The Slaves In Invisible Shackles
Humanity tends to believe they are superior to others, and even after realizing all men are equal it stayed that way for a while...all men. Women were always fit into a specific role, where men can be dominant in society. If women were to break free of the social norm, it resulted in madness...at least what men thought was madness. In Donald Hall's book Literary and Cultural Theory he shows the restraints put onto women and how it affected society's misogynistic attitude, from a feminist lens. The oppression men had put on society made women like marionettes rather than people, always following what men told them to do, never thinking for themselves. In order to combat patriarchal oppression, feminism was born...ironically, …show more content…
People such as Donald Hall, acknowledge how patriarchal oppression is deeply rooted in society, and has had a massive impact on women's rights for self expression. Valerie Bryson from Politics Review wrote "Feminism. (Ideology)" where she discussed the many viewpoints that feminists have, and she gives examples naming 2 women who wanted equality: "Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-97) and John Stuart Mill (1806-73), challenged women's legal subordination, arguing that women were as intelligent as men and should therefore have the same rights and opportunities." People that are the first to take a stand are always the bravest, they don't need others to validate their opinion to live, and strive to make choices to improve their lifestyle. Anyone who wasn't a man was obligated to meet expectations, and would be deemed mentally ill if they don't meet those expectations, and in Kate Chopin's book The Awakening the main character tries to break those expectations, and is demonized for doing so: "I am a devilishly wicked specimen of the sex. But some way I can't bring myself that I am." Throughout the book the main character has internal struggles that lead her to think for herself, not complying with what society wants her to be, and became a person instead of a puppet. Even documents that deeply …show more content…
Hall acknowledges the point that patriarchal oppression has existed throughout much of history in his first of many key principles. Society did not allow women to speak for themselves, because they were supposed to fill a certain criteria. During the 1800's women were not allowed a voice, and resulted in women who suffered depression, while men just dismissed the idea of an illness because of the stereotypes against women. In Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" it tells the tale of a woman who suffers from depression, but is locked away with her husband believing that it was the right action to take: "John does not know how much I suffer. He knows there is no reason to suffer, and that satisfies him." In the society Gilman lived in, people did not understand depression, and never being able to truly express their emotions due to the constraints placed on them only added to the pain women went through. An example of restraining women is seen in Ravitch's article where she quotes Lucy Stone a vocal advocate and organizer promoting rights for women for women during the 1800's, who spoke about her experience trying to get an education: "I was disappointed when I came to seek a profession worthy an immortal being- every employment was closed to me, except those of teacher, the seamstress, and the housekeeper." Stone and
Humanity tends to believe they are superior to others, and even after realizing all men are equal it stayed that way for a while...all men. Women were always fit into a specific role, where men can be dominant in society. If women were to break free of the social norm, it resulted in madness...at least what men thought was madness. In Donald Hall's book Literary and Cultural Theory he shows the restraints put onto women and how it affected society's misogynistic attitude, from a feminist lens. The oppression men had put on society made women like marionettes rather than people, always following what men told them to do, never thinking for themselves. In order to combat patriarchal oppression, feminism was born...ironically, …show more content…
People such as Donald Hall, acknowledge how patriarchal oppression is deeply rooted in society, and has had a massive impact on women's rights for self expression. Valerie Bryson from Politics Review wrote "Feminism. (Ideology)" where she discussed the many viewpoints that feminists have, and she gives examples naming 2 women who wanted equality: "Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-97) and John Stuart Mill (1806-73), challenged women's legal subordination, arguing that women were as intelligent as men and should therefore have the same rights and opportunities." People that are the first to take a stand are always the bravest, they don't need others to validate their opinion to live, and strive to make choices to improve their lifestyle. Anyone who wasn't a man was obligated to meet expectations, and would be deemed mentally ill if they don't meet those expectations, and in Kate Chopin's book The Awakening the main character tries to break those expectations, and is demonized for doing so: "I am a devilishly wicked specimen of the sex. But some way I can't bring myself that I am." Throughout the book the main character has internal struggles that lead her to think for herself, not complying with what society wants her to be, and became a person instead of a puppet. Even documents that deeply …show more content…
Hall acknowledges the point that patriarchal oppression has existed throughout much of history in his first of many key principles. Society did not allow women to speak for themselves, because they were supposed to fill a certain criteria. During the 1800's women were not allowed a voice, and resulted in women who suffered depression, while men just dismissed the idea of an illness because of the stereotypes against women. In Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" it tells the tale of a woman who suffers from depression, but is locked away with her husband believing that it was the right action to take: "John does not know how much I suffer. He knows there is no reason to suffer, and that satisfies him." In the society Gilman lived in, people did not understand depression, and never being able to truly express their emotions due to the constraints placed on them only added to the pain women went through. An example of restraining women is seen in Ravitch's article where she quotes Lucy Stone a vocal advocate and organizer promoting rights for women for women during the 1800's, who spoke about her experience trying to get an education: "I was disappointed when I came to seek a profession worthy an immortal being- every employment was closed to me, except those of teacher, the seamstress, and the housekeeper." Stone and