According to de Beauvoir, religion acts very similar to women as Marxists see it acting on oppressed classes. She says; there must be a religion for women as there must be one for the common people, and for exactly the same reasons.’ She notes that men have exercised control over religious beliefs, however in modern societies, ‘religion seems much less an instrument of constraint than an instrument of deception.’ She notes that women are deceived by religion into thinking of themselves as equal to men, despite their evident inequality. Simone de Beauvoir compares religion to how Marx’s proletariat, in that it gives women the false belief that they will be compensated for their sufferings on earth by equality in heaven. She
These examples just shows how confusing it is in identifying sexual harassment today. How would you answer Limbaugh’s points if you were arguing for the opposition to each of the two points you have selected? For the first point, I would argue that women should not have so much power over men because men were created as the head and as such women should respect their authority. For the second point, I would say that sexual harassment should be limited to only sexual behaviors that are forced unto women and not be based on a man trying to win a woman over by his advances. Sexual harrassment refers to sexual actions.
“Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack of White Privilege” In Peggy McIntosh’s essay, she addressed several issues that are considered to be very important ones. She speaks of how whites are given hidden privileges, yet they don’t even realize it. I believe that the purpose for her writing this, was to bring out in the open the issues of oppression with regards to the dominant race and their “unearned privileges” that they are so oblivious to. McIntosh compared this situation to how men are more privileged and advantaged, and women are at a more disadvantaged state. In comparison, she also stated that men do indeed admit to a woman’s disadvantage, yet a man will not agree to being more advantaged, because they too are oblivious to this fact.
Sandra Donkor Women's Studies Journal "Are Women Morally Superior To Men?” by Katha Pollitt Were mothers the natural leaders of the peace movement, to whose judgment nonmothers, male and female, must defer, because after all we couldn't know, couldn't feel that tenderness toward fragile human life that a woman who had borne and raised children had experienced? On the other hand, I was indeed a woman. Was motherhood with its special wisdom somehow deep inside me, to be called upon when needed, like my uterus? (p.50) In the reading, "Are Women Morally Superior To Men? written by Katha Pollitt,the obvious and underlying question is whether women are morally superior to men.
Liberation is seen to be achieved through raising women’s consciousness of subjugation. Feminists believe that women have accepted inferiority to men subconsciously, and thus need to realise this before becoming liberated. Millet argues that women are in a “power-structured relationship…whereby one group of persons is controlled by another”, thus suggesting that feminists believe that in our current society men control women. Although there is controversy between feminists as to the extent of advancing a woman’s role within society, as first-wave feminists demand that women should enjoy the same legal and political rights as men, whilst second-wave feminists have greater focus on the personal side of society and call for complete social revolution. Whilst this presents a clear divide within the doctrine, it
Earlier in Europe, mothers had avoided strong emotional ties to newborn children because of the constant risk of infant death. As the emergence of the family as an important institution grew, so did a growing emotional attachment to children. Women started to begin breastfeeding their own offspring rather than hiring a wet nurse to do so for them. Love and affection was also focused on older children and adolescents, as they too were involved in the strong bonds of emotional attachment to their mothers. Families often had less numbers of children as a cause of the reduced rate of the rates of mortality of infants, and also often strove to provide their children with opportunities in the world that they themselves never had, which is a concept that modern families have too.
Just because there may be a few corrupt politicians or some that are only out to satisfy their or their political party’s agenda, doesn’t mean that all are. Myers, D. G. (2005). Being feminists myself I have been called a” dike” a” Man Hater”. We just want equal rights, equal pay to be treated with respect. “Feminists can produce a positive stereotype, considering that women work just as hard as a man, inside and outside of the home.
Liberal feminists are concerned with the human and civil rights and freedoms of the individual; they believe all human beings should have equal rights. Reformism is the idea that progress towards equal rights can be achieve by gradual reforms in society without the need for a revolution. Liberal feminists believe women can achieve gender equality by arguing that laws and policies against sex discrimination in employment and education can secure equal opportunities for women. To add they campaign for cultural change, traditional prejudices and stereotypes about gender differences are a barrier to equality. They reject the idea that biological differences make women less competent than men or men are biologically less emotional or nurturing than women.
Another prospect is that in the lack of discrimination gender differences can appear. Men and women are clearly different from birth, but their differences in interests, talents, attitudes whether arising from birth or learning all plays a part in the big story. Pinker’s third thought behind women’s absence is the child-rearing idea. Women, who embrace most of the responsibility when it comes to raising children, cannot simply coexist with professions in the science field which are so demanding in time. Pinker concludes his commentary with psychologist Philip Tetlock’s argument dealing with taboo.
) Feminists have a macro, modernist and a conflict based theory (as suggested in item 2B) which focuses on the relationship between men and women, as they claim that men are the enemy, and a source of oppression and exploitation (Radical feminist Firestone 79). Feminists see family roles as unequal, and that women are exploited in the home as they provide free labour as suggested in item 2B. This was studied by the feminist Ann Oakley (74) who done studies about family roles to contribute to our understanding of the difference between women and men. She found that the views of ‘march of progress’ thinkers were exaggerated and their claims about symmetry in the roles within the home are not correct. Her findings showed that men could help at home, but this could mean making breakfast on one occasion or taking children on Sundays, but this only gave the woman more time for her role of housekeeping.