be heard. Although the results were not initially very consistent, it has been beneficial for women afterward. Other events and actors, or rather actresses, essential to the fight against gender segregation, have helped to change
Never has there been a subject that has aroused as much discussion as the one of the evolution of women’s place in society. It is commonly heard that the man has been superior to the woman. This belief appeared first because of the psychological and physiological differences between both sexes. Thus, since the beginning of times, it has also been spread that women was only born to stay home, raise children, cook, make the house chores, and take care of their husband. However, women participated in the workforce, not only in the countryside, where they may had to work in a farm, or in the cities as domestic servants, but also as laborers. Nevertheless, they did not have any responsibilities. Moreover, the aim of woman was to get married as soon as possible. In Shakespeare’s story Romeo and Juliet, the main character Juliet was supposed to marry a man although she was only 14 years old. The ascendancy of men over women was extreme. In addition, the "forbidden areas" of women were in politics, religion and education. Fortunately, the times have changed and evaluated. In recent centuries, the image of women has been upgraded to its fair value. Thanks to the large amount of means and fights bestowed to defend the gender equality, women succeed in improving their status. This struggle began in the fifteenth century at the time of Joan of Arc and is still current. Joan of Arc was a woman who pretended to be a man in order to have the same rights as them, in particular to go to war. She is the emblem of feminists who often take her as an example in order to achieve their purposes such as the right for women to vote. Furthermore, in the eighteenth century many popular revolutions throughout the world allowed women to be heard. Although the results were not initially very consistent, it has been beneficial for women afterward. Other events and actors, or rather actresses, essential to the fight against gender segregation, have helped to change
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