Have women's rights changed since the 60's ?

[Marnierae14]

Hi i'm a 15 year old student doing a welsh baccalaureate GCSE course, i have created a questionnaire about women's rights and if they have changed since the 1960's.
would you mind completing this questionnaire, it shouldn't take more than 5 minutes by clicking the link below.women's rights questionnaire

Hi OP,

Can you put your questionnaire on another interface as I can't sign in. Try something like
https://uk.surveymonkey.com/

Surely this is an objective question that requires research into legislative changes, rather than something to be answered by questionnaire? Also, it will depend on location - there's huge variation by country.

Hi thank you so much, and sorry for the late reply. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3CLCBX5 @username299
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I strongly recommend you find a copy of a book called 'Womens rights, A practical guide' by Anna Coote and Tess Gill, published in 1974. It will open your eyes to how much womens rights have changed since the late 60's.

Page 22 of this book notes for example that they expected the Equal Pay act to come into full force in 1975. (Which it did, just about, 29th December 1975).

Page 150 notes that at this time marital rape is extremely difficult to prove and is not illegal even if you had started divorce proceedings.

Page 260 notes that at this time some single women could get mortgages but that many providers would require a male signatory. Many married women found that mortgage providers didn't take their earnings into account when calculating borrowing amounts, only the husband's earnings were considered.

Honestly it is my favourite book if only to remind me how far we have come, and how much of a social change we have seen insuch a short time period (50 or so years). It is well worth a read if this is a serious area of research OP.

No problem, have done your survey. Let me know if you have any questions.

Hiya, thanks so much i’ll definitely check it out.

I was going to answer your survey, but you lost me at the first question 'what is your gender'. There is no option for 'I don't consider myself to have one' ie I think the concept of gender is made up sexist bollocks.

I don't feel that 'prefer not to say' accurately represents my position on this.

Would it not be more useful to analyse your results by sex? You could ask about gender too, if you feel it's important.

Yup. I agree. I don't have a gender. I am a human in a female body. It has its drawbacks. I am sure the male one has too. Sadly I wasn't given the option to choose which I preferred in the womb, or I could tell you my preferred sexual shape, ie. body type. Body type has no relevance to the internal person, apart from the frustrations (or advantages) one may be lumbered with.

Also question 8 seems to just be a repeat of question 7. Can you elaborate on the purpose of the free text box?

Just too type an answer for it because it wouldn’t let me do both a text and one you choose.@NoBinturongsHereMate

Also 60+ is a huge demographic. I notice you have others separated by Decade. How I would answer your questions is going to be very different to my mother at 80+ and surely these are the women that have been around longer and seen the most change.

Hiya, thank you for the feedback i really appreciate it, i hadn’t taken this into perspective but i will 100% do so in the future.

I also would have preferred to answer to sex not gender. Also the questionnaire is very short which surprised me. I am 76 and I have seen many changes for the better.
However it still has a way to go. Hope my answers help!