Analysis Of The Men We Carry In Our Minds By Sanders

My experience, or “biography” with gender and gender inequality can be attributed to what C. Wright Mills’s calls “history”, or the social world. According to Mills, our individual lives interact with society to formulate our experiences. This perspective “enables us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within society” (C. Wright Mills 3). As discussed in Module Twelve: Gender, Work, and Family, women and men are placed into two separate spheres; the private sphere and the public sphere. My life experiences relate to the private sphere, which is associated with femininity and domestic work. Society reserves the public sphere for men only, in which they are dominant and “breadwinners”. This is the sphere that I have been conditioned by society to not pursue.

As Sanders later develops his image of a hardworking man being either a “warrior” or “toiler”, he bridges the gap between the poor and the rich by mentioning his scholarship to college. “A scholarship enabled me not only to attend college, a rare enough feat in my circle, but even to study in a university meant for the children of the rich”(para. 7). This transition also enables him to talk about the hardships that the women experienced in comparison to the men. “And for the first time I met women who told me that men were guilty of having kept all the joys and privileges of the earth for themselves” (para. 7).

Many people believe that men have advantages over women when comes to a topic such as occupation. Although this may be true, in some cases it is in fact exactly the opposite. Today?s society is so concerned with political correctness and equal rights to women that it has almost completely forgotten about equal

After reading this essay, the section that made the most impact on me was section seven. In section seven, Sanders reveals the feelings of a heartfelt boy who is under the guilt of his alcoholic father. He claims he, the boy, is the reason his father would drink. He would become possessed by the demons that his son brought him because he was not “perfect”. The reason this section is so important to me is because of how young and heartbroken he was to deal with the consequences of his father. His choice of words, the way he describes how he felt towards his father, is so utterly influential to become someone your children look up to. I believe children should look up and respect their parents rather than fear them of who they are.

As Berne inclined in his quote, the minute (for context I mean small) differences in people are pointless, and in the end, result in nothing gained if you judge one for it. The African American population was enslaved for hundreds of years in America, only because of the difference in skin tone and where their ancestors came from. Mark Twain satirizes that same time period, and with positive developments as a result of wrong traditions of slaveholding, society still finds itself with similar prejudices, as Wolf presented in his article. However, the lack of equality doesn’t stop there, with admittedly clear efforts to put an end to it. sexism is still an ever growing problem. Women were once housewives, and with Women’s Suffrage, they received their God-given rights, yet they still are denied the same opportunities their male counterparts are afforded. Afterall, through these sources, it is evident that society today still holds values that have not only been deemed incorrect but also are outdated and are without any clear justification for them. The horrible realization to make is that racism and sexism still exist in society, the same society, however, wishes to cast aside such prejudice but also is also the one that secretly still holds onto them.With this in mind, as well as the knowledge that progress for equality comes with every minute, hopefully,

In author’s speech she mentions; “Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain’t I a woman?” she compares herself with a woman who received help from a man. This brings up together relevant information about woman having the capabilities to be as equal as men, to be as hardworking and skillful as man. As a matter of fact; nowadays; there is woman discrimination nowadays such as unfairness in equal pay in job opportunities. Most women tend to earn less money than man and have less opportunities than men. For the fact that women are not as strong and intellectual as man therefore women will not be employed for the lack of efficiency than men.

The reading, “Taking On the Second Shift” by Melissa A. Milkie, Sara B. Raley and Suzanne M. Bianchi focuses on the gender differences between men and women. The authors claim that the root cause of work discrimination is based on gender, which is affecting many Americans in our contemporary society. Money is what humans need for survival, without money there wouldn’t be an economy. There are stereotypes in our society which dictate how much money we make. As mentioned in class and seen in many studies, women make less money than men.

Most people think that gender equality is now common place in Western societies, but research shows that gender equality, which gained momentum in the 1970s, has since stalled, particularly when we look at class issues. Some issues have been hit head on, issues relating to sexist job ads and some sexist behavior at work…but we still have a long way to go. The wage gap between men and women is especially concerning.

To begin with three should be an examination of how “the persistence of gender ideologies” has affected equality in the workplace. As Kimmel states, “Since the early nineteenth century, the workplace has been seen as a masculine arena, where men could test and prove their manhood against other men in the dog-eat-dog marketplace” (Kimmel 249). This is still occurring

Moreover, the relationship between Eunice and Steve demonstrate the domestic aspect of sexism. In the play there is a scene where Eunice and Steve are having a heated argument and things are being thrown, people are being threatened. Steve then ends said argument saying “what do you want in the papers?” leaving Eunice speechless, thus upholding the sexist idea that men hold all the power. This also depicts what happened behind closed doors back then. That is what society between men and women was like back then. Tennessee Williams drew this parallel between the relationship between Stella and Stanley with Eunice and Steve making it so that domestic abuse whether physical or verbal, did exist in everyone’s life.

Women and men have had certain roles in society that were understood amongst them to be specified for their particular gender. Males were known to have the leading role as head of the house hold and the bread winner while the woman’s duty was to stay at home and take care of the house and children. While many people years ago deemed this way of life and practice to be the right and ethical thing to do, times have changed and so this kind of treatment towards a woman’s equality must be questioned. Even though times have changed, this mindset of a woman’s ability to be as good as a man has not completely gone away. In today’s society a woman contributes to the economy and her family as equally as that of a man. Therefore, women should share equal rights and opportunities as their gender counterparts.

The generation now has made it easier to equalize men and women but there is still a substantial amount of places where gender inequality is still happening in the workplace and where females still face discrimination. Women are often discriminated in the workplace and are usually not promoted as quickly as men are and they also receive less pay. History shows that women have not always been defined as property and thought of as second class citizens. But in the 21st century many have seen a drastic change in the so called “traditional” family ways where women are suppose to stay home and take care of the household chores, food, and children and men are suppose to work to support their family and provide financial stability. Many assume that in the workplace women are more vulnerable and less competent than men because women 's instincts are to put their family before work or anything else. Whereas men are the ones who will usually stay the late hours to work. People on both sides of the political spectrum and everywhere in between seem to be fearful of what is to come and more fearful of others than they are often willing to admit.

Women have experienced a historic situation of inequality in the social as well as professional aspects. Women were normally the ones that would take care of children, do the chores in the house, and in rural areas; they would work in the field with the rest of the family. However, today’s women have become more self-sufficient and independent from the predominant male figure within every historical family. Gender inequality in the workplace is becoming less common; yet, gender is a factor that affects men and women. Especially women have been subjected to a historical discrimination that has influenced society to decide which job is more suitable for women than men. However women have confronted and tried to break down the barriers that

For the most part, women during this time have a very hard time acclimating to society’s standards and being treated as equal, especially by men. Whether they like it or not, the prejudice held against women in the hearts of the patriarchal society pulls them down and makes it hard to be treated equally, even if a person is born in a wealthy, high-class family. The discrimination only gets worse for those

The concept of gender denotes the distinction between culturally driven and created roles of masculinity and femininity. These specific and normalized attitudes and behaviors transcend and effect how differently men and women live their lives. Based on society’s continual re-enforcement of such gender stereotypes, we see an on-going dilemma of gender inequality. Though some may argue that men experience gender inequality, this seems to exist on a much more invasive level for women. As of recently, the awareness of gender inequality in the workplace has increased. With the fight for equal pay and equal respect, society is already making strides towards the equality of women. With that being said, one aspect of gender inequality that seems