Lifetime: Television for Women, First Wives Club, Charlie's Angels, and the Janet Evanovich book series are all tributes to the female sex from the modern entertainment world. But when one sees beyond the cinematic screen, and reads between the lines of those novels, they may discover the truth inscribed there, that beyond Hollywood, not all women are powerful sex goddesses. Though men tend to hold more responsibilities in the social, political, and economic worlds, it has always been their right and their freedom of choice that has allowed them to carry those burdens. Women, however, have lived their lives throughout history in a state of frustration. Unlike the male sex, females have not been eligible for many aspects of political, economic, and social life, and therefore have suffered extensively in past centuries, and inevitably for centuries to come.
The famous sentiment from America's Declaration of Independence fully defines a woman's role in politics simply because of their absence: "All men are created equal." There is no mention of women, and naturally so, because in that time, during the birth of our nation, they received no recognition in our country, and all over the rest of the world. It was also during this revolution that the Daughters of Liberty, refusing not to engage in sabotage or violence, participated in the boycotting of British products. Although portraying a high level of patriotism by taking part in the fight for colony independence, women were not permitted to attend either the Continental Congress, or the state congresses, nor did any woman sign the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution. Colonists of female gender were asked to take part in the struggle for freedom, but were not offered the benefits. This was frustrating. With these rough beginnings, it wasn't until about one hundred and fifty years later in 1920, when women finally gained the right to vote in the United States through the 19th amendment.
