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The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, adopted during the
French Revolution in 1789, specifically affirmed freedom of speech as an
inalienable right. Article 11: The free communication of ideas and opinions
is one of the most precious of the rights of man. Every citizen may,
accordingly, speak, write, and print with freedom, but shall be responsible
for such abuses of this freedom as shall be defined by law.
In more recent history, in the western world, women were not allowed to
vote until the beginnings of the XIX century. Gender-based censorship
“Women writers are a threat to systems built on gender hierarchy because
they open doors for other women.
1955: First school for girls, 1970: First university for women
2017: right to obtain driver's licenses without permission from their legal
guardians. n Saudi Arabia, every woman must have a male guardian — her
father, brother, husband, uncle or even son — who has to give his approval
before the woman can travel outside the country, get married or divorced
and be released from prison. This does not change if her guardian is abusive.
The players involved with the #TakeAKnee movement, who are mostly
Black, are protesting police killings of Black men and women. They've put
their livelihoods on the line for doing so – Colin Kaepernick, who was once
a star quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, now can't find a team to hire
him. For Trump and the mainly white and wealthy NFL owners who oppose
#TakeAKnee, kneeling during the national anthem shows disrespect.
Why is it important? Freedom of speech can be the key to all other rights.
Free Speech can let you speak out about any kind of abuse, for example.
And imagine you lost the right that lets you express yourself, how you are.
That would prive you developing in many aspects.