In class, we watched two films and watched a presentation on the
topics of Mercy and Justice. In these movies, we saw everything from sexism and abuse, to genocide, aids, more spousal abuse, and the extinction of a people from their home land.
The first movie, "Portrait of a Woman", displayed the difficulties and
even dangers of being a woman in the past. The movie told the stories of such woman as Hariet Tubman, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Rosa Parks. Every woman in the movie was forced to deal with hardships every day of their life. Woman back then were seen as property and not as people. Therefore, there was a great deal
of spousal abuse, which was seen as ok because it was even a law in most lands.
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