Évolution et progrès - place de la femme dans la société (en anglais)

Idea of Progress.

Considered as a principal means of orientation in a complex world, the concept of progress has accompanied the greatest moments in history. It informs and over throws heritage and traditions,bringing with it a great variety of evolutionary processes as well as resistance to change.The acceleration of advanced sciences and technologies and the cult of innovation and progress have been, for several decades, the reason for an increased awareness of the possible consequences of such technologies.

We will see through examples, documents, the notion of Idea of Progress.

In a document, the presenter announced that the Connecticut Senate voted in favor of abolition of the death penalty, abolition should become law. Connecticut is the 17th state to abolish the death penalty in the United States. A law that divided because of the consequences it may have for the 11 found in the death row. The law provides emprissonnement life. The abolition of the death penalty is a progress in the USA.

There are too progress for the women in the world. She are won a lot of rights such as the possibility to give their opinion in an election. So, their life is more equal to that men's but a lot of things in society give women less equality than men. Wowen at work throughout the centuries and World War II. The middle class woman are traditional jobs as nurses and teachers. After the wedding, she quiets thier job for her family. The poor class woman always worked as a matter of survival. The World War II was a key of the history of woman in the working place. As the manwere at war, womens started recuiting in skipy and factories and ammunition plants. It changed people's mentality, working for the war industry was considered patriotic, so thier view was positive. The US gouvernement encouraged the women at work, they made propanda by printing posters who showing women in factory uniforms, wilding heavy equipement. Women were portayed as strong and beautiful.

Women knew during the years a progress social, and in the world of the work.

The progress of sciences is very present. A cartoon which shows clones produced on an assembly line for mass-production. The clones all look alike : young strong men. Someclones which are physically different are extracted, selected and trashed into the waste bin. This artificial selecion is a clear reference to eugenics, a doctrine which aimed at selecting the « best » human beings. That could lead to genocides or at least discrimination since to the imposed criteria don't accept those who don't 'fit in the mould'.

Sciences always progressing and allows us to choose the characteristics of our baby. Sciences allows us to choose the color of eyes, the sex, the color of the hair of the child. Furthermore he allows us to choose the level of the intelligence of the child. It is a big advance for the science but that causes criticisms. The opinion denounces this system because it is unnatural. But, to choose his(her) baby can also be an opportunity for families. Sciences also suggests being cured a sick child by making a second baby to look after it. It is a dilemma for the parents because there is a risk for the second child. But it is also a way to have children in good ones health.

The progress doesn't stop evolving for several years and in various domainsarrow-10x10 in the social, political or technological standing. The idea of progress will not stop evolving also in the next centuries.

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