We Should All Be Feminist Summary

We Should All Be Feminist’s Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie talks about her views on the word feminist and how since the dawn of modern civilization men have dictated how a woman should be from how she dresses to how she acts in public, especially with certain stigma that a woman needs to be the “good” house wife. Adichie defines feminism as beliefs in the social, political and Economic equality of the sexes. She talks about how back in the Bronze Age it was essential for men who were more psychically fit to gather and hunt food and since that age women weren’t and still aren’t seen as equals to men. She gives us some examples of today and how it is in African society for woman. In previous years here in America we seen more sexual harassment cases in all industries and backgrounds in America. From President of the United States making inappropriate statements. And a man in the film industry with power who treats woman like mannequins.
She states in the book “We teach girls that they cannot be sexual beings in the way boys are. If …show more content…
Women are still looked upon as homemakers and housewives to raise the children and to stand by her husband and be faithful to him and stand by him through all his indiscretions. But if she were to have some skeletons in her closet such as an affair the community would demonize and outcast her while if it were the husband no one would really care or give a second thought being that it’s a man. A perfect example of things is Donald Trump he inappropriately made comments saying “I will just grab her by the pussy.” And most of the nation is just forgiving of this comment and yet if one artist says one negative comment about the pope a man she is demonized for it. Our world is so full of hate and divide I don’t believe there will ever be change where man and woman are ever created equal just like Same Sex marriages I know it will never have the same rights as married Heterosexual