Throughout the course, the complex definition and dimensional depth of globalization has been dissected with exhaustive analyses on its effects on the particular case of women, on a global scale. The disadvantages women, all around the world, are forced to cope with socially, economically, and politically, following the emergence of globalization, are absolutely undeniable and apparent. From daily inequalities and misjudgments in society to being undervalued and discriminated against in labor markets and oftentimes taken advantage of for commercial gains, women face it all. However, many astute women, perceived by society as weak and useless in the prospering period of globalization, choose to break the barriers that act as impediments to women
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An observable influx of women entering the workforce, especially in the developing countries where labor is immensely cheaper, appears, as companies and industries race to meet with the demand for labor as a result of the high demand for products. Women, in places where they were forced to wear invisible chains due to their dependence on others, are given the key to their own autonomy – the key to a dreamt outlet with a better and tolerable life. However, if one chose to focus on only the assumed, advantageous sides that economic globalization gifts to women, the oppressive and unjust facets that women have to deal with, are consequently ignored. The ugly side of this increasing trend of working – women is the exploitation that bears, as a result of companies’ attempt at meeting with the uncontrollable demand for labor. Women of developing countries work in international sweatshops, owned by Nike, Reebok and other famous US brands, with incredibly low wages, maximum hours, as well as minimum health insurance in hazardous working environments with occasional sexual assaults. The examples of exploitation do not stop with just those in developing countries, as women, particularly in the United States, face …show more content…
Nowadays, the process of sharing and exchanging information and news among different people of different countries in different continents isn’t a complexity anymore, with various sources of the updated media. However, as different headlines and news broadcasted by the media circulates, women are coercively targeted and resultantly have to deal with the false representations of women fabricated by the manipulating media. Black women largely occupy the population of women being wrongly represented in media. Many claim that the representations of black female bodies in modern cultures come primarily from the racism and the types of images popularized from slavery during the 19th century, where black slaves were placed on auction blocks to be sold to different slave owners. Fast-forwarded to today’s culture through media, black women are often shown with parts of their body revealed as an example of sexual objectification. From a postcolonial lens, the factor behind black women being featured in music videos while half naked, dancing or touching themselves for more views, can be rooted back to the beginning of black women’s existence when they were stripped naked and checked for their ability to bring sexual pleasures and reproduce. Going along with that is the depiction of black women as being large with loud voices that play the scary
An observable influx of women entering the workforce, especially in the developing countries where labor is immensely cheaper, appears, as companies and industries race to meet with the demand for labor as a result of the high demand for products. Women, in places where they were forced to wear invisible chains due to their dependence on others, are given the key to their own autonomy – the key to a dreamt outlet with a better and tolerable life. However, if one chose to focus on only the assumed, advantageous sides that economic globalization gifts to women, the oppressive and unjust facets that women have to deal with, are consequently ignored. The ugly side of this increasing trend of working – women is the exploitation that bears, as a result of companies’ attempt at meeting with the uncontrollable demand for labor. Women of developing countries work in international sweatshops, owned by Nike, Reebok and other famous US brands, with incredibly low wages, maximum hours, as well as minimum health insurance in hazardous working environments with occasional sexual assaults. The examples of exploitation do not stop with just those in developing countries, as women, particularly in the United States, face …show more content…
Nowadays, the process of sharing and exchanging information and news among different people of different countries in different continents isn’t a complexity anymore, with various sources of the updated media. However, as different headlines and news broadcasted by the media circulates, women are coercively targeted and resultantly have to deal with the false representations of women fabricated by the manipulating media. Black women largely occupy the population of women being wrongly represented in media. Many claim that the representations of black female bodies in modern cultures come primarily from the racism and the types of images popularized from slavery during the 19th century, where black slaves were placed on auction blocks to be sold to different slave owners. Fast-forwarded to today’s culture through media, black women are often shown with parts of their body revealed as an example of sexual objectification. From a postcolonial lens, the factor behind black women being featured in music videos while half naked, dancing or touching themselves for more views, can be rooted back to the beginning of black women’s existence when they were stripped naked and checked for their ability to bring sexual pleasures and reproduce. Going along with that is the depiction of black women as being large with loud voices that play the scary