"Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions" (44-45)

Pichu Little: "The feminist movement? What's that?"
Pikachu: "The females didn't have many rights before. The feminist movement was when they tried to obtain more rights and priveleges. You two probably don't know about it because you're both young males. By the time you were born, the females had many more rights."
Pichu Big: "Sounds really important! We should read this and find out more about it."

44) impunity

• Source 1: "He has made her, morally, and irresponsible being, as she can commit crimes with impunity, provided they be done in the presence of her husband" (Stanton 517).
• Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions." The Norton Reader: An Anthology of Nonfiction Prose. By Linda H. Peterson, John C. Brereton, and Joan Hartman. Shorter 11th ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 2000. 516-518. Print.

• Definition: n. "exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss" (Merriam-Webster).

• Source 2: "Defenders of Human Rights Center has issued a statement, claiming that criminal officials can no longer commit crimes against humanity with impunity."
• "The Era of Impunity for Heads of State Who Commit Crimes against Humanity Has Come to a Close." Defenders of Human Rights Center. Defenders of Human Rights Center, 29 Apr. 2009. Web. 10 Jan. 2013.

• Commentary: Impunity is often associated with corruption and misdemeanor, as displayed by the Human Rights Center in the second source. Officials who can commit crimes with impunity are often the result of corruption that enables them to commit crimes and leave unscathed.

45) chastisement

• Source 1: "In the covenant of marriage, she is compelled to promise obedience to her husband, he becoming ... her master--the law giving him power ... to administer chastisement" (Stanton 517).
• Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions." The Norton Reader: An Anthology of Nonfiction Prose. By Linda H. Peterson, John C. Brereton, and Joan Hartman. Shorter 11th ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 2000. 516-518. Print.

• Definition: n. ".... inflict[ion of] punishment on (as by whipping)" (Merriam-Webster).

• Source 2: "Park Geun-hye, the first woman to be elected president in a country that ranks poorly in gender equality, says she intends to tread the middle path between unconditional engagement and uncompromising chastisement."
• Chellaney, Brahma. "East Asia's Defining Moment." The New York Times. The New York Times, 22 Dec. 2012. Web. 10 Jan. 2013.

• Commentary: As exemplified by Stanton's declaration, chastisement is often used to describe the treatment of the women and slaves that were abused by white males during the feminist and anti-slavery movement. Chastisement can also describe verbal abuse or punishment.

Works Cited

Definitions:

"Definitions and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary." Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 08 Jan. 2013.