Thursday, June 12, 2008
Class Business Post, Week 5
After reading chapter 3, I immediately thought about my role in today's society. As a young female who is going into a new world since I'm going to be at a brand new level of my life, I immediately asked myself what exactly am I going to do? It is extremely hard being a woman and I have experienced it throughout my college years as well as the workplace. There were times where I became discourage about taking certain courses as well as taking a role on certain tasks at work. After reading through the struggles to attain women's rights through the Women's Rights Movement, I immediately gained awareness that it was posiible to do anything whether or not your a man or a woman. It is very disturbing to know that women were denied the right to vote, exclusion from most forms of higher education, restrictions on employment, and denial of property rights upon marriage (p. 67). To know, that society was structured in such a horrible form, made me appreciate alot. Indeed, sadly to say it also made me wonder how the world would be if women's rights were never gained!
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You know Britt, I also used to be discouraged about applying to different jobs or taking certain courses because I thought that I wasn't strong enough for the position or to be a leader. Reading about these movements have inspired me to do whatever I put my mind to because women are also strong, successful, and talented.
I love it when I hear the course has made a difference in your lives! Gender will continue, I am sad to say, be a barrier in your life in most cases. But, you deal with it, work hard and break down those barriers. And, most importantly, don't use it as an excuse...you use the past and build upon it.
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