Oppression Of Women In Movies Essay

What is a women’s place in the world so many cultures have a different view of what a woman’s value is but quiet clearly it is always under a man. We have explored two movies which show the exploitation of women and how little their lives mean in the face of the oppressors which in these movies where a group of men.

“What do we do when those with all of the power are hurting those with none”. In both movies the oppressors are able to keep all of their power through others submitting giving the dominator even stronger power. In North Country the women and even some men gave in to the oppressors not realizing that only gave over their power. The women where to afraid to testify with Josie because they feared their work lives would only become worse. In The Stoning of Soraya M. you see Ali is able to get the mullah to submit by dangling his past …show more content…
In North Country there where dominators on two levels, the corporate level and the employees and peers. The corporate level feared they would have to spend a lot more money on their female employees to accommodate them. The first thing they had to buy where portable restrooms because the men just peed wherever and when women came onto the workforce they could needed a place to actually use the restroom. Employees where afraid that the women would start taking all of their jobs in one scene the site supervisor told Josie she was “taking a mans job where there weren't any jobs to take”. The men also expressed a concern that the women complaining was gonna get the mine shut down and they would all be out of work. In The Stoning of Soraya M., Ali wanted to gain a new younger wife and because he couldn't support two wives he decided to get rid of his “old” one. Greed can make someone into a truly vile person and in these movies I believe it was their selfishness that really turned them into the oppressor they