The fight began, many women were saying, with the body, which seemed to be the beginning of the exploitation of women, as a sex play-thing (weak and incompetent), as pregnant, women, (helpless), as middle aged women, (no longer considered beautiful) as older women (to be ignored, set aside). A biological prison has been created by men and society. As Adrienne Rich said (Of Women Born): “Women are controlled by lashing us to our bodies.” Assess the validity of this statement. Is this theme more valid today? Why or why not?
The Cult of True Womanhood: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2711179 The Seneca Falls Convention 1848: https://www.history.com/topics/womens-rights/seneca-falls-convention
A Brief Summary of the First Wave of Feminism: https://feminisminindia.com/2018/04/24/summary-first-wave-of-feminism/
Women’s Suffrage:
The Waves of Feminism and why people keep fighting over them explained:
https://www.vox.com/2018/3/20/16955588/feminism-waves-explained-first-second-third-fourth
Margaret Sanger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ndQXLx3pdA
Birth Control Pill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0oRswHlgfM
The Battle over Roe v Wade https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t3Sz_zuo7w
Title IX :
Should women be eligible for the draft: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9-ZUaFWqcQ
Why Hasn’t the Equal Rights Amendment been Ratified? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAswlpQVToM
#Metoo: How it is changing the World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATYK2svJ6eM
Women Portrayed in the Media:
