I have listened to dreadful stories of my lady friends who have been through their toughest moments and are not able to speak because of them. Not only is it just them, but it is seen everywhere around social media. From girls posting a random picture on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook with a caption trying to speak for themselves, but no attention is going towards it. Most people just will scroll past it and just see it as a personal problem, but I know those people are dying to be heard. Most people will tell you silence is providential or silence is key. Well not quite. Silence is the ocean of the unsaid, the unutterable, the tyrannized, the erased, the unheard. Audre Lorde, in the article, “The Transformation of Silence into Language and
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but do not include whites, well same thing with the word gender. In each exposition the dominant group is left out and does not get paid attention to. We are unexamined due to the power society gives us. Therefore, with the power that is emphasized on us we can stand up for women too because we can say some things that women cannot say at all or we can be heard saying things, that women cannot often be heard. It is time for a change. We need to start standing with women not against them. We live in a world together so might as well work …show more content…
Everyone could help in any way to at least make a change. For example, a guy says something sexest, humiliating or degrading something about a women; instead of pretending like you did not hear it or laughing about it you can say that it was inappropriate topic and they should not be doing that. We owe our respect to women because they have been through it all, we see all over the media that they are being victimized by others especially men. Many afraid to speak from it, many speak until years after, when there is nothing they can do about it. Think about your loved ones and they people you care about. What if they are or can be in the shoes of someone who cannot speak, I am pretty sure you will stand up for them, so stand up for all
but do not include whites, well same thing with the word gender. In each exposition the dominant group is left out and does not get paid attention to. We are unexamined due to the power society gives us. Therefore, with the power that is emphasized on us we can stand up for women too because we can say some things that women cannot say at all or we can be heard saying things, that women cannot often be heard. It is time for a change. We need to start standing with women not against them. We live in a world together so might as well work …show more content…
Everyone could help in any way to at least make a change. For example, a guy says something sexest, humiliating or degrading something about a women; instead of pretending like you did not hear it or laughing about it you can say that it was inappropriate topic and they should not be doing that. We owe our respect to women because they have been through it all, we see all over the media that they are being victimized by others especially men. Many afraid to speak from it, many speak until years after, when there is nothing they can do about it. Think about your loved ones and they people you care about. What if they are or can be in the shoes of someone who cannot speak, I am pretty sure you will stand up for them, so stand up for all