Major Rhetorical Argument in 60's Protest

The feminist movement in the 60's was very different from the feminist movement that we know of today. In the 60's woman were mainly fighting for equal pay and equal rights. While the equal pay movement has somewhat dispersed, it is still one of the goals of modern feminists who have shifted their focus towards more prominent current events such as sexual misconduct and discrimination. The movement started back in the 60's with thousands of activists who wanted to fight for a change. The text we chose to analyze shows a woman holding a sign that reads "Equal Positions with Equal Pay," which is meant to inform others about the wage gap, and try to encourage change. Post World War II was when we began seeing a shift from women in "pink-collared jobs" to more high paying jobs, such as one a typical male would hold at the time. The problem arose when employers were getting away with paying women much lower salaries than men who did the same exact job. Woman had to fight for their equality back then, and the problem is still not solved some 50 years later.

Posted by: Sam Jalowicz