Mothers, sisters, wives, and homemakers, those are some of the different roles that women have played throughout history. Indeed, women represent an essential part of our society as well as men. However, women’s role has been underestimated creating different rights that benefit men over women. For many years, women have been fighting to be considered equal to men. This fight has been shaped and led by different female authors and leaders that with their ideas and conviction gather more women to fight for equal status in society. In 1848, those women gathered together in the first convention of women’s rights in Seneca Falls New York. Women’s fight for equality achieved the first accomplishment in1920 when women were allowed to vote for the
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However, there are still some feminist authors that bring feminism to the public attention from time to time. One example of them is Sheryl Sandberg, the chief of operation officers of Facebook, who wrote one of the most popular feminist piece of writing in the last years, “Lean in: Women, Work and the Will to lead.” This book along with her conferences and articles have made of her a new feminist leader. Sandberg’s perspectives have drawn criticism and applause. One of her major critics is bell hooks, an author and feminist activist, who catalogues Sandberg’s work as “faux feminism.” Those two authors offers us two different perspectives of the current feminism. The articles “Lean in: What Would You Do If You Weren’t Afraid” wrote by Sandberg and “Dig Deep” by bell hooks invite the audience to analyze the contemporary feminist arguments and rethink its theory in attempt to meet the real necessities of this century which is to reach gender equality –same status for all genders. Since the feminist does not promote gender equality, it needs to change its current perspectives that reinforce gender inequality, do not unify women, and frustrate future …show more content…
Society cannot overcome the gender inequality that feminist activists denunciate if they keep putting women as victims of men. Feminist activists look for gender equality, but through their actions they show the opposite. When those feminist leaders tell women that they have been born in a society ruled by men who have more opportunities to succeed than them, feminist activists are reinforcing negative beliefs such as “Being woman makes success harder to obtain” (Slaughter 86) and “men have more privileges” (slaughter 652). This is supported by Phyllis Schlafly, the founder and president of Eagle Forum, when she states, “women’s happiness is better explained by the fact that the feminist movement thought women to see themselves as victims of the patriarchy and that they true worth will never be recognized, so succeed in life is forever beyond their reach (661). The way in which feminist activists denunciate women inequality harms gender equality since it implies that our society is controlled by men who in some way oppress women. This secretly creates fear among women. As Sandberg claims, “fear is the root of so many barriers that women face. Fear of making the wrong choice. Fear for drawing negative attention. Fear of overreaching. Fear of being judged. Fear of failure. And the holy trinity of fear: the fear of being a bad mother/mother/daughter” (656). In contrast, the feminist movement should be focused in the fact
However, there are still some feminist authors that bring feminism to the public attention from time to time. One example of them is Sheryl Sandberg, the chief of operation officers of Facebook, who wrote one of the most popular feminist piece of writing in the last years, “Lean in: Women, Work and the Will to lead.” This book along with her conferences and articles have made of her a new feminist leader. Sandberg’s perspectives have drawn criticism and applause. One of her major critics is bell hooks, an author and feminist activist, who catalogues Sandberg’s work as “faux feminism.” Those two authors offers us two different perspectives of the current feminism. The articles “Lean in: What Would You Do If You Weren’t Afraid” wrote by Sandberg and “Dig Deep” by bell hooks invite the audience to analyze the contemporary feminist arguments and rethink its theory in attempt to meet the real necessities of this century which is to reach gender equality –same status for all genders. Since the feminist does not promote gender equality, it needs to change its current perspectives that reinforce gender inequality, do not unify women, and frustrate future …show more content…
Society cannot overcome the gender inequality that feminist activists denunciate if they keep putting women as victims of men. Feminist activists look for gender equality, but through their actions they show the opposite. When those feminist leaders tell women that they have been born in a society ruled by men who have more opportunities to succeed than them, feminist activists are reinforcing negative beliefs such as “Being woman makes success harder to obtain” (Slaughter 86) and “men have more privileges” (slaughter 652). This is supported by Phyllis Schlafly, the founder and president of Eagle Forum, when she states, “women’s happiness is better explained by the fact that the feminist movement thought women to see themselves as victims of the patriarchy and that they true worth will never be recognized, so succeed in life is forever beyond their reach (661). The way in which feminist activists denunciate women inequality harms gender equality since it implies that our society is controlled by men who in some way oppress women. This secretly creates fear among women. As Sandberg claims, “fear is the root of so many barriers that women face. Fear of making the wrong choice. Fear for drawing negative attention. Fear of overreaching. Fear of being judged. Fear of failure. And the holy trinity of fear: the fear of being a bad mother/mother/daughter” (656). In contrast, the feminist movement should be focused in the fact