Discussion Of Women In Robin Morgan's 'Redstockings Manifesto'
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Although these documents are all discussing different topics, they are all similar to one another. In Robin Morgan's “Redstockings Manifesto” we see Morgan explaining to us how people view women in the 1970's. Morgan is telling us that women are viewed a certain way and that is all they will ever be viewed as. However, women are overcoming their stereotype that men are giving them. The relationship between men and women is classified differently in reality. Morgan is saying that men dominant every race, gender, and some other men. Women are tired of being the recessive race. Women want freedom from men. Women want to be able to have a paying job, be able to vote, to control men. Women think that they need to change men into letting them do manly things. Men are brainwashing the women to think that all they are good for is staying in the house and taking care of the kids. Women are fighting for this right because of common, similar situations that all of the women are going through. Morgan is saying that all women should not give up their fight for their rights while the men need to give up theirs.…show more content… Martha Shelley was not a homosexual, however she believed what you did in the bed did not define who you were outside of the bed. Homosexuals wanted more than a smile of acceptance and less ugly smirks as they walked by. Homosexuals started their own revolutionary war over wanting to be treated equally. This is very similar to women wanting to be treated equally as men. Straight men are dominating everything. Shelly says that just because you sleep with someone of the opposite sex does not mean that you can disapprove of someone who sleep with the same sex. Not only are homosexuals receiving physical abuse from their choice, they are suffering from emotional