My First Click Moment Essay

My first “click” moment I had was in my first gender woman’s studies class in my freshman year when I learned about the glass ceiling. Before this class, I did not realize this ceiling existed because I grew up in a family where both my parents worked. Once I read the article and discussed the topic in class for some reason the glass ceiling idea lingered in my mind for days. In class it was described as a “barrier to progress in a profession, especially affecting women and members of minorities.” The way I see it as if I am qualified for a job the way a male is how come I have to face a barrier be a female, while a male is given the opportunity to receive the position or higher position first. This was when I realized that there should equality for everyone and no one …show more content…
She discusses how in Tennessee girls were excluded from the similar idea that a man’s eleventh birthday was a special occasion for him because he was old enough to kill an animal. However, Elizabeth proved a point which was when a man said she could not achieve something she actually proved him wrong by showing girls can hunt. People are rather quick in judging woman when it comes to their capability let along do many individuals know that when someone is determined to achieve something when will go out of their way to finish the task. A woman has the same strengths as a man, however, a man is always appraised for it while a woman is looked down upon for it. Another click moment I read about was Jordan Berg Powers. He talked about a restrictive box in means to being categorizing by masculinity and femininity. Both men and woman suffer from stereotypes because society makes us go under the category of the sex we were born with. Whereas like he said “feminism means to break down the walls that oppress and stagnate women” because we need to stop the injustices for both