The Influence Of Oppression On Women

Despite women’s hard work, their efforts continue to go unrecognized. This is evident by the legal concept of unpaid and paid work. This legal concept definitely ignores the women’s work and renders it invisible, essentially disproportionately exploiting the work of women. Moreover, since unpaid work is presumed to not contribute to the capitalist economy and does not involve exploitation for surplus profit, it is undervalued. Interestingly, despite not being able to directly “profit” from unpaid work, the state has managed to find a way to still exploit the work of women. Accordingly, Waring (1998) argues that because domestic work is unpaid, it is seemingly a form of enslavement where women’s partners, families, their communities,

Reflecting upon your inquiries on the first paragraph, the male dominated perspective does not seem to serve men either. You mentioned sexual assault and violence in your post. Associating victims with female gender as well as perceiving female victims as weak does not seems to help understanding how to support male victims of assault and/or violence.

Though America has been listed as one of the top superpowers of the world, known as a land of vast opportunity, it has not always been that way for everyone. Most Americans today tend to ignore these problems, even when they are staring them in the face. There are many issues obtaining to oppression, such as equality for women. Even after fighting for their rights for over 100 years, women still aren’t seen as equal to men, and more of an accessory to them. The issue isn’t a local one either, as women all over the world struggle to be seen as equal people with the right to make their own choices.

In this paper, I am arguing the importance of gender oppression knowledge. Gender oppression has come a long way however, there is still oppression present. The difference between gender oppression and other types of oppression makes it a bit more complicated. Nonetheless, by using the beliefs of existentialism, gender oppression can be decreased. It is the role of women themselves, to strive towards transcendence. The first step however, is awareness.

Even though we live in a modern world with many technological advancements, women oppression is still a plague around the world that seems to never stop or end in many different societies a woman is only accepted or considered good not when she speaks up or contribute to something that is against this but when she accepts this oppression and stay quit. In Woman at point zero, Nawal Al Saadawi has expressed her concern about women's oppression. In her piece of work, there were many attempts to raise awareness to this issue by giving an example of a woman’s life that was ruined by it. This issue should bring women together since they share the same problem and help each other and empower themselves in order to fight against this discrimination

The actions of Delilah in Judges toward Samson accurately depicts that of a woman who has woven her way into the heart of a man only to expose and exploit him for personal gain. This is, perhaps, a founding basis for Milton’s view of women as a naturally inevitable source of weakness for men. But the persona of Delilah created by Milton in Samson Agonistes as she presents an insincere, haughty, and prideful “apology” to Samson is a reflection of what can be seen as Milton’s fear of a deceptive woman in the life of a man. To put it plainly, women left unchecked by a man have potential danger that is unparalleled and it must be kept in check.

The readings and video that have been discussed in this lesson have definitely changed my perspective on many things relating to feminism and women’s oppression as a whole. Before I started this class, I was unaware of all the events women went through in for their rights. Now, that I have started this class I have become more aware of how women’s rights has become a prominent issue in America today.

Girls/women are held at higher standards than men. It is harder being a girl because they are often discriminated against and put through so much physically and mentally.

The oppression of women’s rights by men and those in power is nothing new and has been going on for centuries. Even so in modern times after the introduction of capitalism women continued to experience persecution. At the time, capitalism brought about countless changes to society and as the way people made their living changed so did the ways in which women were persecuted. To a certain extent a considerably amount of this persecution was an extension of the capitalist exploitation that men experienced at work. Capitalist exploitation began to work its way into family life.

To make a gluten-free bread you need not only to steam those roughly chopped broccoli but also a forced destitute cook to strike them into a thick mixture. This might only be understood by women who are oppressed and under the mercy of society’s expectations. Throughout the years, women have been the subject of debate and controversy; especially after voicing their opinions about different priorities in different nations around the globe. With that being said, young women are still looked into as an art of Beauty and Purity; in other words Perfect but Oppressed! Why some young adult female are judged and oppressed by the society for stepping out of the ordinary? Why women are always the subject of debate? Why men aren’t judged by the

Young women look at themselves in the mirror and despises what they see. Deluded by the commercials that blare from television screens, they are convinced that they are fat and ugly. It seems like all women are dieting, exercising, tanning and most excessively, the women of today are unsatisfied with their bodies.

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.

Feminist perspective developed with the ideology that women face large amounts of inequalities in a patriarchal society. They aimed to address and rid the social world of this oppression of women by men. According to Bishop, (2015) “oppression occurs when one group of people use different forms of power to keep another group down in order to exploit them. The oppressor uses the power; the oppressed are exploited” (p. 133-134). Oppression must be by individual experience and not grouped into being the same for all. This includes understanding the original ideology of feminist theory being critiqued as only considering the experiences of middle class, white women. That black women, of lower class experienced oppression much different from the other women. Women are oppressed, thus has to be understood in a different construct that women are similar in some sources, experience of oppression but also experience oppression very differently from one individual to another. Feminist theories have further been expanded do its continuation throughout society and decades to encompass many more issues and arenas than just men and women relationships. Now it seeks to understand and address oppression based on culture, race, class, etc and not only for women but for all. Therefore, Bishop (2014) outlines five components that seem common to all forms of oppression and serve to maintain its presence in society.

For much of history man has been considered the only sex and women, the Other and as a result men views and opinions have created myths of what women in society are expected to conform to and exhibit. Throughout time men have developed and perpetuated the expectation that a woman exists to fulfill male’s sexual needs. Man is the superior being and his ideal women is one that will unquestionably submit to his domination (201). Moreso, men’s domination over women places women into state of dependence. Women are largely reliant on men for economic necessities and security. However, women’s reliance on men leaves the vulnerable to male’s oppression on them. Male oppression places significant burden on women yet, male does not need to take responsibility or place any concern to the fact of how oppressive their superiority is on women because it is “intended by nature” and thus nature endows men with the right to oppress. Furthermore, women are oppressed because to men, they are a possession that men behold, objects used within their lives to fulfill their domestic needs within the home, their sexual needs both for pleasure and to procreate, and to nature the future generation of men and women where masculine dominance and feminine subjectivity will continue to persist. As Simone de Beauvoir writes “woman is her husband’s prey, his property” (171). Males continual superiority in society has served to inflate man’s ego to a immense degree where he believes that his place on earth

Throughout history, women have been seen in many different lights. From a woman’s perspective she is strong, smart, helpful and equal to men. In the eyes of men, she is seen as the weaker being, the housewife, and the caretaker. By looking at the following pieces of writing, one can see that through the centuries, women have struggled to break out of the mold that man had put her in and make themselves known in society as important.