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CanEqualityeOvernight?
Womenseemedtobetheleastimportantcreaturesintheworldinancienttimes. Atthattimethecriterionwhetherawomanisgoodornotisobedience.Awomanwastobeobedienttoherparentsinheryouth,toherhusbandonceshegotmarriedandtoherchildreninheroldage. Atthattime,womenweresubordinatetomen,havingnohumanityatall,nottomentiontheso-calledlibertyorequality.
Astimegoesby, tremendouschangeshavehappenedtowomen'sstatus,fromwomenbeingpermittedtoreceiveeducationtogetherwithmentobeingabletogoouttoworkinthesociety.Nowadays,suchcasesareordinarythatwomenpetewithmen, workwithmen, andeventaketheleadership.Wornen'sstatusarrivesatanunprecedentedhighlevel,whichcanbecalledasequalitytosomeextent.
However,thesituationisnotsooptimisticasthemajorityofwomenthink.Ineffect,womenarefarfromequaltomen.Actually,men'ssuperiorityisinveterate,whichcan'tbeshakenovernight.Thoughthesocietykeepsonsayingwomenshouldbetreatedequallyasmen,theideathatmenarebetterthanwomenstillexertsasubtleinfluenceonpeople'sminds.Whenopeningnewspapers,howmany"onlymenareeligible"arethereinadvertisementsforemployees?Thatisthereality. Peopletendtovaluemen,notwomen,atleastsubconsciously,menaresuperi
Idon'tthinktheconceptisbasedonscience.Itcan'tbedeniedthatmentakeadominantpositioninstrength,logicalthinkingetc.,buttherearecharacteristicadvantageswomenhaveanyhow,inwhichmenfailtocontendwiththem.Consequently,menarenobetterthanwomen.Policewomen,womenpilots,andwomenastronauts..,allthesewillprovetheabilitywomenowntothepublic.Asaresult,womengetmoreandmoreawareoftheirownvalues.Despiteitshardshipsandhighcosts,lotsof
themaretryingtheirbesttochangetheprejudiceofthesociety.
However,whatIwanttopointouthereisthatnotonlymenhavetheprejudice,butsomewomenthemselvesdotoo.Eyenthosewhoclaimtolongforequalitywithmenhavethedoublestandardofequality.Ononehand,theydemandequalopportunity;ontheotherhand,theytake"ladyfirst"franted,consideringthatitisperfectlyjustifiedformentoopendoorforthem,offertheirownseatstothem,payfordinnerforthem.Doesitmakesense?Howcanyouaskotherstotreatyouequallywhileyouyourselfhaveadmittedtheinequalityinadvance?
Inshort,Ithinkaslongasoursensedoesn'tpletelychange,therealequalitybetweenmenandwomenwon'te.
简 评
三从四德的时代早已过去,今天女性的地位已经有了明显的改善,但真正意义的男女平等来到了吗?随着时代的变化,今天的女权运动又当怎样的合理定位呢?
文章的论述可谓是环环紧扣。有一根线贯穿其中,从古至今,从事实到意识,层层深入使论证更透彻、深入。文章中用了两次however,突出论述的两个关键点,使论述更鲜明,条理更清晰。