I have to be completely honest. I feel as though this article went right over my head. Its not that women's rights are too difficult for me to understand or anything like that. I really struggled with Wollstonecraft's writing style and word choice. Its the same reason I have never finished a Jane Austen novel even though I love what I have heard about the story lines. For this reason, it will be extremely difficult for me to blog about this essay, so I thought I would share my opinion on womens rights.
While I admire the struggles that women went through to earn things such as the right to vote, I feel as though some people take advantage of the Women's Rights movement. Yes, I understand that even today women are not equal to men, but some of the efforts we make to make ourselves equal are a bit of a stretch. For example, a women will never ever play on a professional men's football team. I don't doubt that they might make a women's version of football but let's be completely honest. The game wouldn't be the same if there were women in the mix and suddenly there would be arguments about the ratio of men to women that make the teams.
Every human being, no matter what gender should be allowed the same basic rights as far as the law is concerned. Women should not get special treatment when getting a job, complaining about making a sports team, or applying to a college. Sure women are capable of doing anything a man can do but that doesnt always mean they should.
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