It was recently brought to my attention that there are people in our liberated nation that feel that women’s suffrage should be repealed. Unfortunately, because I was shocked, there are people out there that think taking a step back is good idea. It came up in one of my classes and a discussion started on the issue. There were actually young women who agreed that women should not have the right to vote. Her reasons weren’t very clear, but she did not hide her opinion. I actually felt a little bad for her because in a classroom with a majority of women, she was out numbered. Here is the link to a broadcast on the topic:
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/09/30/derbyshire-female-suffrage/
If it were 1921 or even 1930, I would maybe see where this gentleman could use the argument that it worked fine for so many years. However, women have had the right to vote for more than 100 years. It is ridiculous to take away that right now. The gentleman used the argument that women tend to vote left, which polls do show is the trend, however it is unjust to take away that right now.
To take away women’s suffrage opens a tremendous can of worms. Who is to say that next the vote won’t be taken away from the Hispanic, or the African American, or the Asian, or the homosexual. By confining the liberties of one group it creates a path to take this nation back to 1863 when the only people with power were the “rich, white guys.”
