å Tuesday, February 7th, 2017

Due Sunday, February 12th, by midnight. Word count: 400 words. Please make sure everything is in your own words. If you paraphrase, make sure to include the proper citation.

In The Sexual Contract, Carole Pateman explains that while women have no part in the original contract with civil society described liberal political theorists, they are not left out of the “state of nature.” In your own words, how would you explain the incorporation of women into a sphere that “is and is not in civil society”?

Hello, My name is Maria Libreros.

This is my third semester at CWE, my major is Liberal with a Childhood Concentration.

I select this Class because it would help me understand better about the Humans Rights, my rights and the right of others as well. It also helps me to advocate for the rights of those who are in need of it.

My understanding of the readings is that Lynn Hunt main point is in 1948 with The United Nations Declaration of Universal Human Rights. This had happened after almost two Centuries of The American Declaration of Independence in 1776 from Great Britain, and The French Declaration of The Rights of Men and the Citizens in 1789. I may understand wrong, but I believe that Thomas Jefferson and Lafayette, both were inspired inspired by the enlightenment of great philosophers such as Rousseau and Voltaire. Even though, both  advocated for liberty and equality, according to history we all know that it did not happened, and I believe that it was the opposite due to slavery and violations of Civil Rights as well. There were Centuries of slavery and segregation in America. People have to fight and form movements that advocate for civil rights not only for the slaves but for the people that form this country, the immigrants such as Jews and so on.

It also presented a political turn over from the nations and governments, especially every regarding on culture, religion and beliefs; one big example was the WWII. Consequently, a big great part of  World was destroyed causing thousands of deaths of men, women and children. Others were tortured until death. This was the main reason why The United  Nations Declaration of Universal human Rights was created, to abolish and protect the rights of all citizens, independently of race, beliefs and religion, and politics. However, we have a long way to go, to see that this is absolute true in real life, we are living in 20 Century, and we still dealing with the violation of the Civil Rights! And it depends on culture, and beliefs, some countries are more liberal than others regarding women rights.

My name is Charmaine Bennett. I have a seven year old son named Dylan, and he’s in the second grade. This is my fourth semester at CWE. My concentration is in Childhood Studies. After I graduate I plan to attend graduate school either for Special Education or Social Work. Maybe both. I know that I want to work in the educational field, just not fully sure in what aspect. I would love to be a Middle a School guidence counselor. I currently work in a middle school in harlem, and I see some of the things these students go through and I wpuld love to help. On the other hand, my principal wants me to become a Special Education Intervention Specialist. Which wouldn’t be bad since i currently work as a ELA Teacher Intern, just undecided I guess. What drew me to this class is my fascination with women’s rights both pass and present. With this pass election i thiught it would be the perfect time to take a class like this. I recently participated in the Womens March in NYC. It was an empowering moment for me to see not just women from all walks of life, but men as well. That experience made me even more excited about starting this class and all of the things I will learn, and taking what I’ve learned and being able to share it with others.

In the introduction of “Inventing Human Rights” by Lynn Hunt (2007), I’m beginning to see where the first conceptions of humans started. The whole concept of human rights seems to be more perception based than anything else.As far back as the Declaration of Independence the wording is where the perception comes to play. The perception of what is self evident? If it is truly self evident that we are all equal than how can it be questioned? The word men is repeated over and over throughout the Declaration of Independence, but not in terms of man kind, to include everyone, but to only include men. Not all men, white men, men with property. Even the word men, excluded men? This is an intersting concept to me. Not only were women excluded, free blacks were also excluded. The fact that one can be considered free, yet not have equal rights to other men is ridiculous. This helps me to conceptualize why we have to fight so hard for equal rights for all.