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DBQ - discuss the barriers women have worked for more equal treatment in society. Consider the goals and methods of such campaigns.</p>
Throughout history, women have been oppressed. In the pre-civilization era, women were treated as equals. However, as gender roles defined, women were treated as lessers. As seen in the documents, women were seen as inferior and they were oppressed; they did things men didn’t, and they fought and protested in an attempt to gain equal rights. </p>
Women were seen as inferior and they were oppressed. As seen in document 1, in 1899, slaves were freed only 34 years prior; however, while Blacks were enjoying their freedom, women (unlike their Black counterparts) couldn’t vote. Before the 1970’s women were regarded as property of their husbands, so denying them the right to vote was used as a means to suppress their independence. According to document 4, women were taught to obey and not think for themselves. Under the rules of filial piety of Confucianism, women were subservient to their husbands and the members of his family. They were seen, but not heard. From the male perspective of Raja Rammohan Roy, women were “void of virtuous knowledge” and “are by nature of inferior understanding”. As seen in document 7, women in India, specifically Hindu women, were subject to the practice of sati when their husbands died. Women would throw themselves into the fire to be burned alive. At that time, the death of a widow was better than her living because life would be seen as too difficult for a widow. As written in the Sastras (Hindu Holy Book) a widow will bring disgrace on her family and those related to her deceased husband. From birth, women were taught that their husbands determine the value of their lives. Thus, when their husbands died, they had to go with them. </p>
Women did things men didn’t. As seen in document 5, women in the industrialized cities of the world worked on average 20 hours per day. Working such long hours impaired the health of the women. During industrialization, the health of the workers deteriorated due to inhaling poisonous fumes and/or severing body parts during work, among various other reasons. However, jobs were hard to come by, so the women stayed in their factory positions. The competition to work in a dress factory was fierce, despite the obvious downsides to it. “No men could endure the work enforced by the dress-makers.” In connection with stereotypical gender roles, women took care of the home and children. According to document 6, for millennia, women and their offspring have faced the worst effects of war, when in reality, no war has ever been started by a woman. This perspective is understandable because the writer of the document, Aung San Suu Kyi, is a feminist and a human rights advocate. </p>
Women fought to gain equal rights. Since the convention at Seneca Falls, New York in 1848, women’s rights groups around the world have followed suit in demanding equal rights. In South Africa, women demanded to be treated equally. As seen in document 2, they wanted the right to vote, equal employment opportunities, equal access to property, free education, and the right to assembly. Despite their demands, these rights were not extended to all women due to the fact that apartheid didn’t end until the 1990s. According to document 3, in the Roman Republic, women had no rights and that upset them. They stormed the city, like the Parisians stormed the Bastille, and blockaded the streets. Women felt they should be allowed to share in the wealth of the Republic. After no change was made, they confronted members of the legislature. Law was passed, but later repealed, which greatly angered the women.</p>
An additional document that would be useful should be from the perspective of a man in favor of women’s rights. Although a man wrote document 6, he is obviously against women’s rights and gender equality. The additional document would offer a differing perspective and would allow the reader to further analyze the documents. </p>
Over time, women have gone from being equals to being oppressed. To counteract oppression, women have revolted in an attempt to gain equal rights.
CCOT – Discuss how technological changes since 1750 have had an impact on family structure in one of the following nations. Be sure to include continuities as well as changes. (CHINA) </p>
<pre><code>From 1750 to the present day, technological changes in China have impacted family structure. Due to the rapid industrialization of China under the Communist regime, policies have been put in place that affect the family dynamic. Although these changes include less family time, the one child policy, and the enlargement of families due to a population increase, a continuity is that women remained oppressed.
Technological changes led to less family time. Due to industrial changes, more men were moving to cities. If men did choose to stay in their rural areas, it was because they were tending to their farms. The dedication to work and gaining funds in tough times led to less family time and the temporary breakdown of the family dynamic.
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Technological changes led to a population increase. Due to better farming technologies, the sweet potato became a prevalent crop in China. As a result of becoming a cash crop, the economy boomed. The economic boom caused the population to increase. The population increase led to a surplus of people and bigger families. The surplus of people due to the sweet potato, led to the one child policy being developed. </p>
<pre><code>Technological changes led to the one child policy being developed (Due to industrialization under Mao Zedong’s People’s Republic of China). As a result of the change from agrarian to industrial, and the establishment of a developed (and no longer third world nation with an open-door policy) country, the population increased exponentially. The government could not afford the surplus of individuals, and instituted the one child policy. Families with more than one child must pay a fine. The establishment of the one child policy led to an increase in infanticide and the murder of baby girls increased because boys were favored. Also, it led to an increase in illegal abortions.
Despite all changes, a continuity was the oppression of women. Under Confucianism (the leading belief system in China) filial piety had to be observed. Women were subservient and were not to be heard. Girls were subject to foot binding until the early 20th century. Sometimes girls were killed immediately after birth because they weren’t boys. Women had minimal civil rights and those rights were further disintegrated under the People’s Republic of China.
Conclusively, from 1750 to the present day, technological changes in China impacted family structure. Due to technology, there was less family time, larger families, and the one child policy. However, women still remained oppressed.
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