 | Cherryl Walker - Political Science - 1991 - 350 pages
...of our menfolk' were responsible for helping to perpetuate women's subordinate position by refusing to 'concede to us women the rights and privileges which they demand for themselves'. The charter recognised, however, that not only the men were to blame. 'Many women themselves continue... | |
 | Margaret J. Daymond - History - 2003 - 600 pages
...corresponds to their actual social and economic position. The law has become an obstacle to progress of the women and therefore a brake on the whole of society....rights and privileges which they demand for themselves. Educate We also recognise that large numbers of our women-folk continue to be bound by traditional... | |
 | Gisela G. Geisler - Political Science - 2004 - 248 pages
...and customs that hinder women's progress hinder the whole nation. It blamed men "for the refusal ... to concede to us women the rights and privileges which they demand for themselves" and warned that they "will not be able to liberate themselves without extending equal rights to women".... | |
 | Shireen Hassim - History - 2006 - 374 pages
...actual social and economic position of women. The law has become an obstacle to the progress of the women, and therefore a brake on the whole of society....privileges which they demand for themselves. We shall teach men they cannot hope to liberate themselves from the evils of discrimination and prejudice as long... | |
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... into contracts, to own and dispose of property, and to exercise guardianship over their children. Obstacle to progress: The law has lagged behind the development of society; it no longer corresponds to the actual social and economic position of women.... 