The way race has impacted society is it has taught us that we are judged by the color of our skin, thus having the Horatio Alger myth feels pointless because this myth says hard work and passion gets us where we are going when in reality we do not have that American theocracy we so wish for. In the response to the myth, we have the notion of the pull themselves up by the bootstraps when it simply is not true, people have learned to cheat, steal and lie to get to the top and pull a different card of sympathy or hatred such as race. Race hinders success because people perceive minorities as dumb and stupid who have their own strengths and weaknesses as well. In the “Horatio Alger” article he mentions a story about a black student who had a
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Men and society put the woman into because of how we were raised and how they culture perceive women. In the article, she explains that she wants an equal to do the housework and to be subservient and as well as not talkative. She has a man's line perspective of this belittling the kids and wife. Brady writes, mentioning the kids and, as the “husband” in a different sentence as if the man has to completely remove himself from the lowly children, who should be seen not heard. Thus shown in “I want a wife to keep track of the children's doctors and dentist appointment. And keep track of mine, too” (Brady1). The children being just an ornament in the fixture of the nuclear family, “I want a wife who will arrange that the children be fed and ready for bed before my guest arrive so that the children do not bother us” (Brady 2). She wants the kids to make sure that they are just the idea in the picket white fence dream. That the realities of children does not break the man’s bubble at the dinner party. As well as the subservient wife, “I want a wife who will not bother me with rambling complaints about a wife duties” (Brady 1). The quote shows how she wants to wife to be submissive and to speak when spoken to. She wants a wife who should clean, cook, and make sure all the …show more content…
In the article “10 Words Every Girl Should Learn” By Soraya Chemaly, she states that women are not listened to and that they are interpreted more than men “The best part, though, is that we are socialized to think women talk more. Listener bias results in most people thinking that women are hogging the floor when men are actually dominating” (Chemaly 3). Since women aren't listening to and they are perceived as the one who hog the floor, they are diminished and taught less self-value. Men give women objectification so when they are in business they are not listened to lie step before and not thought of as smart or quick on their feet. We teach men that women who are idle gossipers talk more than men when in reality we talk less and say topics that have value as well. We teach girls to be second to men, like in “I Won. I’m Sorry.” By Nelson, she mentions Sylvia Plath and how she was happy that her husband got his book published first so that when she got her book published she could have less of a struggle less of a bias angst her. “We generally teach girls subservient habits and boys to exercise dominance” (Chemaly 1). We teach the girls to be humble and non-threatening and nonaggressive. She examples that women and girls get interrupted more than men and if a woman says something smart and innovative yet no one listens but within seconds a man says the
Men and society put the woman into because of how we were raised and how they culture perceive women. In the article, she explains that she wants an equal to do the housework and to be subservient and as well as not talkative. She has a man's line perspective of this belittling the kids and wife. Brady writes, mentioning the kids and, as the “husband” in a different sentence as if the man has to completely remove himself from the lowly children, who should be seen not heard. Thus shown in “I want a wife to keep track of the children's doctors and dentist appointment. And keep track of mine, too” (Brady1). The children being just an ornament in the fixture of the nuclear family, “I want a wife who will arrange that the children be fed and ready for bed before my guest arrive so that the children do not bother us” (Brady 2). She wants the kids to make sure that they are just the idea in the picket white fence dream. That the realities of children does not break the man’s bubble at the dinner party. As well as the subservient wife, “I want a wife who will not bother me with rambling complaints about a wife duties” (Brady 1). The quote shows how she wants to wife to be submissive and to speak when spoken to. She wants a wife who should clean, cook, and make sure all the …show more content…
In the article “10 Words Every Girl Should Learn” By Soraya Chemaly, she states that women are not listened to and that they are interpreted more than men “The best part, though, is that we are socialized to think women talk more. Listener bias results in most people thinking that women are hogging the floor when men are actually dominating” (Chemaly 3). Since women aren't listening to and they are perceived as the one who hog the floor, they are diminished and taught less self-value. Men give women objectification so when they are in business they are not listened to lie step before and not thought of as smart or quick on their feet. We teach men that women who are idle gossipers talk more than men when in reality we talk less and say topics that have value as well. We teach girls to be second to men, like in “I Won. I’m Sorry.” By Nelson, she mentions Sylvia Plath and how she was happy that her husband got his book published first so that when she got her book published she could have less of a struggle less of a bias angst her. “We generally teach girls subservient habits and boys to exercise dominance” (Chemaly 1). We teach the girls to be humble and non-threatening and nonaggressive. She examples that women and girls get interrupted more than men and if a woman says something smart and innovative yet no one listens but within seconds a man says the