Was it Acceptable?
Although the issue has been resolved, it was a long and frustrating process that the Famous Five had to go through to gain their rights. It was over 10 years of hard work from time that Emily Murphy set out to gain representation rights to the time that her goal of being able to run for Senate was reached. It also took the combined forces of five of the most influential women in Canada at the time. Without these women, no one else would have been able to fight for women's rights like they did. In this way, this social problem has not been resolved in a very acceptable fashion. The first problem that women encountered when even meeting with other women to discuss gender equality issues is that their fathers or husbands just wouldn't let them. If a man found out about a meeting of this type, he could unjustly prohibit his daughter or wife from attending, since women had very little rights and all authorities were men at the time. For the Famous Five to meet, they had to pretend to their husbands or fathers that they were just meeting for general pleasant discussion, and they had to be prepared to change the topic if an opposing man showed up. [39] Another huge hurdle that women had to work with was the fact that all authorities, police, and judges were men, and they would usually have a prejudice against them. Things like this made it very hard for women to gain their rights, and would be unacceptable in a society today.
Prevention of Similar Problems in the Future
In order to prevent inequalities among differences in groups of people, whether it be gender, race, or other qualities, we must not hold any bias or prejudice towards of these groups. Differences in race, gender, and social status must be put aside by the general society to prevent social groups from treating certain social groups differently. In order to become a completely unbiased nation, we must give all social groups the same chance at everything. This means that in things like elections and job interviews, we must not have a bias towards one candidate just because of the social group they belong to. We must not pay someone more than someone else just because of a prejudice against their social group. Sometimes, however, this prejudice can be subconscious, so we must learn to look at everyone in the same way. It is only if we do this will our nation truly be a place of equal opportunity for all people, no matter what race or gender they belong to.