The word feminism may be the most controversial word in the world. For many people, the word has a negative connotation; because of this, many don’t want to be associated with it. Now in day many people tend to see feminists as angry women who hate men and seek to be the dominant gender. The people who choose to not be associated with the word are often afraid of the judgement from others. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wrote the book We Should All Be Feminist in which she explains what it means to be a feminist, “a person who believes in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes”, and the reasons for which she identifies as one (47). In the introduction to her book she also writes about the many ways in which women are treated unfairly
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Adichie’s grandma might have never called herself a feminist but she fit right into the definition that was given, and Adichie was the one to notice through her grandma’s actions. Kristof and WuDunn also talk about a young girl who had actions similar to that of a feminist. The authors introduce us to the story of Srey Rath, a young girl from Cambodia who experienced sex trafficking when she was just looking for a job to support her family. They tell us how Rath was able to escape and make a better life for herself even after going through what she had to go through and then even became a successful business woman. In their text Kristof and WuDunn state, “Rath’s eventual triumph is a reminder that if girls get a chance, in the form of an education or a microloan, they can be more than baubles or slaves; many of them can run a business” (209) We can see in this that the authors believe that Rath’s wasn’t getting equal treatment when it came to “education” or “microloan” as compared to the opposite sex yet Rath fought and became the business woman she is today because she was a feminist. Basically, as Adichie said earlier you don’t have to know the word feminist to be one, and two great examples of that were Adichie’s grandma and Srey …show more content…
As I said earlier the word feminist has been so misunderstood and stereotyped throughout the years that many people hear it and automatically assume the worst of you. For example, Adichie’s story takes place in Nigeria, a mainly male dominated country in which being a feminist is probably the worst thing you can be. Adichie faced much criticism for being an open feminist from her best friend from childhood calling her a feminist with disdain to even strangers telling her that she shouldn’t refer to herself as a feminist. In her novel she states, “He told me that people were saying my novel was feminist, and his advice to me – he was shaking his head sadly as he spoke – was that I should never call myself a feminist, since feminist are women who are unhappy because they cannot find husbands” (9). As you can see Adichie’s was judged and even stereotyped into an unhappy woman who could not find a husband for the simple fact of being a feminist and was even advised to stop referring to herself as such. Similarly, in Kristof and WuDunn’s article they write about the fact that many journalists choose to not write stories about the “quotidian cruelties” that women go through everyday around the world. Throughout their article the author’s write about all types of tragedies that women must endure and then they realize that
Adichie’s grandma might have never called herself a feminist but she fit right into the definition that was given, and Adichie was the one to notice through her grandma’s actions. Kristof and WuDunn also talk about a young girl who had actions similar to that of a feminist. The authors introduce us to the story of Srey Rath, a young girl from Cambodia who experienced sex trafficking when she was just looking for a job to support her family. They tell us how Rath was able to escape and make a better life for herself even after going through what she had to go through and then even became a successful business woman. In their text Kristof and WuDunn state, “Rath’s eventual triumph is a reminder that if girls get a chance, in the form of an education or a microloan, they can be more than baubles or slaves; many of them can run a business” (209) We can see in this that the authors believe that Rath’s wasn’t getting equal treatment when it came to “education” or “microloan” as compared to the opposite sex yet Rath fought and became the business woman she is today because she was a feminist. Basically, as Adichie said earlier you don’t have to know the word feminist to be one, and two great examples of that were Adichie’s grandma and Srey …show more content…
As I said earlier the word feminist has been so misunderstood and stereotyped throughout the years that many people hear it and automatically assume the worst of you. For example, Adichie’s story takes place in Nigeria, a mainly male dominated country in which being a feminist is probably the worst thing you can be. Adichie faced much criticism for being an open feminist from her best friend from childhood calling her a feminist with disdain to even strangers telling her that she shouldn’t refer to herself as a feminist. In her novel she states, “He told me that people were saying my novel was feminist, and his advice to me – he was shaking his head sadly as he spoke – was that I should never call myself a feminist, since feminist are women who are unhappy because they cannot find husbands” (9). As you can see Adichie’s was judged and even stereotyped into an unhappy woman who could not find a husband for the simple fact of being a feminist and was even advised to stop referring to herself as such. Similarly, in Kristof and WuDunn’s article they write about the fact that many journalists choose to not write stories about the “quotidian cruelties” that women go through everyday around the world. Throughout their article the author’s write about all types of tragedies that women must endure and then they realize that