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Lexton Poon Kay Chun (32) 2LY 28/3/11

1. Women are now able to hold high positions in government and politics. What's more, some women even become leaders of a country. Examples include Seet Ai Mee, the former acting minister of Singapore, Margaret Thatcher, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for eleven years and most notable of all, Indira Gandhi. She was not only the only female Prime Minister of India, but also the longest serving female Prime Minister with a rule of fifteen years. In the 21st century, there are large numbers of women who are able to get into politics and be able to old high positions. In the past, women would not even be able to get into service as a civil servant, but now they can become mayors or even MPs. An example would be Miss Penny Low who is currently the MP of Punggol and Pasir Ris. In some countries, women can even be eligible as candidates for the presidency. These include the United States of America and Singapore.

2. In many developed countries, women are able to pursue their own choice of career or even further their studies overseas. Examples of these developed countries include he United Kingdom, France, Singapore and Japan. Women in these countries have freedom of choice and can choose what they want to be or what they want to do. This was unheard of in the past where women were expected to stay at home and take care of the children while the men would go to work. In the 21st century, this mindset is rare and mainly confined to rural ares in various countries. Women can now go to leading universities such as Oxford and Cambridge without fear of reprisal and can have education that previously not available to many women. In fact,the percentage of female graduates in Singapore and France are 92% and 94% respectively which is as high as the percentage of male graduates.

3. Women are not only equal to men, some are even better. Some are great athletes while others have great talents in singing and acting. In the Beijing 2008 Olympics, a world record was set by Britta Steffen of Germany who took 23.73 seconds for the 50m freestyle. There is also Florene Griffith-Joyner of the United States of America who holds the world and Olympic record for the 50m with a time of 21.34 seconds. In singing, there are notable groups of singers or even individual singers who make large amounts of money. There is Lady Gaga, who is famed all around the world as a capable singer and Miley Cyrus who at the young age of 18 had already attained worldwide fame as an actress, a movie star and singer. This would have been impossible where women's achievements were often rejected. An example would be Helen Beatrix Potter whose work in the field of mycology was rejected by the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew because she was a female.

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