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  1. Sep 2020
    1. He has monopolized nearly all the profitable employments, and from those she is permitted to follow, she receives but a scanty remuneration.

      In the current day, I feel as though this could be rephrased to instead articulate the ways in which women are presented by men to be making equal contributions to career fields despite the fact that women are underrepresented and underpaid.

    2. The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her.

      As society continues to be ruled by a patriarchy that often operates in a manner where women's decisions are made for them, I feel as though this fact is very much relevant, especially in the way it's articulated beyond this sentence. I also feel as though this applies for not just women but anyone who doesn't identify as a straight, white man.

    3. that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness;

      It's interesting how it's articulated in the declaration that everyone is created equal and deserves qualities that ensure a respectable life, yet to this day, these characteristics aren't implemented to support all individuals.