The Colony’s view on single women influenced greatly the way women were treated within the colony. The colonists saw them as a threat because they were vulnerable without a husband or father for protection and were seen as unproductive in their work compared to men (Grimshaw, p. 87, Rushen p. 52, 54). They were blamed for prostitution and sexual immorality within the colony. The colony rather than holding out a hand of care for these new immigrant women pointed
Women’s AFL deserves the same publicity as men’s AFL. In the feature article ‘Playing for Keeps’ in the West Australian is a carefully constructed article aimed at all people involved in a sport to persuade them that women’s AFL should be as big as the men’s. the main points the journalist rises are that women don’t want to be like men all they want is to be able to play the game on a scale like men have, the other idea explored is because of the low publicity of women’s AFL it is finically difficult for them to use AFL as full time employment. The journalist accomplishes his/her goal of persuading you that women’s AFL deserves more recognition by appealing to our heart or morals through the use of anecdotal evidence and interviews, the article
Tessie Hutchinson, one of the main characters represents women who are being tyrannized by society because of their gender. Devices such as symbolism and plot illustrate the condemned roles of women in the gender hierarchy. Also, the use of ideas such as betrayal within the strong marriage bond due to the traditional sacrifice, the senior figure of society, and the following of tradition passed down from generation demonstrate the power of females in this generation are brought up to the podium to be arguably conversed. The plot of “The Lottery” is that men had the most dominance over political decisions. This left no room for woman’s input or acknowledgment.
A patriarchy is defined as a system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it. Such systems currently exist in several forms and areas around the world; however, the most common place for these patriarchies is in our literature. Men are distorted by patriarchy both in being socially labeled as aggressive but, also shamed as they look into the mirror and see themselves. Shakespeare uses polarizing examples of feminism in Hamlet. He depicts women as completely sexual creatures and also devalues women in the eyes of men.
Nevertheless, I found the statement "I can see no escape from the conclusion that each one of us with wealth surplus to his or her essential needs should be giving most of it to help people suffering from poverty so dire as to be life-threatening" (21) unrealistic and extreme. People have unalienable rights: “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” People have worked hard for their money; all those endless working nights, busy hour traffic, hard clients and difficult bosses make them so deserve their earnings to enjoy a comfortable life. And people paid high taxes for the right to live in the country; therefore, they should be entitled the right to do whatever they want with their money without
“It is not enough to say that women are being sold a lie by advertising, magazines and cinema” (Page 30-31) This is probably the most painfully obvious reason as to why women in today’s society strive themselves on looing like something that horrifically opposite to them. This contributes greatly on their health and lifestyle. Women go through so much effort to change themselves. For example: Botox, facelifts, pretty much anything that to them, they would think ‘enhances’ their appearance. On another note, it is very rarely would you see an Australian woman go to the extreme to idolize a particular celebrity and clone their appearance and lifestyle.
The first such way is to ignore any legitimate concerns women have; the second way is to classify any emotion as unnecessary and “irrational.” Women get taken advantage of solely because society has considered them emotional, which in today’s modern society is often mistaken for being unstable. This in turn affects a women’s status in life. With this in mind, it is the status that will ultimately define their social mobility, “the lower the status, the more manner of seeing and feeling is subjected to being discredited, and the less believable it becomes” (Hochschile 173). Society has usually seen the lower class as unintelligent and therefore have their opinions denigrated. Even if she has a legitimate case to voice an opinion, “a person of lower status has a weaker claim to the right to define what is going on; less
Furthermore, women gained support for the feminist movement through the social media. Betty Freidman’s, The Feminine Mystique, described the melancholy lives and dissatisfaction that women led because of the restrictions put on them by the male-dominated community. Friedman says, “A woman is handicapped by her sex, and handicaps society, either by slavishly copying the pattern of man's advance in the professions, or by refusing to compete with man at all.” (Friedman 56). This means that women gave up the fight before they even gave it a chance and men took advantage of that. This acclaimed book ignited a dormant fire inside the oppressed women and feminism swept the nation during the 1960s.
Another statement which Dr Williams made was, “6-7 Years ago some people would’ve thought we’d never see an Australian woman prime minister.” This quote definitely shows us that a few years ago woman were definitely looked at as a lower status compared to men and that it was hard to believe they were capable of the same jobs a men. As years went on though people have slowly started to understand that woman are capable of doing the same jobs as men and should be treated differently, so this is a perfect example which shows us
This statement is ridiculous. Many refugees arriving in Australia are highly educated but, because their qualifications are not recognised in Australia and because they do not speak English very well, they have no choice but to take low paid jobs which require little skill. They do not do this work because they are lazy - in fact most of these jobs are not easy but take whatever jobs are available so they can feed their families and build a new life. Many refugees want to work in order to repay their “debt” to Australia for providing them with