Although the status of women did not decline the brutal and evil ways of their husbands made life unbearable. Women still lost their job rights, were having their feet binded, and the religion was still Confucian. From the beginning of the Tang dynasty all the way down to the Song dynasty there was a major decline in the status of women; especially in religion, customs, and jobs. In the beginning, women had plenty of rights because the Buddhist belief system allowed women to have many rights but once the Song dynasty came in all that changed when the rulers changed the religion to a Confucian based system. Also, women were able to obtain high jobs such as an empress but toward the end of the Song dynasty few women had jobs because of their lack of education.
In Buddhism for example, female nuns are given less status than male monks, and even in Sikhism, where religious offices are in theory equal for men and women, only a small minority of women take on important positions. But the oppression can be taken further when examining patriarchal religious doctrines, Feminist writers such as de Beauvior suggest that many of the world's religions contain an ideology about the family, putting emphasis on women's traditional roles as wives and mothers in the
Many believe that the fact that Lloyd George replaced Asquith as Prime Minister in 1916 held reasonable importance. Asquith was not a supporter of women’s suffrage and had been against giving women the vote. Paula Bartley says “Asquith’s remarks about the female electors of Paisley in 1920 suggest he still resented women’s involvement in Parliament – ‘a dim lot, for the most part hopelessly ignorant of politics’.” This sums up his feeling towards women. Lloyd George, on the other hand, “was sympathetic to women’s suffrage.” Another reason for women gaining enfranchisement was because other countries were doing it too and Britain felt the need to comply. Women in New Zealand were enfranchised in 1893, women in Australia in 1902 and women in Canada in 1917.
Orthodox Christians most likely rejected feminine descriptions of God due to the strict gender roles of the time. Orthodox women were expected to take on the subordinate role, and Gnostic beliefs contradicted these values. Gnostic holy books often referred to God as both feminine and masculine. The books also suggest that they prayed to both God the Father and the Divine Mother (pagels). This female genderization of God is the primary reason their books were excluded from the New Testament.
Many men had an attitude of superiority and most women judged the women working in sciences negatively. However, there was some acceptance from men and women of females working in the scientific community. Women frequently were excluded by men from scientific study in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries because the attitude of the time was that women had only certain traits they could possess skill in, such as housework and beauty, and they lacked the intelligence to learn science. In document 3 Samuel Pepys, an Englishman, wrote in his personal diary that the Duchess of Newcastle, an author who wrote a book entitled "A World Made by Atomes", wished to be invited to the meeting of the Royal Society of Scientists. He ends his entry by saying that “The Duchess hath been a good, comely woman, but…” and proceeds to describe his negative opinion of her appearance.
The prohibition movement during the 1920s, although an ideal force of change as stopping the consumption of alcohol would have reduced the correlation of domestic violence, overall hindered social change as it instead, encouraged crime and illicit activities. The prohibition of alcohol has silenced female independence and women suffrage movement. Females began to seek a distinctive female identity, as they became disillusioned by the actions of men under the consumption of alcohol (source B). They felt that they did not need a man in order to survive, or many acted foolish and drunk most of the time anyways. This proudness of not needing to many a man, ultimately led to the establishment of widespread sufferage, undoganicipation that guaranteed
It is nonsense that the ban that prevents women from serving in combat battles has just recently been lifted. The government should be ashamed of themselves, especially after the tremendous effort women committed in the 1800's and 1900's to receive equal rights as men. Women are just as capable to succeed in combat, physically and mentally. The people who are against lifting the combat ban are sexist and blinded by their pomposity. They do not see how women serving their country will effect the battlefield in the most excellent ways.
“Popular culture can sometimes quicken this silent transformation, because the atmosphere it creates and racist messages are so prevalent that they are difficult to ignore. Therefore, African- Americans are especially vulnerable to the messages conveyed by popular culture that white beauty will inevitably dominate people’s life.” She idolizes Shirley Temple unlike Claudia who despises Shirley. “Younger than both Frieda and Pecola, I had not yet arrived at the turning point in the development of my psyche which allowed me to love her. What I felt at the time was unsullied hatred” (Morrison pg.19). Claudia is too young to understand what is about Shirley that makes her beautiful and Claudia not.
Feminists Feminism is a view that examines the world from the point of view from women, coupled with the belief that women are disadvantaged and undervalued in society. Feminists believe that the majority of societies and institutions are patriarchal and male dominated. Feminists believe society is characterised by gender conflict as men seek to protect their dominance and women strive for equal rights and opportunities. Feminist approaches to health The medicalization of child birth Ann Oakley examined the experiences of women during childbirth in her research and book ‘from here to maternity’. Oakley found that up until the 1980s pregnancy and childbirth were seen as natural processes and consequently there was less intervention from doctors.
The majority tend to discriminate against the minorities. Moreover, Buddhism plays an important role in Burma as 85% of the population is Buddhist. Thus, when my parents were dating, the maternal side of my family was strongly against it due to the differing religions and ethnicities, and also because my paternal family was poorer than my maternal family. Despite the opposition of my maternal family, my parents still got married but my father held a grudge against my maternal grandparents. Furthermore, ordinary people like me have to struggle for our livelihood living in a militaristic country such as Burma because of factors like government terrorism.