Reflections of Two Short Stories: “The Story of an Hour” and “Carpathia” Being in a relationship is like being in a roller coaster, sometimes you enjoy the ride, sometimes you don’t. Even with the passing of the years, this statement hasn’t had considerable changes. Many women see themselves trapped in relationships they are not satisfied with. While a few of them look for solutions in order to live a pleasant life, the majority resign themselves to stay in distressed affiliations. In my personal experience, it is extremely disappointing to discover that the person you thought you knew only existed in your mind. However, once you see yourself involved with someone physically and emotionally, it is hard to put an end to that relationship because you get comfortable with being miserable and also because society makes you believe that what you have is what you deserve. Throughout History, women have been permanently oppressed and treated as subordinate to men. They have been considered mentally weak and biologically inferior. The power of their opinion has been limited and in many situations ignored, being condemned to live in that condition for several years. Therefore, we can conclude that the only responsible for strengthening this characterization of women’s inferiority is our society. “The Story of an Hour” and “Carpathia” describes the lives of two women, who regardless of time and scenario, are destined to be married to men that they don’t love or simply don’t make them
Since humanity began, the men are always considered as the protectors, the winners, and the leaders of the world. How about women? Does the woman have to cook, clean and raise the children? Can a woman join the military or have a hard-working job? Nowadays, notwithstanding earning many achievements in various spheres, some people still have the prejudice that a woman has to belong to the kitchen! To illustrate what society thinks of a woman and what ideas should be changed, Lynn Peril published her argument, “Pink Think.” By arguing on all sides, she built “Pink Think” to become an effective essay, which would go into my heart and my mind for a long time.
Emily Hergenrader English 10 Honors 6th Hour November 24, 2014 A Struggle for Power All throughout history, women have been treated as if they are inferior to men, and society sets limitations for women due to this inferiority.
“Women’s Right” claims that society’s view of women is an indicator of intellectual, economic, and cultural progress; however, women have been denied many fundamental rights (n.pag.). Write declares that the lack of confidence and forcefulness in women are some factors that are holding the progress of equality back (n.pag.). In today’s society, women are taught to think that a man’s job is more important than a women’s (Write n.pag.). Women were raised to believe that the men’s paycheck is the primary support for a family. Society teaches women to be passive and nurturing while it teaches men to be aggressive and dominant (Nadler and Stockdale 281+). Boys are trained to focus solely on themselves while women are supposed to place the needs of others first (Johnson n.pag.). Society is the reason that women lack the aggression and motivation needed to advance in their career
Since the early times, women were pictured as “intellectually inferior to men but also a major source of temptation and evil” as well as the weaker sex (WIC). For example, Pandora, in Greek mythology, was a woman who opened a forbidden box which then unleashed sin, plagues, and unhappiness into the world. In the early 19th century, women were only allowed to work in factories or, otherwise, stayed at home and did domestic work; the only professions that was acceptable for them to do was to become a teacher or a writer. In the 1920’s, women gained the right to vote. Throughout history, there has been many issues between the male and female genders, most significantly with the female gender, but, the rights of women have soared since the early times of history.
Women’s advance in power is a hindrance to the development of equal rights in a traditional patriarchal society through the oppression of men by emotional restriction, and an excessive amount of guidelines that women expect only men to follow. The escalation of women’s prestige in society results in an imbalance of privilege shared between the two genders.
Stereotypes, whether about a race, gender, or ethnicity, have continuously been created and destroyed with the evolution of society’s thoughts. Movements of all kind have fought tirelessly to break down barriers that confine certain groups of people. The Women’s Rights Movement forged against immense repression to acquire the right to vote, work and have true independence. While they achieved their goals, women are still treated as an inferior to a more “dominant” male. Women are classified as lesser, more emotional and weaker than men.
Women have been oppressed since the beginning of time, they were only expected to have children and become a caretaker. “Domestic work is almost always the sole responsibility of wives(Citation).” Judith Lorber would deconstruct this idea of “women's work” by arguing that the entire point of a gender system is to sustain gender inequality. Lorber anticipates a society structured for equality, where no gender, social class group, or racial-ethnic are entitled to monopolize positions of power. Men are
The inferiority of women refers to society’s view that women are subordinate to men, and are supposed to serve men after marriage, become housewives, and bear babies. This perception of women in today’s society has largely declined, due to the constant call for gender equality. While there still exist the suppression and discrimination of women, the proponents of which are heavily condemned.
For an immense period of time, society deemed women as inferior to men. However, through many protests and the growing acceptance of women, society continues to increasingly close the gap between the two genders. The differences in the societal expectations of women in the early 1900’s and 1970’s compared to the expectations of women in modern society demonstrates this improvement. Although women’s oppression dramatically improved over the past century, it persists as an apparent issue in today’s society.
Being with a significant other will strip one’s individualism causing one to yearn for one’s lost character and identity.
“Once upon a time”… you know the story, were the prince goes to great lengths to rescue the princess from the witch or the dragon, maybe even some curse, they fall in love and live happily ever after. If only relationships were that simple, and not that sexist, how happy we all would be. However, for those of us that live outside the world of fairy tales, we know how unrealistic this is. In taking the time to look at “real” relationships, we see that they have many complexes; multiple facets that make the relationship begin, continue and even end. Some would argue that relationships are not intricate at all, but in reality, we have lost the value and meaning behind them and so we make them more difficult. That the issue with relationships is
Some of the women at some points in their lives are tripped by their marriage. The story of an Hour, by Kate Chopin is a story about a women who is sad at first when she hear the news of her husband’s death feels release when she realizes that she is free from her marriage and finally dramatically died of shock because of seeing her husband alive. From the story it is clear that there are many objects that are actually important symbols. In the Story of anHour two of the most important symbols are the heart trouble that represents unhappiness in a marriage and the open window that represents freedom. What is more, both symbols help to illuminate that marriage in the 19th century results in repression as well as a loss of freedom and man and
Over time woman have been demoralized by men in standards of society. Woman are held back from certain things that men are allowed to participate in. Tradition has always been for women to follow in the footsteps of men. Educationally and economically woman are held back. Equality is a word with an ever-changing definition. Society plays a major role in the submission and degradation of women. The demoralization of women was so severe they believed the only capabilities they had were making babies and playing home maker. Even though that was a woman’s only worth in society, there were a few brave souls who set out to change that. Gender norms set expectations for behaviors, but penalized those that do not conform to those norms (Gender
Throughout history, countless groups of people have unfortunately been victims of subjugation, disenfranchisement and persecution. But perhaps one group of people that have continued to be subjugated the most are the same group of people that makeup the majority of people on earth; women. Despite of all the progress made in recent decades, there are still tens of millions of women a year who are repeatedly victims of infanticide and the deprivation of healthcare. Now although there are no universal panaceas for female inequality, the consensus among academics and researchers is that educating women, investing in female businesses and fostering female participation in the work force are ways to shrink the gap. Finally, it is legitimate for the United States and other countries to export feminism regardless of cultural differences because the lives of millions of women are at stake if they fail to do so.
Throughout history, countless acts of gender inequality can be identified; the causes of these discriminating accounts can be traced back to different causes. The general morality of the inequity relies on a belief that men are superior to women; because of this idea, women have spent generations suffering under their counterparts. Also, a common expectation is that men tend to be more assertive and absolute because of their biological hormones or instinctive intellect. Another huge origin is sexual discrimination; even in the world today, many women are viewed by men as just sex objects rather than a real human being with