Enloe's Essay On The Oppression Of Western Women

Critical Reflection 7 I believe what Enloe wrote in her essay can be inspiring to women all around the world not just Western women. Enloe talks about the sexism that goes into the work field which is relevant all over the world. She goes into a lot of detail about how women make less than men in their jobs. In Enloe’s article she talks about the oppression of Western women.
Some evidence that shows how Western women are in systems of oppression are when Western manufactures tried to beat overseas competition so they hired women in their own countries who were seeking low income. These women could not afford good healthcare and are at risk of diseases. These women who were getting hired for seasonal jobs were also getting minimum benefits. …show more content…
So these managers hire them because they will be seasonal workers. This made me upset because women should not be viewed as waiting around for a man there are a lot of women who are doing amazing things in the world without a husband that are not getting any credit. At the beginning of this article Enloe shows the link between women across cultures then halfway through her article she addresses this essay to educated Western women. In the part of the article titled Making Women’s Labor Cheap Enloe begins to speak intellectually about the reasoning of why women get cheap labor. She explains strategies that work well for other countries industrial growth to inform Western women and give ideas on how they can try to make a difference in their industrial growth. I do think this analysis should inspire Western women to act differently because reading this article should open their eyes to what is actually going on in their society. Some Western women probably have no idea that being treated like this is not normal. People who have grown up in a certain society their whole life do not see bad things that go on because that is all they