One part of this that I found interesting was how it explains how women didn't have equal rights and then it goes on to explain how men used to be superior to women. It explains "the history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her." Many facts were stated below this quote. For example, three that I found important were as listed:
1. "He has compelled her to submit to laws, in the formation of which she had no voice.
2. "He has made her, if married, in the eye of the law, civilly dead.
3. He has denied her the facilities for obtaining a thorough education- all colleges being closed against her.
I cant imagine living in a world where these things happened to me. I'm sure they still happen in some places around the US and definitely in other countries where women cant even show their faces. The following link shows a timeline of the women's rights movement:
http://http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenstimeline1.html
The next link that I have posted is a website providing some facts and history of women's rights in the United States and how it has evolved over the years.
http://http://www.america.gov/st/peopleplace-english/2007/February/20070226171718ajesrom0.6366846.html
I think if more women felt that they were able to speak up, this would'nt have been an issue for so long, and wouldnt still be an issue. I know if I were being discriminated against I would definitely speak up for myself. I think some of the statements in this reading however are aiming at men being the cause of this. To a certain extent I think that's true because men took advantage of women's "roles" back then, but again, if the women were to speak up, it probably would have been stopped sooner.
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