Journal Entry #1:
The views presented on the differences in equality between men and women in the Western Society by Virginia Woolf in A Room of One’s Own were extremely modernist for their time. Although women have made a substantial amount of revolutionary steps for the modern woman, it can be successfully argued that there is still need for a woman to have a room of hey own in order to be successful. While many hold the idea that men and women are equals in the modern day, it can be successfully argued that there is still a long way to go in order to achieve full equality. The problems arisen through Woolf have mirrored several personal experiences that affect my day-to-day life and those of millions of other women around the world. The need is pressing: as women do the majority of unpaid work they must search around for the financial resources and time to be able to maintain a professional life. Bills are still expected by many to be paid by the husband, where professional women are overlooked and expected to clean and care after their husbands and children.
The issue on equality had become even more striking to me this summer as I was working my full-time job in the service …show more content…
According to the theories brought forward by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in The Communist Manifesto, society has changed minimally in comparison to that presented in the industrial revolution. We live in a world that depends so heavily on material possession as a means of comfort, ability, self-expression, and so on. Humanity has become so dependent on commodities that we all find ourselves purchasing to form our identities and consuming on the means of conspicuous consumption. On top of this, one could go even as far to say that society has begun to commodify humanity through the alienating processes of production, distribution, and
The views presented on the differences in equality between men and women in the Western Society by Virginia Woolf in A Room of One’s Own were extremely modernist for their time. Although women have made a substantial amount of revolutionary steps for the modern woman, it can be successfully argued that there is still need for a woman to have a room of hey own in order to be successful. While many hold the idea that men and women are equals in the modern day, it can be successfully argued that there is still a long way to go in order to achieve full equality. The problems arisen through Woolf have mirrored several personal experiences that affect my day-to-day life and those of millions of other women around the world. The need is pressing: as women do the majority of unpaid work they must search around for the financial resources and time to be able to maintain a professional life. Bills are still expected by many to be paid by the husband, where professional women are overlooked and expected to clean and care after their husbands and children.
The issue on equality had become even more striking to me this summer as I was working my full-time job in the service …show more content…
According to the theories brought forward by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in The Communist Manifesto, society has changed minimally in comparison to that presented in the industrial revolution. We live in a world that depends so heavily on material possession as a means of comfort, ability, self-expression, and so on. Humanity has become so dependent on commodities that we all find ourselves purchasing to form our identities and consuming on the means of conspicuous consumption. On top of this, one could go even as far to say that society has begun to commodify humanity through the alienating processes of production, distribution, and