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There are different forms of equality, depending on the persons and social situations in question.
For example, one may consider equality of the Sex es in opportunities for Employment ; the people in question are men and women (contrasted) and the social situation is the search for a job. As another example, Equal Opportunity refers to the idea that all people should start out in life from the same platform (i.e. all should have equal opportunities in life, regardless of where they were born or who their parents were).
A fight for social and legal equality was seen during the Sixties in the United States in the Civil Rights movement.

Equal rights in Sweden:

Equal rights, especially in a professional aspect for men and women, has been a well considered subject in Swedish politics since the 1960s, there going by the name Jämställdhet.
Sweden is today by many considered a role model by means of Jämställdhet.


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  • "And it is not equality for everyone to have the same rewards, the same rights, and the same status; indeed, this often results in extreme inequality." Erasmus , '' The Education Of A Christian Prince '' ( 1516 ).

  • "Equal rights does not mean equal property." )



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