Blog Post # 5

Blog Post 5

I wanted to take the time in this blog post to mention outside information on women and the way they are treated and looked through the teachings of my Family Sociology class. I've wanted to share this with everyone for a while now but wanted to wait until the last blog post because I felt it would be most appropriate! Within my family sociology class we read plenty of articles dealing with family issues as well as gender roles taken on within the family in America as well as in other countries. One that really stood out to me was an article on a little girl names Malala Yousafzai. She is a 15 year old little girl who was born and raised in Pakistan. One day she decided she was going to try and attend school because she felt she had the right to an education and was pretty consistent on going to school.  She a boarded the bus and then was instantly followed by a few men with guns who began to shoot her for wanting to go to school. This fifteen year old little girl was shot and attempted to be killed simply for being a female trying to attend school and receive and education. Not only this, but she tried proving a point by speaking out for all girls to be able to attend school and be educated. Miraculously she survived the horrendous shooting and is still struggling to fight for her life.  Just wanted to share this with people to show the different aspects and how far behind other country's are compared to us with women rights and that we should all be grateful for the women who started the feminist movements to get us to where we are today. We truly are blessed to have the right to education and voting when others are still looked upon as nothing and worthless. This poor little girl was trying to do something our once fellow Feminist's tried to do and was brutally given harsh punishments. Just thought I'd share this with people to put a lot of things within different perspectives. 

Here is a journal following up on how she is doing and the outcomes it has caused!

http://www.euronews.com/2012/12/17/malala-yousafzai-the-girl-who-took-on-the-taliban/