The Woman Warrior

Cordelia Fine once said, “Blatant, intentional discrimination against women is far from being something merely to be read about in history books.” Over the last few decades, gender inequality has remained a prominent issue. It refers to the unequal treatment between males and females and the imbalanced distribution of the value received for the same work. The inequality gap takes into consideration the wage gap, job opportunities, health outcomes and more. A news article “Global Gender Gap…

From a young age girls are constantly exposed to fashion advertisements, and in those advertisements they see tall, beautiful, and skinny women, and they strive to be just like those women. The fashion industry has always employed these types of women but has never stopped to consider the affect it can have on young adolescents. In this paper, I will examine how the size of models in advertisements and the content of the advertisements affect how female adolescents go through body surveillance,…

root of the problem. Many people still believe that it is a male dominated society and reject the whole thing all together. Phrases like “you hit like a girl” have plagued the view of women in sport for years. Not to mention the ideology that if a woman plays sports outside of “feminine” ones, they will become masculine and undesirable. These individuals are the first to forget many of the accomplishments women have contributed to their countries achievements in sporting events and the Olympics.…

The ethnography of Meddle East by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea in the story of “Guests of the Sheik” remind me my own town in my home country. Being from Medial East most of the cultural norms and Islamic roles in the story looked quite familiar with the cultural norms and Islamic roles back in my country. Lived all the way down on the other side of the ocean, I personal experienced most of the life experience of Fernea, which she mentioned in her story “Guests of the Sheik”. Elizabeth Warnock…

beauty myth specifies what is beautiful and what is not, many people face consequences as a result of the myth. Many people are labelled “ugly” because they don 't fit into the fundamental requirements of the beauty myth: a white, thin, able-bodied woman. This isolates racialized women, disabled women, heavier women, and older women. Even a women with the aforementioned characteristics will face consequences because no one can ever reach the beauty myth. The unattainability encourages some…

disappeared. The period of Amy’s disappearance is when she plays into the stereotypical role of the Weak Woman—one that America would love to sympathize with. It is once the of Amy’s disappearance comes out that the True Amy appears—the version of Amy where she acts how she truly is, without falling into stereotypes established by society. Throughout the movie, Amy uses these different forms of being a woman to manipulate…

Advertisements are all around us, they have become part of our everyday life. This makes it easier to not pay any attention to them. Since we really are not paying attention to advertisements, it makes the companies who make these ads work harder to get our attention. I have compared two advertisements, although both advertisements are not selling the same, or even similar products, I believe the way they are relaying the message is something they have in common. The two ads that I have chosen…

Imagine living in the 19th century as a woman. Today in the 21st century most woman can live an independent life. However, in the 1800s women were not allowed the freedom that they deserved as a human being. They were controlled by the males of the society. Men had the most respective jobs, whereas, females stayed at home taking care of their husband and children. Sometimes these ignorant behavior of the society towards the women had an ill impact in their psychology. Although, most women were…

Throughout history, many women have broken free of the ever-existent patriarchy to be remembered for centuries, a few such as Queen Victoria, Amelia Earhart, and Marie Curie. While others are legends in folklore, such as Joan of Ark and Mulan. Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross, is the story of the life of Joan a young girl who craves knowledge and has a strong desire to learn. As she grew up she constantly had to validate her intelligence to men in authoritative positions, in order to obtain an…

The Stereotypical Role of Women in 1984 In Orwell’s novel 1984, Orwell writes about a bleak society where your own thoughts betray you. Everyone has their place under the seemingly omnipresent eye of Big Brother. Individualism is frowned upon, and everyone is told their role. Gender is a non-issue; traditional male and female roles are disregarded. The Party itself attempts to make ones own gender irrelevant, and strives to erase any form of bonding or familial units. Yet, despite this line of…