Section A 2. Oppression is experienced all around the world in today’s society- not only is it experienced, but nothing is being done about it. Over time, women have been seen as the weaker sex and is to meet up to the needs of a man- both socially and politically. We see this in marriages, where a woman is meant to satisfy her husband no matter how or what means it takes- leading to the woman being second in their relationship. Oppression comes in many forms and sizes and are rampant in our cultures; this may be through sexual assault, physical abuse, emotional abuse and so on. According to Jackson Katz in the video, ‘Violence against Women. It’s a men’s issue”, he talked on how men are usually the proprietors of these actions and no one
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Back then, women never worked for anyone except her household, where she committed her time to taking care of the home. Though this was not seen as problem because of the present traditions of these people, men never helped in such duties, seeing as it was beneath them to conform to womanly duties. Although it is not as bad, we see these beliefs functional in today’s society. Women are often paid way less than men are, not because they do not work half as hard, or do not have the same qualifications as these men but because they are women. Inasmuch as women being paid less is a known fact throughout our society, there is nothing being done about the statistics; year after year, there are no tremendous changes done concerning it. Even the little changes that occur are as a result of the reduced time women begin to spend doing household duties (Waring, …show more content…
Even in biology, to explain female parts, they had to use that of men as a reference point (Ousdshoorn, 111). Not until the 20th century was a man raping his wife seen as a punishable offence (Ramirez, Feb 23). These acts of oppression continue to grow like a wildfire because of our traditional belief system in the society. Inasmuch as we try to deny it and hide under the shadow of the ‘21st century’, we still have mentalities of our forefathers, which uplift men in anyway possible, and seconds women to men. We see that race is a constant determinant of opportunities and goodwill- who is favoured more in a social, political and economical situation, a white middle class man or an aboriginal
Back then, women never worked for anyone except her household, where she committed her time to taking care of the home. Though this was not seen as problem because of the present traditions of these people, men never helped in such duties, seeing as it was beneath them to conform to womanly duties. Although it is not as bad, we see these beliefs functional in today’s society. Women are often paid way less than men are, not because they do not work half as hard, or do not have the same qualifications as these men but because they are women. Inasmuch as women being paid less is a known fact throughout our society, there is nothing being done about the statistics; year after year, there are no tremendous changes done concerning it. Even the little changes that occur are as a result of the reduced time women begin to spend doing household duties (Waring, …show more content…
Even in biology, to explain female parts, they had to use that of men as a reference point (Ousdshoorn, 111). Not until the 20th century was a man raping his wife seen as a punishable offence (Ramirez, Feb 23). These acts of oppression continue to grow like a wildfire because of our traditional belief system in the society. Inasmuch as we try to deny it and hide under the shadow of the ‘21st century’, we still have mentalities of our forefathers, which uplift men in anyway possible, and seconds women to men. We see that race is a constant determinant of opportunities and goodwill- who is favoured more in a social, political and economical situation, a white middle class man or an aboriginal