I was watching several videos this week on the suffrage amendment, equal rights, and labor rights where I learned a lot. For example, all of them are related to each other because they were concepts that were created due to the abuse that people were experiencing as they had no rights and as their word was worth nothing. They wanted rights because they were trampled on and had no way to get ahead because they were seen as people with less value or rather worthless. These movements helped people who lived under oppression, did not know how to get out of it and how they helped them feel more protected with each other. On the other hand, the movement that would defend labor rights so that their workers have insurance, better attention and respect, allowed genders to be able to unions to defend themselves and be protected so as not to receive any mistreatment. Similarly, the suffrage movement allowed women for the first time to be heard, that their voice would count and men respect it. In the video they mention that most of the employees are women, because they are exploited more, pay less and do not give them help. On the other hand, thinking about those times and today, I think we have made a lot of progress regarding our rights because now a worker is even given medical insurance and has to be treated with respect because it is his right. Instead, now women have more power and rights, they can have their businesses, be independent without having a man by their side and without having to be a slave to a job to eat. But this does not mean to say that it has already come to an end, no, but many things have improved.
Merichel Almonte, Discussion 8
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