Ivan De Los Santos

Prof. Hollis Glaser

GWS 100-1300

Discussion 8

How are suffrage, labor rights, and the equal rights amendment related?

Suffrage labor rights and the Equal Rights Amendment are related because they all refer to how women or obligated to do certain things. For example, Women’s rights are not a thing of the past women, and the Workforce worked low wages but long hours, which is not morally or ethically correct, and that’s why women needed labor rights. Still, the reason why all of these topics go together it’s because they all have one objective, which is that women should be able to have the freedom that men have and to also be equal in every shape or form with men, and they shouldn’t be treated poorly. 

How/why are labor rights also issues of gender justice?

Labor rights are also issues of Gender justice because women aren’t seen as equal to men regarding the jobs and wages they could get. For example, I remember when I was in high school, we saw a documentary on how women were treated in the past, and the jobs they usually get are making clothes or cooking. They were never seen doing what people call physical labor. They were seen doing labor that was fit for women, so even then, the opportunities for men and women were just like today. Also, the woman will have to work the whole day and then go back home to cook for their husband, as stated in the documentary I remember watching. The reason why this is an issue of gender justice is that women in the past and now are not treated with the equal respect that they deserve. They should be able to achieve whatever they want, and they shouldn’t be a limit on what jobs they can get hired for. 

How do you see these historical issues enacted in today’s society?

I see these historical issues enacted in today’s society more in third-world countries than in the United States. From what I’ve heard, I can’t talk about it firsthand since I’ve never been through that personally, but I know that in third world countries, some women are seen as caretakers and stay at home moms, and they are seen as people that can go out and get a job because they’re supposed to take care of the family make sure everything’s good at home and a lot of countries are still in that mindset, so I feel like that’s a problem because that’s putting women in a box that in the 21st century with all the work that women have done fighting for their rights I feel like in these thorough countries that should change but I also do get that it’s more complicated in those specific countries then in the United States to fight for your rights but once they do I feel like the world will be a better place and at the end of the day any gender should be equal to each other it shouldn’t matter which gender you are if you’re a female male non-binary you should be able to have the same opportunities as the other gender.