gender discrimination- woman's suffrage

by soyeon

In our world, there have been some outrages now as ages past. According to dictionary.com, outrage is referred to as a powerful feeling of resentment or anger aroused by something perceived as an injury, insult, or injustice like slavery, racism and colonization. Regarding an outrage that I’m most interested in, I would like to talk about gender discrimination. Above all woman’s suffrage can be exemplified representative gender discrimination. Woman’s suffrage refers to the right of women to vote and to hold public office.

 Absolutism was collapsed because of western European revolution. Therefore democracy was on the rise and people can get the right to participate in the politics. But women and from certain classes or races were still unable to vote due to the patriarchal social atmosphere. Women was demanded part of housekeeping. Women had been involved with the movement for the woman’s suffrage for a long time. And finally they got an equal right with men.

 In the past, men thought that females may be worse in ability than males and females have to do the housekeeping. Therefore, They claimed only men have to enter the field of politics. However, the contention is far out of reason that right was given to only men. First of all, woman is not inferior to man. Of course, some female is physically weaker than man. And sometime some female is inferior than some male in some cases. However I believe it is related to the issues and problem based on individual’s environment and education not gender. Besides, housekeeping is not woman’s duty. For a long time, women have been working mainly for family but it is not vocation. Not to participate in politics is not their choice, it was limitation of law. It is not right to prevent women’s political participation for that reason. And politics is led by a good policy not by strong man. Hence we can’t speak whether politic activity is more appropriate for woman or for man. In addition, at that time, women had to pay tax. Government granted women duty to pay the money that was required to run the country. But they didn’t grant women right to come in politics and vote. It was irrational. To conclude, It was outrageous thing to prevent the right for gender.