Kincaid Girl Essay

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Women are put in these containers which they cannot get out of, even if they tried. Kincaid's piece “Girl” suggests all the rules required to be a respected woman in society, however, none of the rules depicted how to get a job as a woman or start a career. Women are not the first gender that pop into someone’s mind when it comes to thinking of a career. Women will never have the same opportunity that a man get’s, they weren't even allowed the same education until recently in the last century, and are still not in some in some countries. Virginia Woolf pointed out this idea early during the 20th century in her extended essay “a room of one’s own” which derived from a series of lectures she gave to the first college that accepted women in England. …show more content…
In a classroom setting while they are getting the same input of knowledge, they are are not perceived the same and expected to act differently in the very same school hallways. However, this equality of education was not offered before, while compared to the Victorian Era. Education is something that has very recently become available to both genders all over the world, there are still countries all over the world where girls/women are not allowed to be educated. Education is a right that everyone deserves, but it is just one form of equality though. Women and Men have been placed in different holders for as long as we can remember. Women are pressured to fit into an ideal box with fixed dimensions which symbolize what a woman should be and anything outside of that box is not adequate. The symbols, tone, and comparisons between the girl, “Girl” and “Barbie Doll” allows us to see how society expects certain traits from females. More and more women should attempt to challenge society's views on womanhood, but realistically, they lack power or influence in this society that is so deeply rooted in

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