Book Review Of Woman At Point Zero

Women are obtaining more then half of the bachelor degrees earned in America but that has not limited the earning and abilities of the working class man. Phyllis Rosser’s, Too Many Women in College? (2005) is used to expose the still continuing gender issues in higher education. It exposes the issue that yes, there are more women then men in undergrad and master’s programs but men are still outnumbering women in doctoral programs as well as higher paying fields of study (engineering, computer science, business). Still regardless of education women will still face the income gap. Comparing Lee’s and Shaw’s conclusion to the study by Investing in Futures Public Higher Education in America, Women in Higher Education both sources have come to the conclusion that women make up over half of students enrolled in undergrad and their is an uneven representation of women in math and science based degree programs. Janet Lee’s and Susan M. Shaw’s, Women’s Voices Feminist Visions Classic and Contemporary Readings is an accredited and well developed source that highlights the development of women’s

As discussed in a recent essay by Saul Kaplan “The Plight of Young Males”, there is a serious academic gender achievement gap in the United States and as I will discuss, around the world. Young women are doing significantly better than young men, and the results are shocking. In the latest census, males make up 51 percent of the total U.S. population between the ages of 18-24. Yet only 40 percent of today’s college students are men. Since 1982, more American women than men have received bachelor’s degrees. In the last ten years, two million more women graduated from college than men. As Kaplan reveals, the average eleventh-grade boy writes at the level of the average eighth-grade girl. He also states that women dominate high school honor rolls and now make up more than 70 percent of class valedictorians. Kaplan says, “I am happy to see women succeeding. But can we really afford for our country’s young men to fall so far behind,” (733)?

For hundreds of years women and girls have been denied education. Blamed on smaller brains and weaker bodies, females were barred from schools and universities. It has taken centuries to attain adequate education of females and yet, women still do not receive the same opportunities as men. This fact is shown not only in such places as Saudi Arabia where the law banning women from driving and their society of gender segregation limits their educational opportunities but also here in America. Policies such as dress codes that focus on limiting females and predominantly focus on punishing imagined inappropriate attire are a testament to this inequality.

In the novel, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, written by authors Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn in 2009, these two call attention to the oppression of women. These authors label the incidents that occur throughout our world involving women oppression as an epidemic of our generation. The novel demonstrates the severity of sex trafficking, sexual violence, and lack of education of women that are seen amongst us. There exists many relations of opportunities concerning educational and professional studies among the women portrayed in the novel and myself. Although, related opportunities are seen, the underlying severity of what these women endure to reach those opportunities are much more challenging than mine.

In her next chapter, Kerber examines the newfound need for the educating of women. Women were not allowed freedom or a political opinion, but they could not be completely pushed aside. For years women had been taught that education made them undesirable to men and educated women were scorned. Kerber argues that a new need for

As kids grow up into adults, they go from learning arithmetic, alphabet, and handwriting in elementary schools to learning the principles of the science, social science, humanities, and arts in colleges, school education always performs a role to teach students the comprehensive knowledge and develop their skills and desires for lifelong learning. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, my friend Tiana is an Africa-American graduated from New York University (NYU) with a major in Gender and Sexuality Studies in 2012. Her four years of studying race, gender, and sexuality in American history gave her a profound understanding of minority groups and feminism and prepared her to be a responsible woman who holds a deep respect for racial differences and works for women’s rights.

Adam Zyglis harsh portrayal illustrates the need of society to take action towards abused wives; his picture represents sadness, anger, and fright, all present on the mirror’s reflection: a young woman covering her face with makeup, her face is bruised, her eye bluish red, and her shirt with an NFL ( National Football League) logo with the word WIVES in bold letters written under which represents her identity as a football player wife. The woman’s facial expression cries for media’s attention to take a step and reveal her misery to the world. this drawing aims to give people the knowledge of what’s happening behind the scene’s of NFL football player’s houses,the middle aged lady in the picture has blond hair, which gives the generic

We live in a time and place where women are more powerful than they have ever been throughout history. Being a woman in America today means equal rights, the freedom to express and celebrate femininity and individualism, and most importantly, to achieve and stride for knowledge and vast educational opportunities. But what happens when the right to education is soured and shadowed in fear? When a woman doesn’t feel safe walking alone to class at night? Suddenly, that bright sparkle of an American promise is tarnished, and the sweetness of success tastes bitter. How can a woman be truly invested in

I like to think of myself as a strong woman, and I admit that I’ve been accused more than once of lacking a certain feminine quality. I’ve been raised to believe that I do not need a man, nor should I shy away from tasks such as earning a degree or retiling a floor; therefore, it is difficult for me to suppress my beliefs as Koly endures oppression simply because she is female. The first fifty pages provides a glimpse into another culture, and although terrifying to most American women, this novel definitely lends itself to deep discussion as well as a comparison to feminism within our own culture. I find it important to remember that Koly is not living a “wrong” life; her life is just different, and I can’t emphasize enough the importance for students to practice acceptance and also a willingness to understand others.

Higher Education for Women Higher education, especially higher education for women, has been a controversial issue. It has always been a problem that women cannot receive high quality of education, or even cannot enjoy studying at college. However, many people have used their efforts to prove that women should receive high level of education. Specifically, in these two texts, when Sotomayor shares her experiences looking for the utility of getting into a good college in “My Beloved World”, Rich focuses on developing ourselves, using our rights, and claiming for higher learning in college in “Claiming an Education”; however, even though Sotomayor and Rich have different views about value of college, they both agree on the part that women deserve

Jensen, Kimberly. Mobilizing Minerva: American Women in the First World War. Urbana: U of Illinois, 2008.

Captivity in Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi, is a strongly emphasized theme. Fideaus the protagonist is constantly constrained and surveilled within the realms of the Egyptian society subsequently being emotionally, and twice literally, captive. The significance of captivity in Woman at Point Zero is not only for plot or dramatic effect. In the writing of Woman At Point Zero Nawal El Saadawi wishes to inform the reader about the captivity felt by some women in suppressive countries. In this way, she means the protagonist Firdaus to not only represent one woman but many. Captivity in Woman at Point Zero is not only that of the literal, lock and key. Throughout the novel Firdaus is subject to varying forms of captivity, emotionally

As higher education became a prominent aspect of life in America, women’s education faced restricting ideologies which interpreted women’s minds

Firdaus gives an account of her earlier marriage life. She thinks that in her husband’s house, things will change and she will have a good life. She reveals that she is only eighteen when she gets married off to an old man. Though eighteen years is a ripe age of marriage (UNICEF, 2007), the kind of a man that Firdaus gets is more than three times her age. Moreover, Firdaus is never consulted. From Firdaus’ vivid description, it is clear that the husband is very sick and his body stinks. This irritates Firdaus so much but the husband insists on kissing her. It is from this confession that Firdaus elicits the emotion of sympathy. Her audience sympathizes with her and see an oppressed woman who has to endure all this just because she is married

The novel Women at Point Zero starts off with a psychiatrist who is looking for women to research at a women’s prison. When Nawal speaks to the prison doctor, he mentions to her that there is a woman in one of the prisons, who is a lot different than the others, a relentless prisoner named Firdaus. With her abnormal habits of rarely eating, sleeping, talking or accepting people to visit her, the doctor imagines that this women couldn’t have been capable of committing a murder. When Nawal goes to try and speak with her, she is shocked to witness the women refuse her presence and in turn disrupts her own self-confidence. After many unsuccessful attempts to interview Firdaus, Nawal sees that there is