Wk 12; Beecher and Grimke

In response to Beecher’s views, Grimke had a totally different view of how a person’s sex should determine his or her rights. Grimke believed that whether you were a male or female. She states “Now if naturally occurred to me, that if rights were founded in moral being, then the circumstances of sex could not give to man higher rights and responsibilities, than to woman” (freedom 219). Angela believes that everyone should have the same rights because nobody was built better than the other. Beecher’s ultimate argument was that women were considered the “subordinate” and men were considered the “superior” of the two, therefore women’s rights were in the home doing domestic deeds. She believed that women should express their rights in the home. She also believed that women should be teachers and teach the young society. It was the woman’s job to teach the children right and wrong, and the ways of life. Women’s rights were very important in this time period because of the abolitionist movement. Fighting for the rights of the slaves in America could possibly mean that one day women may have rights in the U.S. While the slaves were always being beaten and disrespected, women were treated in a less harsh, but similar matter. Although they were not beaten nor scorned in society, they were expected to follow what their husbands or other men in society said.