Argumentative Essay On Real Women

Women are considered second-class citizens when compared to men who dominate positions of power in the United States. From a political standpoint, there is a common misconception that women are unable or unfit to serve in public office. Regardless of gender, every voting American possesses the potential to assert themselves and participate in our democracy. The outcome of the U.S. 2016 presidential election demonstrates how women are still negatively viewed and discriminated against by gender bias. As evidence of this, in the United States Congress, women hold just 84 (19.3%) of the 435 House of Representative seats, with only 20 women (20%) in the United States Senate (Rutgers, 2016). This is a startling statistic considering that women possess the same rights as men to run for political office and represent one-half of the U.S. population.

Although it was not seen as a right before, equality has grown into the statement for all of the natural human rights. Throughout the growth of the United States, much has changed: technology has advanced, wars have come and passed, old ways have been updated. However, the one thing that has followed slowly behind in the race for change is the equality for all. Those who were once viewed as lesser to the American males—females—are still having to make strides towards equality, but are considerably closer due to their fight for freedom and recognition. The documents “Now We Can Begin” by Crystal Eastman and “What’s Become of Rosie the Riveter?” by Frieda S. Miller are examples of what some of the women were out there fighting for.

     During the colonial period, granted the role of homemaker and mother, a woman was the center of the household. A woman was to immerse herself into the home and subordinate herself to her husband. However, as time progresses and the nineteenth century opens, the woman begins to work outside the home and emerges to breathe the air of freedom and self-determination.

It has been said: “Hope dies last.” Recent tragic events that seem to shake our society with increasing occurrence remain incomprehensible to me and fundamentally undermine my belief that all Americans are “endowed... certain unalienable Rights[:] Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” It is unbearable to watch America, my now home country, going through turmoil and fear of grand proportions for the uncertainty lying ahead. If ever this “my and your” land needed healing and reformation, it is now. Therefore, our next leader has to be a wise, compassionate and seasoned in affairs of the State liberal, and a woman. Thus, I let my hope soar when I heard Hillary Rodham Clinton announced her Presidential Candidacy. I listen intently to the

     Ar’n’t I a Woman? Written by, Deborah Gray White shows the trials and hardships that African American Women faced during the years of the infamous plantations up to the civil war. In this book White describes how the images of “Jezebel” and the “Mammy” and how they were the most vulnerable group with the least amount of formal power in Antebellum America. She compares the life of men and women in the slave society, and how truly different they were. The roles of women are shown through the slaves’ life cycle, family life, slave society networks, and the civil war. Each of these various aspects of life are discussed very vividly in the book, and serve purpose in showing how African American

Chastain goes on to add, “I don’t know that Kathryn Bigelow would make a movie like that, because…she stands on her own . . . she’s capable and intelligent, and I think she represents this generation of woman, and that was really exciting for me to discover on the page in the script, and to discover about our history.” One could make the argument that Chastain refers to both American and feminist history. In lieu of feminism’s third wave, media is moving further and further away from the misogynistic overtones of females-as-plot-devices. But while media follows “trends”, reality is less keen to do the

After reading this article, I can certainly see how this could be a shocking and atypical representation of females for the general public. At the beginning of the film, they appear to lead typical feminine

After first hearing “Can Women Have it All?” it can seem like a simple question on the surface, but there are numerous aspects that relate to its answer. The question is not a simple yes or no, as the idea of “having it all” is different for each woman. People have a perception that working mothers should be superwomen all of the time, but that is not realistic--sacrifices have to be made. Thus, the idea of “having it all” does not seem completely attainable all of the time, but it ultimately comes down to the individual woman, and her idea of what “having it all” actually entails.

Gender Segmentation: The show brought in Haley Duff who was popular back in the 2000’s and well known to the young females. I know about her because of my daughters grew up watching her in movies. They also had a segment on the show about making the

They are illustrated as bodies of intrigue and mystery that only a man can uncover (Dubrofsky, 2009). Women who win these shows are generally the ones society is urged to identify with (Escoffery, 2006). They are what society comprehends as likeable and desirable as it has already been informed by culture (seen as which best sustains patriarchy (Escoffery, 2006)). The show caters for the fallacy that women need to create conflict to gain the attention of a man whilst still appearing with an extravagant attitude (Bastow, 2015). Through a feminist approach, it attempts to reduce women to one-dimensional caricatures by taking them on demeaning dates and keeping conversational strategies at a shallow level (Martyn-Jones, 2016). Their existence being validated by one man has become the basis of the contestants’ willingness to submit themselves to him (Convery, 2016; Rosewarne, 2015; Martyn-Jones 2016). Lauren Martyn-Jones (2016) describes Season 4 of the series in Australia to be particularly coherent with the reflection of the perfect domesticated woman through dates that tested the women’s maternal instincts and ability to cook. The misogynistic undercurrent of the season could potentially destroy other women (Martyn-Jones, 2016; Convery

As a child of the late 70’s with little interest in athletics or intellectual pursuits, I spent a large amount of my childhood, adolescence, and much of adulthood steeped in pop-culture (I’m losing touch with it the older I get); hence, popular-culture is very often my point of origin when examining how we, as a society, function in terms of representation. For the purpose of this brief response I will examine how the female functions in one of my generation’s most beloved films, 1989’s Batman, directed by Tim Burton. The character of Vicki Vale, played by Kim Basinger, may at first seem to be a positive female character: she is a successful photo journalist, and…and…and, well, this is where the problem begins. Beyond the superficiality of

The textbook identifies four approaches to gender development: biological, interpersonal, cultural, and critical. Define each theory. Then answer the following question: which of the theoretical approaches to gender do you find the most valid? Be sure to include at least two examples from your own experience as well as two scholarly sources to back up your claim.

In the 1800’s a women was suppose to have four things Piety, Purity, submissiveness, and domesticity. These principles shaped the “Cult of True Womanhood” an idea that women were to be seen but not heard. Women had no say when it came to politics, they couldn’t own property, they were not allowed to do many jobs, and they couldn’t even speak in front of men. They had the duty to be a mother and raise their children but even thought they had this responsibility it was the husband who had the complete control and guardianship of the children. Because of these ideas it was very difficult for change to happen. When women started to receive more education they began to ask questions about why they were being denied these rights, which began the

Ever since the dawn of time, women and men have been associated with specific gender roles that can be seen controversial in the eyes of many. Traits and roles associated with a specific gender can be either innate or learned over time. Looking into the deeper concept of gender roles and stereotypes, it is clear that these fixed gender roles are not naturally born with, but rather taught, learned, or influenced by external forces.

The presentation of women on screen is another highlighted issue in many of the gathered sources. Because men were ultimately in control of what went on the screen much of what the audience perceived were women from the male imagination or fantasy. Bernard Beck elaborates in his article Where the Boys Are: The Contender and other Movies about Women in a Man’s World that, “…women have been used to dress up a male story or motivate a male character” (Beck 15). Women were often insignificant and trivial characters. Although, Kathe Davis disagrees to a point. In her article, Davis offers a dissonant opinion to the fore-mentioned insignificance of the female character. She instead describes many female characters as “predators,” and analyzes the roles of lead women in three prominent films of the nineteenth century. In each film, she finds parallels and similarities of cases of “female emasculation” and instances where “women are turned into objects of male desire” (Davis 47-48). Davis does not perceive female characters as being insignificant, just stripped of their power and misrepresented. She discusses how females of power are often portrayed as crazy