Another aspect of the Depression affecting life of women was the moral argument against working-women. There was the social movement toward the defeminizing of public and private jobs for married or unmarried women in these days, because such social current brought by
Marx predicted that capitalism within a socioeconomic system would inevitably create internal tensions between social classes leading to its demise and replacement by a new system, communism. For Marx, the concept of class has always existed in society. Historically, a society has always been arranged into various orders of social rank. A defining characteristic of capitalism however, is that “it has simplified the class antagonisms. Society as a whole is more and more splitting up into two great hostile camps, into two great classes directly facing each other: Bourgeoisie and Proletariat” (Marx and Engels 1848).
Lourde, what with being a middle-aged, black, lesbian feminist with children, faces much of this oppression, and finds herself frowned upon by society. Instead of the people discriminating against her being to blame for this, Lourde herself is the one who must take responsibility. She must be the one who inform her oppressors of their oppression. This strikes a lot of thought. Our first instinct, of course, is to blame these said oppressors for their ignorance and dominance.
The Corrupting Power of Women The portrayal of women in Of Mice and Men is limited and unflattering. We learn early on that Lennie and George are on the run from the previous ranch where they worked, due to encountering trouble there with a woman. Misunderstanding Lennie’s love of soft things, a woman accused him of rape for touching her dress. George berates Lennie for his behavior, but is convinced that women are always the cause of such trouble. Their enticing sexuality, he believes, tempts men to behave in ways they would otherwise not.
The Discrimination against Women Identities Throughout history, female were considered lesser beings and nothing more than the property of their husband. In the short story, Blank Spaces by Joanna Cockerline, the acknowledgment of female being inferior creatures in comparison to men is highlighted. Struggle against misfortunes, Elizabeth is oppressed by the social inequality due to the fact that she is a girl. In Blank Spaces, the social inequality implied by the narrative severely impacts Elizabeth’s career hierarchy, character traits, and life experiences. Like many feminist writer, Cockerline focuses her emphasis on how social norm discriminate women by inhibit their job opportunities.
Is Gender Discrimination the Main Reason Women Are Paid Less Than Men? Channakeswara Rao Vuppalmarthi The crusade against workplace inequality has, according to long succession of critics, taken its rationale from the myth “women have not enjoyed the full fruits of the economic system.” The myth was that men earned one dollar, women earned “only” 59 cents. Stephen J Rose and Hiedi I. Hartmann, Scholar at “Institute for Women’s Policy Research”, persists that the main reason for the discrimination is the gender gap. However Frank Zepezaur, an English graduate from University of Chicago marshals that, there are many other factors contributing to the wage gap and it is not the gender discrimination Despite the Laws like The Equal Pay Act of 1963 which requires employers to pay equivalent rates for similar works regardless of gender & Civil Rights Act 1964, the wages for women at work, seemingly increased from 59 cents a dollar to 77 over the course of a 40 year journey, however, critics argue that the measurement of this statistics is lopsided and when accumulated over many years the losses to women and their families due to the wage gap are large and devastating. Is gender discrimination the main reason women are paid less than men, is indeed a serious question to ponder.
Denesia Rollins Mr. McKinney History 134-015 12 March 2012 Analysis Paper #3 The Great Depression and World War II have changed the United States by the Changing Roles for Women. With American men enlisting in the war effort, the work force quickly diminished. Who would "man" the assembly lines in the factories to produce the needed items for the current war? The War marked and important watershed in the women status. With most of the men going into military service, the demand for labor struck up old prejudices about sex roles in the workplace, and the military.
August 7, 2011 JUS 110- Crime and Criminology Critical Feminist Theory VS Grauwiler and Mills A critical feminist views gender inequality as stemming from unequal power of men and women in a capitalist society, which leads to the exploitation of women by fathers and husbands. Under this system women are considered a commodity worth possessing like land or money. (Siegel 2010) In knowing this view we know that men feel that they have power over women since they are generally stronger they take advantage of this and try to control the women in their lives. Many times the control that they have over women is abusive. It is a known cultural difference that men usually dominate the world.
“The Vicious Cycle of the Gender Pay Gap” is an article from the TimeBusiness website that examines the gender pay gap among male and female stockbrokers. The gender pay gap has been used as a method to discreetly enforce the societal “glass ceiling” as it pertains to the workplace. Janice Fanning Madden, who happens to teach sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, witnessed for herself the effects of an evident pay gap within the workplace, and studied the factors that caused and reinforced the pay gap between the two genders. While studying the class action suits of women against the two large brokerage firms that they worked for, Madden noticed that all of the women claimed that the companies were structured to benefit men in regards to the paying scale. The companies stuck to their claims that both genders were being assessed an paid using the same commission based system, and that the women were usually being paid less than the average male broker because of their “underperformance”.
Is class identity gendered? During the late 20th century there has been a heated debate about relationship between class and gender, one of the major criticisms of class analysis were that women have been marginalized. Joan Acker claims that the marginalization of women in class analysis is due to ‘’intellectual sexism’’ (Acker, 1973 cited in Morgan, 166). As a result of mainly focusing on the invisibility of women in traditional class analysis the position of men within class analysis was unspoken of, however ‘’a moment’s thought would seem to suggest that men and masculinity were heavily implicated in class analysis’’ (Morgan 166) there is an assumption that class is male which is why women were neglected previously in class analysis. Morgan argues that men are ‘’holders of class power’’ (Morgan 168) this is because men can be found at the top of the social hierarchy whether it is in political, economic, educational or cultural organizations; due to this men are largely involved in class practices as ‘’individual or collective class actors’’ (Morgan 168) along with this, men may also be seen dominating the discourses of class.