Women's Rights

In todays society, one would think that every human being would have the exact rights as anyone else. In the charter of human rights, it is clearly stated that no matter what GENDER, RACE, OR RELIGION you practice, everyone should have equal rights. Then why is it that no matter the race or religion, women are not equal to men? This is not always the case, but then again, women do get decriminated on simply becasue they are a women and this should NEVER happen. In 1919, women in Canada got the  full right to vote in elections. Women are a major part of the econemy, and not giving them a right to choose over who runs our country is simply rediculous. It's very odd to think that women had to literly fight for their right to vote and even more odd that men tried to fight back! I am very thankful that the women back then knew that their rights were being taken away, and had enough pride to ge them back. Another way womens rights are tested are with the subjects of sexualization and desexualization. In magazines, on the internet, and in movies, there is a unrealistic image of women put out there that is very hard to achieve. The usual look is long, thick hair, shinny frame, and big boobs and butt. lots of girls each day have to see these images of 'perfect women' and want to be like that themselves and will do anything to look 'perfect'. Young girls need to see different types of bodies in the media to know that not everyone looks or should look 'perfect'. On the bright side though, some companies such as dove, are making changes in their ads to show women of different size, shape, race, and even religion. Women of differnt cultures take on different rights then women of other cultures. culture greatly effects the rights of a human being because what might be acceptible for a women to do in one culture, might not be so in another. Many may think that only counrties where religion is law how be where womens rights are most violated but that is not always tha case. The majority of the poor in third world countries are women because they are the ones who stayed home as a child to take care of the families. And even if teh family had the ability to send the children off to school, it would be the sons who got to go before the daughters. In North America, if a man and a women had the same job and worked the same hours, the man would have a greater salary all because of his sex. This is clearly unjust and does not make any sence that a man would be paid any more than a women. In conclusion, women have fought a very long and hard battle to be where we are today, yet, there are still tones of areas where womens rights are not upheld in today's society.