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Letter: U.S. women lucky to have freedom
Issue date: 10/17/07 Section: Editorial/Opinion
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The importance of sharing this information is vital for us as Americans to know in order to help other countries in the future and give the women a sense of hope that there is a better life for them (not just women in the Middle East but in Africa as well where the same practices are taking place), and also not take for granted the freedoms we are given in this country.
We all know the sexism we face as women here in the United States within the workplace, college and every other aspect of our normal life. Keep up the fight because we can compare ourselves to other countries and say we are lucky, but then we would be selling ourselves short. Get what you deserve and in the mean time use your freedoms to help because that is what it should be about.
Supporting these women through your spreading of the knowledge and supporting their rights to freedom may be indirect but will make a difference. Take time during the week of Oct. 22-26 to learn more about the current women issues.
"Women's Rights and Political Islam," a lecture by URI Professor Donna Hughes at 7 p.m. in Memorial Union Room Atrium 2 on Oct. 22, will be a place to learn more about what you have read above.
Megan Duffield
We all know the sexism we face as women here in the United States within the workplace, college and every other aspect of our normal life. Keep up the fight because we can compare ourselves to other countries and say we are lucky, but then we would be selling ourselves short. Get what you deserve and in the mean time use your freedoms to help because that is what it should be about.
Supporting these women through your spreading of the knowledge and supporting their rights to freedom may be indirect but will make a difference. Take time during the week of Oct. 22-26 to learn more about the current women issues.
"Women's Rights and Political Islam," a lecture by URI Professor Donna Hughes at 7 p.m. in Memorial Union Room Atrium 2 on Oct. 22, will be a place to learn more about what you have read above.
Megan Duffield
