The Great War also cannot be overlooked as women made a huge contribution to their country during the war, and many believe we could not have won the war without women. Gaining political advantage was another factor that may have caused the votes for women. The fear of communism also played a part in getting women the vote. Before 1918 women were seen as second class citizens and incapable of voting. When they were married all of their belongings would go to the husband and they were then expected to stay at home and do the housework, when the men would be out working.
Whereas grand fathers are far less likely to invest because not only might they not be the father of their son but their son might not be the father of the new offspring. Child rearing for women comes at a high expense. They have to care for the child for a minimum of nine months and then they are relied up on by the child after the birth for demands such as breast feeding. Therefore females not only make the greater parental contribution but also the largest postnatal contribution. Random mating is therefore so much more costly for women compared to men.
Black women weren’t even allowed to keep their child even if they birthed them! White women and Black women were both struggling at gaining rights. During the early 19th Century women didn’t have the right to vote which created much frustration among women, they even weren’t allowed to run for the presidency just because they are a different gender. In the 19th Century men believed that women’s only job was to clean and cook for the family. Women in general back in the 19th Century didn’t have many rights, but Black women were definitely on the short end of the stick if you compared the rights between Black and White women.
Stereotypically, men are the masters and women are housewives. This is discrimination to the other sex because they basically see them as slaves, but with better treatment. Unlimited power is unacceptable for women because the men take advantage of this power and use it in many ways. For example, wars, ruling, and even in the household to their wives. Education is needed weather you’re a male or female because gender doesn’t play the role in the education life.
The Depression hit women, like other minority groups in American society, similarly harsh because of that payrolls of many communities and private companies were open only to males. The main role of women during the Great Depression was that of the homemaker. Some women had gone through college level education and, like their male counterparts, were having a difficult time of finding employment. Those with families had the task of keeping their family together, as the traditional view of motherhood role, when the principle moneymaker of the family was out of work. However, some women joined the work force and would do jobs that men previously had held.
Because of her intellect, Medea is seen a threat to society. She is not just a woman, but also a woman smarter than many men around her. The second point, Medea’s foreign citizenship, is a more complex one. While the people of Corinth view her as a barbarian, Medea was actually a princess and a demi-goddess in Georgia.
These cultures see women as only able to do house work and not big things like being a doctor, engineer, business owner, etc… this is very wrong because women are now taking over many of the big jobs out there. The Mirikitani wrote on her poem “If only I were a son” showing that the girl was a victim of this type of behavior being demonstrated by he parents. (377). The girl that is being portrayed in this poem must have thought that being a girl wasn’t a good thing. The parents of the girl who wrote this poem are possibly part of this group, resulting in the girl herself believing that she is inferior to men.
Sexism Sexism caused a lot of problems in history. For example during the industrial revolution women are prevented to have a job that is paid equally as a man does although they do more work than a men does, and this lead to women rights movement. In ancient China women were not allow to go out they couldn’t have a job all they do is stay at home and do housework. It’s not really because their religion didn’t allow them. It’s because Chinese people think after women get married they will live with their husband and they will become a part of the other family.
Often sexploitation occurs in volley ball which is due to certain uniform requirements. By the lack of equity in sports of today a wide range of population groups are affected, including young women in society who are not encouraged to participate in sports possibly due to lack of confidence in body image due to the current uniforms. Professional sports women are also affected by the inequality in sport, especially in volleyball as they are unable to make a proper living due to low payments. The media has a significant influence on individuals and the culture in which they live in, it persuades the audience to obtain certain beliefs and creates opinions especially in relation to women in sport (REFERENCE) . There is serious lack of media coverage allocated to women’s sport resulting in the misinterpretation of women in physical activity.
How a Patriarchal Society Inhibited the Success of Women Writers in “A Room of One's Own” In her extended essay “A Room of One's Own” Virginia Woolf asserts “...a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.” In her view, women could not succeed as writers unless they were afforded the same resources available to men at the time. Woolf's definition of success was to earn money from writing. It had been almost impossible for women to do this because the patriarchal society in existence throughout history had denied women access to education, personal freedom and money. Throughout the essay, the narrator tries to gather information to support her thesis. At several points she is frustrated in her attempts to access educational resources.