Fear In America Analysis

The American Problem: Fear Fear as existed in the United States of America since before it was an independent country; this fear stemmed from the unknown as well as differences from Europe and “the new world”. As colonization began, the focus of fear changed to that of the British monarchy, then to fear of Native Americans, and finally African Americans, all within a short period of time. Even though the Declaration of Independence, the document that gave the United States of America a voice as well as power, states that “all men are created equal” as an argument for breaking away from the monarchy, the United States has had a difficult time living up to this statement because of a constant, ever changing fear, whether that be fear of differences, fear of change, or fear of domination, both domestic and foreign. The fear of differences in the United States of America stems from and is amplified by the different colors of skin. When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, he had in mind that “men” applied to white men who owned land and attended church. That distinction related to the majority of …show more content…
This portrayal fits in with how women were expected to look at home even though it was entirely unpractical; the “uniform” these wives and mothers wore added sex appeal for their husbands when they got home from work. James Dobson covers the biological differences between men and women in his book What Wives Wish Their Husbands Knew About Women as well as how women need different things to enjoy sex than men do. Women need “romance” and “physical touch” whereas men just need images; this goes hand in hand with Friedan’s argument to how men would come home to their wives, have sex with them, and then go to bed, leaving the women to continue cleaning and wanting more love and