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> Over the millennia many fathers secretly taught their little princesses to read and write. But apparently none of them wanted to upset the status quo. Appare
by Jensson 11mo ago
> Over the millennia many fathers secretly taught their little princesses to read and write. But apparently none of them wanted to upset the status quo.
Apparently many of them did want to upset the status quo, or we wouldn't have the situation we are in now. Men gave women their rights and powers, without men deciding that nothing would change. Women pleaded men to make this change, but it was ultimately men who decided to give women these rights and that it is the right thing to do.
- SequoiaHope 11mo agoAnother way of saying this is that women forced men to stop denying them their rights. This centers women’s’ agency in the discussion rather than men.
- thatcat 11mo agoOr you could say a coalition of women and their male allies forced the state to acknowledge their innate human rights, if you wanted to focus on accuracy and cohesion.
- SequoiaHope 11mo agoYes! Thats a good one too.
- snehk 11mo agoSure but that also means that if women in countries like Afghanistan just weren't so inherently weak, they could enjoy so many more freedoms.
- SequoiaHope 11mo agoI don’t agree that your comment follows from my statement.
- watwut 11mo ago> Women pleaded men to make this change, but it was ultimately men who decided to give women these rights and that it is the right thing to do. Fun fact: discrimination based on sex was added to civil rights act only as an attempt to stop it. The idea was that civil rights extending to women are so crazy, this will stop the act passing for black men.