Essay On Oppression Against Women

Several passages in the Bible illustrate stories of oppression and violence against females. Eve is blamed for the fall of humanity, and in return all women are deceitful. Tamar, Dinah, and the Levite’s concubine were all forcefully raped. The disciples discredit Mary Magdalene because she is a woman, yet Jesus loves her more than them. Women are told to remain silent in church and are not ordained in many denominations, which is supported with Biblical evidence. This oppression and violence against females is seen today in the United States. Although females are a minority group not all females are oppressed in the same ways because every female has unique experiences and therefore, liberation from oppression looks different for every female.
Black females are one minority group in the United States who experience oppression. “Womanist” is a term that describes how black females experience oppression from both sexism and racism. Jacquelyn Grant …show more content…
With contraception, females can step out of the bounds of patriarchal expectations. With contraception, females can choose to focus on their career, personal growth, and happiness, rather than being a wife and a mother. One of the most significant factors in liberation from patriarchy or any other form of oppression is economic equality. Females who choose a career can provide for themselves and do not need a male to take care of them; these females do not need patriarchy and that is a threat to males. This is not meant to devalue the choice that a female makes to become a wife or mother. Some females choose to focus on being a good wife and mother rather than focusing on a career; feminism calls for others to respect that choice. However, it is crucial to ask if females who choose to focus on being a wife and mother over a career do so because they want to, or if they do so because the patriarchal society expects them