Argumentative Essay: Women's Rights In Canada

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recurring progression is women are subjected to the vicorous power of men until they reach a breaking point. Women have showed society time and time again that they will stand in defiance until what’s right is right. The digital age has awarded us the opportunity to have our voices heard globally at the click of a button. These social media movements not take blame of the victim and upon to the perpetrator they join our society. They remind woman they are not alone in this, and for the first time they’re believed. It enables us to show men what women have been Rights for women are fundamental to ensure equality within society where men and women and equal both politically and …show more content…

The government ensures women have laws to protect them legally, such as section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms “without discrimination based upon race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age, mental or physical disability.” Still women fight to retain political equality. The fight to close the wage gap remains (as women make 78 cents to every man's dollar). The severity of violence against women has just recently been recognized, yet minimal change has been created. Movements on social media such as “#metoo” and “#timesup” have been created to recognize how many women sexual abuse/ violence affects. A experiencing for hundreds of years.

There is no way for us to know what women's rights will look like in the future. We continuously have moved forward to promote and create equality for men and women. The way I view it is although we have mistongonitic men in positions of power, such as Donald Trump,women will not give up the fight. We will act courageously, and maturely to be the change we wish to see. Women will speak about their discomforts of inequality with more passion and desire than ever before. Men will speak up while witnessing other men participate in misogynistic behaviours such as sexual

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