September 6, 2013 Women Viewed as “Domestic Slaves” In the Mexican culture, women are viewed as “domestic slaves” and not as housewives. Mexican women that are usually viewed as domestic slaves are abused emotionally and physically without any repercussions. Women are expected to work, cook, serve meals, care for their family, and obey their fathers’ or husbands’ demands. If woman were not to obey the demands or orders of her husband or father, she would have to deal with being physically and emotionally abused. She would also be afraid to report any abuse because of possible consequences.
Women have involuntarily accepted themselves as the weaker sex, and conform to what is expected from society of them rather than what they desire from themselves. The society in ‘Chronicle’ has normalized a bigoted attitude which leads the women to innately accept the values of the society as their own and they go by them which is seen through Pura Vicario ‘devoted herself with such spirit of sacrifice to the care of her husband and the rearing of her children that at times one forgot she still existed’. This also explains why Angela’s friends helped her to hide the loss of her purity: it was society’s and the religion’s belief that women had to remain pure until. Thus, Angela’s action was shameful and therefore had to be hidden. On the other hand, men are expected to display machismo.
Literature Review Sexism has been a social issue here in Belize for centuries that have existed in a rush manner. Males tend to believe that they are the ones who should control a household. Their point of view towards women is that women are supposed to be housewives as that was the tradition in society. Women are supposed to cook, wash, and take care of the children. They do not believe that women should go out and have a professional job in the work force.
“It’s a Woman’s World” “It's a Woman’s World” by Eavan Boland is a poem that encourages women to look beyond the “sexist” rules of society, take charge and strive. As shown by Boland, women in our society are seen through a stable “lower than men” view. Boland's poem shows that woman are trapped, looked down upon, are seen as inferior to men. For many generations women have only been seen as housewives and even after time as passed, that is all they are seen as now. But one women in particular seems to stand out from all the others, the one who is trying to change and break away from all the pain and sexist rules.
The Spanish Government is fully cognizant of the issues women face in combining their work and family responsibilities. Therefore, they are now trying to pass a bill to require fathers to contribute to the household and childrearing responsibilities. This bill if made into law would require fathers to take a more active role in the household responsibilities. Education –“The social costs are great if girls are not educated” (Dr Shapiro) Under the dictatorship of Franco, boys and girls were educated separately, and girls were not given the same opportunities as the boys. In Spanish society at that time, men were in charge and women subordinate to them: the wives were seen as “obligated to their families.
In the novel it is rare for woman to be responsible for making the main income. Even though today women support their children and home on their own, I think that most of society has only just begun to change their mind about women taking on higher roles. In my opinion, Aibileen was the start of a revolution during her time period in the book. Aibileen’s way of
It is about women living on equal terms with men and not pushed down by law or by culture into a meek role. The practices of 1880’s dictated that women stay in the home, marry, have children and find happiness in doing so. In many ways Alcott battles this convention by creating strong female role models and male characters that support this free will of women. Although some of the characters like Beth may not have shown independence, Meg, Amy and especially Jo showed independence throughout the novel. She is an independent woman who could never be restricted to the household.
After that, I will prove that prostitution makes women to be considered as a commodity that men can take control of, or like a master of the commodity. Thus, underlying that women are inferior to men. Next, I will talk about why everyone is equal and there is gender equality. Women should not be deemed as a product or subordinate of men. Then I will show that all women, including prostitute, have the right to be protected and respected.
It favours the women to live the way they want to. They are not object to play but they have their own choice and respect to be with. While in the novel, writer has dicussed with black feminism or the issues of black women which are subjected to the racism, sexcism. The black women were in great sufferings rather than the other white women. They were neither secure in their parent’s home not in their husband’s home.
While on the surface a simple story about the four March girls’ journeys from childhood to adulthood, Little Women centers on the conflict between two emphases in a young woman’s life—that which she places on herself, and that which she places on her family. In the novel, an emphasis on domestic duties and family detracts from various women’s abilities to attend to their own personal growth. For Jo and, in some cases, Amy, the problem of being both a professional artist and a dutiful woman creates conflict and pushes the boundaries set by nineteenth-century American society. At the time when Alcott composed the novel, women’s status in society was slowly increasing. As with any change in social norms, however, progress toward gender equality was made slowly.