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CanEqualityComeOvernight?
Womenseemedtobetheleastimportantcreaturesintheworldinancienttimes. Atthattimethecriterionwhetherawomanisgoodornotisobedience.Awomanwastobeobedienttoherparentsinheryouth,toherhusbandonceshegotmarriedandtoherchildreninheroldage. Atthattime,womenweresubordinatetomen,havingnohumanityatall,nottomentiontheso-calledlibertyorequality.
Astimegoesby, tremendouschangeshavehappenedtowomen＇sstatus,fromwomenbeingpermittedtoreceiveeducationtogetherwithmentobeingabletogoouttoworkinthesociety.Nowadays,suchcasesareordinarythatwomencompetewithmen, 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"forgranted,consideringthatitisperfectlyjustifiedformentoopendoorforthem,offertheirownseatstothem,payfordinnerforthem.Doesitmakesense?Howcanyouaskotherstotreatyouequallywhileyouyourselfhaveadmittedtheinequalityinadvance?
Inshort,Ithinkaslongasoursensedoesn＇tcompletelychange,therealequalitybetweenmenandwomenwon＇tcome.
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。