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/^t/The feminist fight for women's rights, which have taken about 150 years, hasn't turned out as beneficial as it may have seemed at the very beginning. Owing to suffragists, females gained franchise, the symbol of political equality; but they did it at the cost of their serenity and respect from the males' side. One can risk to say that women declared themselves against their own sex. They didn't attain the real equality; instead, more duties and responsibilities were added to the daily activities of a woman, including professional work. The clash between tradition and liberalisation has resulted in women's perplexity and inability to find themselves in a new situation. One may pose a question: is there anything that could help women? It seems that the only way to reverse this hopeless plight is to demand equal rights for men. Since males understand a right as a duty, it's high time they were given their rights to do housework and take care of their children. Maybe this will appear advantageous for women. Who knows?...