The government was founded by men, and made for men. This is true for much government run functions. Simone De Beauvoir points it out early on in The Second Sex. “The whole of feminine history has been man-made” (Beauvoir). It is no secret that women were not made out to be as powerful as men from the beginning of civilization till the twentieth century. Contemporary Women’s Issues Database includes many factual articles that stress women and gender rights. “The omission of women from the historical narrative looked glaring. Just as women were not present in institutions of power and influence, they were excluded from the historical past” (Contemporary Women’s Issues Database). Women were purposefully excluded from the decision making branch of the world because they were not considered equal. This idea has lasted the world for well over ten decades and when an accepted idea is suddenly changed it takes well over the original amount to finally consider the habit
The government was founded by men, and made for men. This is true for much government run functions. Simone De Beauvoir points it out early on in The Second Sex. “The whole of feminine history has been man-made” (Beauvoir). It is no secret that women were not made out to be as powerful as men from the beginning of civilization till the twentieth century. Contemporary Women’s Issues Database includes many factual articles that stress women and gender rights. “The omission of women from the historical narrative looked glaring. Just as women were not present in institutions of power and influence, they were excluded from the historical past” (Contemporary Women’s Issues Database). Women were purposefully excluded from the decision making branch of the world because they were not considered equal. This idea has lasted the world for well over ten decades and when an accepted idea is suddenly changed it takes well over the original amount to finally consider the habit