2006-08-25 07:04:07 · 2 answers · asked by Aurora 4 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
For one thing, Rights are bestowed by people in charge. Simply "I don't want you to vote, you are not the same as me and are therefore not as good" Whereas the people wanting the rights attempt to prove them wrong "I can do anything you can!"
It leads to people acting like the people in charge (blacks acting white, and women like men) That is what leads people to think equality means sameness. If I want rights I have to act the way the people in charge do. For a lot of reasons, this can be a good thing. It promotes education for everyone and the people in charge do get more advantages so if you act like them you get them. But for other reasons it's bad. It homogenizes the culture and still leaves former values of the repressed undervalued. Pregnancy is seen as a disability, motherhood is devalued and even ridiculed among former peers. Equality of rights is a good thing, but we need to work on equality of values. It's time the people in charge realize that what the repressed do may be different but still has value
2006-08-25 14:04:55 · answer #1 · answered by SnakEve 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It is? It shouldn't be. Sameness is when two things are similar, or exactly alike. Equality is when everyone or everything has the same rights.
2006-08-25 07:09:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋