Women's Right to Vote Women's Essay

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This, in turn, could lead to a general sense of frustration and unhappiness. As a remedy for the economic difficulty that would result, Ms. O'Connor has simply stated that men should take care of women, which would leave women "free" to take care of their homes and families full time. The fundamental fallacy here is, however, the assumption that such a life would make all women happy. If this were the case, no woman would ever have joined the struggle for suffrage.

The fact that the "old-fashioned lady" that Ms. O'Connor claims herself to be is also a white, middle-class woman can also be used to contextualize her remark. The way in which she suggests that men take care of their woman has traditionally only been possible for white middle-class males. Other ethnic groups, such as African-Americans, Indian-Americans, and others have not had the traditional historical privileges that have long been the exclusive domain of the white middle classes.
Hence, removing the right to vote from women is tantamount to removing the right of minority ethnic groups not only to vote, but also their right to health care, employment and education choices, and the like.

Women's struggle for the rights they currently enjoy occurs side-by-side with other struggles, such as the struggle for minority equal rights. Hence, removing the rights of women might be a dangerous first step towards reverting to the dark early, and every unequal, days in the United States, where white men monopolized money and business, perfectly intelligent white and colored women remained at home, and slavery abounded.

Although many women would indeed enjoy the type of life suggested by Ms. O'Connor, women today tend to place value on their right to choose. Removing this could result in far more family integration than supposed by proponents of these policy changes......

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