"Women are equal, just different"

Fuller and Steinem are two very different authors from two very different times, but they have one very similar viewpoint when it comes to the reality in which women are treated and how they should justly be treated.  Reading from line to line and from article to article, I was able to recognize that women truly are oppressed.  This was something I thought only happened in many of the eastern countries.  However, it does happen here in the United States, too.  Although it may not be as visible, distinct, and harsh, it occurs more often than one would think.  Centuries and centuries ago, women were treated far differently from men, but overtime, the gap has slowly grown closer together.  This is why it is hard for many to recognize and admit that oppression does still exist.  Like Steinem stated, "logic has nothing to do with oppression."  It exists because of how surrounding influences treat it.  In a way, it is "learned."  If one grows up thinking it is okay to treat women unfairly, he or she has known nothing else, so it is viewed as okay behavior.

Although this may be an extreme (since it was written back in the 1800's), the statement regarding how "a tone of feeling towards women as towards slaves" exists, it does have some truth behind it.  Discrimination is discrimination, no matter the severity; people are people and should be treated as such.  Fuller's writing was a bit difficult to comprehend, but I was easily able to grasp the meaning for why she wrote it.  Her goal was to show the reader that "there is but one law for all souls, and, if there is to be an interpreter of it, he comes not as man, or son of man, but as Son of God."  All are equal - men and women.  

As I read through Steinem's piece, I actually "LOLed."  I loved how she captivated my attention right from the beginning.  She was able to transform a very serious topic into something that was very relate-able. Steinem has a certain power that allows her to write what could be considered a "questionable" paper and still get her point across.  From the true vulnerability of a man to all of the hilarious analogies, Steinem communicated to the reader that women have to say, "no" to the unequal treatment from men.  Steinem easily relates to Fuller when it comes to the idea that "women are equal, just different."  Women need to stop bickering with one another and realize where the true heart of the problem is.  After all, "the power of justifications would go on and on.  If we let them."