Response To 'The Blank Page'

Our society’s gender roles are constantly evolving and changing, all in the name of “progressive thinking”, though not all for the good. With a new “social norm” appearing every few years or so, it comes as a surprise that it

Many times in literature women and the roles of women are portrayed in a certain light. Today, women are supposed to be viewed as powerful and independent women who do not need to rely on a man. Characters such as Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games and Tris Prior from Divergent emerged to portray powerful women. Unfortunately, this was not always the case and characters in pieces such as The Odyssey by Homer and The Aeneid by Virgil were viewed as women who needed help from men.

No one lives with a specific gender until the age of three. That’s when most children begin to explore their surroundings and learn to categorize themselves as boys or girls. Moreover, the difference in strength between male and female turns into the foundation of gender stereotype. Generation by generation, we inherit this socially constructed rules that society puts on us. With a background like our society, Lois Gould----the author of “The Story of X” examines how individuals would blindly follow the mainstream under the impact of society and how they might force people to confront due to the faith in common values.

What does it mean to express ourselves as women? Gender shapes our interpretation of what it is to be at home within ourselves. As James Baldwin eloquently reminded us, “The world’s definitions are one thing, and the lives one actually lives is quite another” (Baldwin, ). How can we be sure of the complex nature of our gender identities and gender expression, be genuine, when we have been socialized into looking at the world through the lens of a binary gender system since we were born? It seems to me that the definition and expression of womanhood are constantly evolving, and that is good news.

To my mother, In society, we struggle with the norms presented us that have conditioned humans from infanthood to adulthood and from the beginning of civilization to today. The social environments that we live in constrain us from being our true selves and restrict the idea of being something different. For women, it is truly hard to break out of these societal gender norms and when a woman chooses to set her own character, it is often looked down upon on society. A woman’s weakness is subject to the tyranny of gender norms. You and I are both women part of the regressive idea of female inferiority that society perpetuates.

Throughout history the female species has been treated like second-class citizens by their seemingly more powerful male counterparts. From being denied the right to vote to being excluded from the work place, the woman’s rights have been oppressed as her husband, father, and brothers were offered the world without limitations. Why should she be told that her dreams are limited to the home, as her brother sits upon the same knee but is told to go out and conquer his aspirations no matter how impractical? In recent years, women’s rights activists have made great strides towards gender equality. One could logically attribute some of this progress to writers like Charlotte Perkins Gilman who raise awareness of social injustice through their

Throughout women’s life, they are faced with many stereotypes and situations which dictate how they act and how people see them. A problem with this is that, by thinking that women follow certain stereotypes, society starts to believe that women will only act a certain way, and they don expect them to do masculine things such as being a police officer or

As years pass and the dynamic of what it means to be a girl evolves, girls are “told they can do anything, be anyone” and have taken the bull by the horns and are surpassing boys in schools, in all respects (Black). Furthermore, Black states that the “decades of conversation” allow girls to learn from others’ thoughts on what it means to be a woman and understand the “complexity of womanhood” (Black).

There are many situations where many women get oppressed because they are simply women. In American society today there are many different women that come from different countries and are used to do things on their own without help from anyone. Many women express themselves in a way that they do not need a husband to support them because, they are simply independent. However, in today’s American society is sometimes difficult for a

The story reveals that this gender division between men and women had the effect of keeping women in a low equality mindset even if the women were not using their full potential. John, whom is the husband in the story, has his own assumption of his own superior wisdom and this level of so called maturity leads him to patronize and dominate his wife, all in the name of trying to help, but not succeeding, in helping her. The narrator has absolutley no say whatsoever in even the smallest details of her life. She has no say in even seeing her child, and she is not even allowed to read or write anymore. She has to stay in her room and stare blankly at the walls that are covered in the revolting yellow wallpaper.

Society confronts women with a myriad of obstacles. From reproductive rights to suffrage, it has been an uphill battle to escape objectification and marginalization. When women are viewed as sexual objects or matronly figures, there is no hope of progress. This is in part by the idea of conformity. Women who confront this head on have the potential for greatness but not without judgement and confrontation. Often times this adversity leads to quitting because of the daunting challenges that always seem to lie ahead. Whether it is not making the same money for the same work or being expected to endure sexual harassment on an everyday basis, it is a cruel world. Production relies off reproduction. Boys would never grow up to be the men of production

In the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, the titular Hamlet, the young prince of Denmark, wars against his own inhibition to avenge the death of his father at the hands of his uncle, now king. In pursuit of this goal, Hamlet assumes a guise of madness to escape investigation and scrutiny, however this backfires, leaving his uncle more suspicious than ever before. Hamlet, however, is not the only character troubled by madness, his love interest, the noblewoman Ophelia falls to insanity after the death of her father Polonius at the hands of the one she loved. In Hamlet, manifesting itself differently throughout the play in the speech of both Hamlet and Ophelia, madness is one of the main driving forces behind the story’s progression, and while reason can be found hidden within their cryptic and maddened speech, madness leads not only them but those around them to their untimely demise.

Establishing pre harmony was the solution for the mind body interaction and how the mind can interact with the soul. However it did not work that way, Leibniz did ended up rejection this solution because physical bodies will be affecting each other if this was the solution.

Through years of history women have been subjugated. They are seen as vehicles for reproduction and sexual objects. Yet this is a mentality that is directly related with moral theory. Since this is for the most part a male dominated society, women's views are often seen

Throughout history and today, we women are constant victims of stereotyping from our society. Certain “rules” have to be followed and certain “ideal” women images have to be kept. We are raised in a way to fill certain position where the society wants us to be and as a result, the opportunities are always limited for us and ideas of our importance in the society are diminishing. Even though women gained some independence, where women can work and take various position in society, the society’s idea of typical role of women never seem to change.