Diversity – Conflict
Description of the Conflict
The suffragette movement emerged in Great Britain and the United States in the late 19th century against increasing incidents involving women dissatisfied with their societal position. Women suffragettes used nonviolent actions, such as collective street demonstrations, hunger strikes, and memorable antics, to fight for their rights. Emmeline Pankhurst, suggested by her husband, was the founder of the Suffragette Association.
Emmeline had originally intended to live with her husband in a common-law marriage, but he insisted on marriage for her legal security reasons. According to Pankhurst, the girl should not be deprived of her societal position because of the banal failure to comply with the formalities (Ataman, 2022). However, the role of wife and mother was separate from Emmeline’s primary role – Mr. Pankhurst encouraged his wife to be active in her community.
Later, suffragettes also had their identifying signs, which made those who opposed them immediately wary. Thus, in 1908, Emmeline Pankhurst developed a special color scheme for female suffragettes, which consisted of three colors: purple (loyalty), white (purity), and green (hope) (Ataman, 2022). Over time, the remarkable tricolor was already flaunting itself on hats, brooches, belts, and bows in the windows of famous department stores – wearing the WSPU sign was considered a great honor. In addition, clothing, underwear, bags, shoes, and even toilet soap decorated with the banner were available.
After women were granted the right to vote in the pre-war and wartime periods in some European countries, suffragettes in other countries redoubled their efforts. The United States in 1920, Ireland in 1922, Spain and Portugal in 1931, and Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Luxembourg, and Czechoslovakia in 1919 all granted women the right to vote (Browning, 2019). By the second half of the 1930s, the main goal of the European and American suffragette movements was generally achieved, and they began to decline.
The Views of the Majority and the Minority
Most women supported the movement and fought for their rights. They wanted jobs and wages equal to those of men. The majority was similar to others in the class; they felt it was unfair and tried to achieve the opposite. The second commonality is that they used rallies to get things done. The minorities were some women and men who were against changing the female gender. Occasionally, the antics of the suffragettes so pissed off the gentlemen that they hired a London mob to beat up the activists. They were united with other minorities in their inaction and condemnation of those who were actively promoting their ideas.
Justice – Resolution
I prefer restorative justice, which is a solution to a dispute or conflict aimed at overcoming its negative consequences and healing its participants from a social perspective. The ideal goal of such justice is to create a sense of responsibility for offenders’ actions and to restore the situation to what it was before the conflict or to compensate for the damage done (Schormair & Gerlach, 2020). Such programs involve a dialogue between the offender and the victim involving a third, neutral party. It can be a court, a mediator, a family representative, or a local community. During such meetings, the parties to the conflict understand what happened, develop mutual understanding, and agree on compensation for damages.
The Child Justice Act of 2008 in South Africa fully embraces the idea of restorative justice (Naicker, 2022). It offers a variety of options for punishment and diversion, such as victim-offender mediation and family group conferencing. The current international and European concept of human rights protection is based exclusively on punitive responses to a crime. This approach cannot adequately ensure the rights of victims and perpetrators.
References
Ataman, Ö. The suffragette movement: Through anguish and resolution emancipation was achieved. SineFilozofi, 285-299. Web.
Browning, S. (2019). Women in parliament and government. Commons Library Briefing-UK Parliament, 5.
Naicker, M. (2022). Justice for juvenile offenders under the new amended legal framework of the Child Justice Act (Doctoral dissertation).
Schormair, M. J., & Gerlach, L. M. (2020). Corporate remediation of human rights violations: A restorative justice framework. Journal of Business Ethics, 167(3), 475-493. Web.