Yunqin Chi
WGS 201
Essay 2
In the 1960s and 1970s were the turbulent times in American history. Under the influence of the civil rights movement, the feminist movement came to a climax, from the social edge to the social center. The feminist movement is a social movement aimed at securing equal rights for women and giving women the same status as men. Since women, like men, are rational people, they should have the same rights as men. Feminists have found that, despite the obvious results of women's efforts to achieve equality in the political and economic spheres, the unequal status of women in social life has not been fundamentally improved. For example, the group of women who have been elected to the right to vote is still in a subordinate …show more content…
For a long time, the key factor in women's subordination is that women are closer to nature, and men are closer to culture. What is a woman, what makes a woman, what gives women the so-called moral. The story of “No Name Woman” is the background of Kingston's growing experience as a Chinese American, torn between Chinese customs and traditional worlds, around her like a “ghost" and her new tolerant American environment. Men and women are not only the product of social rights; it is neither natural law nor scientific basis. To some extent, it is the civilization that makes “women. ". This explains objectively that women are equal to men and have any rights that men have. In the long history of western democracies, it has always been and men dominated the world. Women have no basic political rights, such as women's right to vote; in the formal political organs and decision-making bodies of the world, the proportion of female representatives is still significantly inadequate. Women are inherently incapable of political power, rooted in the basic assumptions of the social role that women fit, from male domination in the right structure. The real root of women's exclusion from politics is the western religious system, political theory and political …show more content…
This family life view was first formed in the urban middle class family, and then accepted by the whole society. As a result of this period, the urban middle class attached great importance to the year, so that women spend more energy on raising children. Because of the serious separation of family and work, the family is used as a shelter from external competitive pressure. Women are expected to concentrate on household chores and childcare and no longer share the financial burden of the family. The husband and wife perform their duties, and the wife is primarily responsible for keeping the household and raising children, while the husband goes out to work to support the family. This family life concept is still restricting people's understanding of the role of women, hindering women's pursuit of career beyond the family, and influence so far. "I don’t mind sharing the work, but you'll have to show me how to do it." MEANING: I ask a lot of questions and you'll have to show me everything every time I do it because I don't remember so good. Also don’t try to sit down and read while I'M doing my jobs because I'm going to annoy hell out of you until it's easier to do them yourself." (Mainardi, Fifth Paragraph). Writer Patricia Mainardi tells the struggle with her husband about who should do the housework: he admits in principle that he should do it, because it is fair, but when time comes, he offers excuses.
WGS 201
Essay 2
In the 1960s and 1970s were the turbulent times in American history. Under the influence of the civil rights movement, the feminist movement came to a climax, from the social edge to the social center. The feminist movement is a social movement aimed at securing equal rights for women and giving women the same status as men. Since women, like men, are rational people, they should have the same rights as men. Feminists have found that, despite the obvious results of women's efforts to achieve equality in the political and economic spheres, the unequal status of women in social life has not been fundamentally improved. For example, the group of women who have been elected to the right to vote is still in a subordinate …show more content…
For a long time, the key factor in women's subordination is that women are closer to nature, and men are closer to culture. What is a woman, what makes a woman, what gives women the so-called moral. The story of “No Name Woman” is the background of Kingston's growing experience as a Chinese American, torn between Chinese customs and traditional worlds, around her like a “ghost" and her new tolerant American environment. Men and women are not only the product of social rights; it is neither natural law nor scientific basis. To some extent, it is the civilization that makes “women. ". This explains objectively that women are equal to men and have any rights that men have. In the long history of western democracies, it has always been and men dominated the world. Women have no basic political rights, such as women's right to vote; in the formal political organs and decision-making bodies of the world, the proportion of female representatives is still significantly inadequate. Women are inherently incapable of political power, rooted in the basic assumptions of the social role that women fit, from male domination in the right structure. The real root of women's exclusion from politics is the western religious system, political theory and political …show more content…
This family life view was first formed in the urban middle class family, and then accepted by the whole society. As a result of this period, the urban middle class attached great importance to the year, so that women spend more energy on raising children. Because of the serious separation of family and work, the family is used as a shelter from external competitive pressure. Women are expected to concentrate on household chores and childcare and no longer share the financial burden of the family. The husband and wife perform their duties, and the wife is primarily responsible for keeping the household and raising children, while the husband goes out to work to support the family. This family life concept is still restricting people's understanding of the role of women, hindering women's pursuit of career beyond the family, and influence so far. "I don’t mind sharing the work, but you'll have to show me how to do it." MEANING: I ask a lot of questions and you'll have to show me everything every time I do it because I don't remember so good. Also don’t try to sit down and read while I'M doing my jobs because I'm going to annoy hell out of you until it's easier to do them yourself." (Mainardi, Fifth Paragraph). Writer Patricia Mainardi tells the struggle with her husband about who should do the housework: he admits in principle that he should do it, because it is fair, but when time comes, he offers excuses.