Mikaiel Ishaque
November 12th 2019
Prof Campos
DNY
Trip Experience
One vignettes discussed in the tour was the Women's Liberation Movement which
took place in the 1960s to 1980s. Thousands of women would march down the streets on August
26th of 1970 to demand gender equality. During that time it was also the 50th anniversary of
women's suffrage. New York was considered to be the organizational center for the new women's
liberation march. The 1968 women's movement increased awareness in sexual politics such as
marriage, financial independence, and gender parties. Women were tired of how they were
treated during these times and they decided to have rallies in order to get a message sent across.
Women would project their views in these rallys on how they wanted the same rights as men and
that they want to have an equal opportunity to that of men. This topic interested me because of
how I as a male can have a higher pay and more job opportunities during these times compared
to a female of my age. I was somewhat intrigued by how times have changed and how much
effort was put into sending a message. Since women share a huge portion of the US and even
global population it is strange that they are given different rights from that of men. I got to learn
that women would put all their time and effort into obtaining the same rights that men have. The
1960s-1980s was an interesting time and I found the concept of the Women's Liberation
Movement to be very interesting, especially due to the fact that New York City was a center for
all these events to occur.
The societal view of women that were in that timeframe was that women were not
capable of doing the same tasks as men and that they should stay at home. Women legally at the
time did not have the same pay as men. Women had less rights compared to that of men. Women
wanted equal rights in that time. In modern times these laws which prevented women from
obtaining jobs and from having an equal pay would probably cause many problems with
household income. In today's day and age men and women both work in order to bring a stable
lifestyle for their children due to the expenses of modern day society to increase. If women didn't
have the same pay or the same working rights as men then most likely we would see more people
in poverty and homelessness in families may increase. In today's society it is necessary for both
men and women to have a career. If women didn't have the same opportunities as men there
would be a larger outburst due to the need for women to be in the workforce as much as men.
The topic of women trying to obtain equal pay and equal job opportunities can indirectly
correlated to my topic of how the increase in homelessness increases crime. Women being unable
to hel