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Title: Human Rights
Post by: LostInTime on April 05, 2007, 08:43:48 AM
Post by: LostInTime on April 05, 2007, 08:43:48 AM
link (http://media.www.tuftsdaily.com/media/storage/paper856/news/2007/04/05/Viewpoints/Human.Rights-2824592.shtml)
realized, for the first time, that I am a woman. Growing up in white New England suburbia, I was always an over-achiever, loved by the community, so I never realized that I was part of a group that is still under a great deal of oppression. But it turns out, even in America in 2007, women still face sexism just as much as other minorities still face racism (which, I am ashamed to say, I also learned this weekend).
Granted, the challenges facing me are much less than perhaps those facing an African-American or Hispanic woman, or a low-income or transgender woman. However, we are all part of one group, and we, as well as men, can all fight against the challenges facing women all over the world.
realized, for the first time, that I am a woman. Growing up in white New England suburbia, I was always an over-achiever, loved by the community, so I never realized that I was part of a group that is still under a great deal of oppression. But it turns out, even in America in 2007, women still face sexism just as much as other minorities still face racism (which, I am ashamed to say, I also learned this weekend).
Granted, the challenges facing me are much less than perhaps those facing an African-American or Hispanic woman, or a low-income or transgender woman. However, we are all part of one group, and we, as well as men, can all fight against the challenges facing women all over the world.