David Vivas . Mrs. Bradley . English 11 Period 2. May

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.

My interviewees also daily experience inequality based on what kind of gender they are, this is called gender segregation. For example, my female interviewees explained how they try to work on the same work that a male does, but the employers don't hire them, and pay females differently. Some said that males do not always take female's opinion seriously, and ignore them. Especially, people think they are weak and don't know nothing. It is very hard to be a female, as one of interviewees explained they receive sexual harassment at work and school. In addition, one of interviewees was job hunting. She found a place where they were hiring. They ended up telling her that they only hire males and to look somewhere else. As for males they receive better jobs and incomes than females. But then again as one of my interviewees said that because he is a man, it is expected to be strong and handle everything that comes in his way. This also relates to gender discrimination and it also to class stratification. For instance, Adalberto Aguirre stated, “Males and females within an ethnic subpopulation do not receive the same levels of income. In general, women earn less than men—a fact that is accounted for by their distribution in different kinds of occupations. Men are overrepresented in higher-paying jobs, but there is considerable difference among ethnic subpopulations.” Females are just seen more inferior than males. Even if you come from an ethnic group, males will still have trouble with income, but not as much as females do. Even though the males earn more income than females, they will still struggle, financially. They are from an ethnic group, they look different, and have different skin color, therefore race really impacts someone in the

After working at the bookstore, Harper Lee left to work as a reservation clerk at an airline. She pursued this career, so she could work during the day and continue writing during the nighttime. Her friends gave Lee a boost from having to write during the nighttime and gave her some money, so she could just pursue writing full time. Despite her mother passing away and her brother also passing away, she worked on her novel for many years (Anderson).

6. A major theme in the story is to stand your ground, and fight for what you believe in. In other words, be willing to die for what you stand for, but proudly. Another theme is showing the absolute cruelty of humans. It is showing the brutal behaviors humans can portray on one another.

The theme of this book for me is Family and survival. I think that these are the themes of the book because it is talking a lot a bout the family. I think that this book is all about survival because it is teaching us a life skill that we should learn and the author does not tell us. And that is how Ms. Puente told us that a theme can only be a theme if it is teaching you a life lesson and survival is a life lesson that we should learn. And we could use the theme for our life we can learn how to survive in really difficult occasions. And family and survival can be a theme because it is something that the author has not talked about at all it is just showing it but not saying that the theme is family and survival.

Gender based discrimination has been present in our society for ages and has heavily impacted many aspects of peoples lives. Although many gender inequalities have gone unresolved, some situations have come a long way and have almost ended in the United States. For example, access to education has improved greatly because it used to be expected that girls would stay home with their mothers and learn how to do the household activities and watch after their siblings. Boys on the other hand, would attend school to get an education in addition to doing labor work. Back in the day, girls were unable to get an education because it was more valuable if they were working in the household opposed to the value an education could provide because that

My chosen theme relates to the main character because no one understands her and her condition. In the story her mental health is deteriorating and she is becoming more and more reclusive to herself and her own thoughts. The speaker in the story starts to think and talk to herself because no one understands her and when she seeks help they don’t help her. Her husband is a doctor who locked her away because he didn’t understand her and her condition. My theme connects to the speakers solitude and feelings of being alone. All the problems the main character faces all show how personal the problems were and no one could help her.

The theme in a short story is the message about life or human nature that is “the focus” in the story that the writer tells (Glossary...3) In Desiree’s baby one of the themes in the story was about family love.”Marriage, and later the birth of his son had softened Armand Aubigny’s imperious and exacting nature greatly” This quote elaborates how familial love transforms Armand into a man with love and happiness in his heart and feelings towards the slaves. He had a different mind set towards his slaves, he was very cruel to his slaves. Until he met Desiree and fell in love with her and in the process of their love they brought into the world a baby boy. And Armand being the husband and father loved his child like so and took care of him. That

The theme of this story is family sticks together to survive. The family in this story has a lot of conflict but always resolves the issue which shows strength. The protagonist in this story is Miranda her character really builds the theme. She is the narrator of the story. She and the others show empathy towards each other that is sticking together.

An overall theme that can be portrayed throughout the whole book is love and its power. Each character at some point is influenced by love to make a bold decision or rebellion. Entangled in their own love life, each mind and heart has to focus of the prevailing essence of love. With a theme of love one would be overwhelmed by another theme of superficiality and reputations. However, the reader is able to see how those two ideas within a person are changed because of someone or something they love.

The word “gender” refers to the roles in which society allots for those using “sex”, individuals’ physical characteristics, as a defining principle for separating roles (Gender, n.d.). The roles in which genders are assigned can come with discrimination, due to the individuals’ sex, as well as stereotypes, such as the defined traditional jobs for each sex (Sex, n.d.). Imagine being a female and subjected to gender role discrimination and stereotypical judgements regularly. Women have been attaining well positions in various industries, however, very few

A key theme that almost instantly emerged from the text as I began to read was gender equality – or the lack thereof. I am passionate about equality between the genders and the further I read the more unequal the characters were

Gender Roles and Inequity are important because we live in a society that is very judgmental. Many women have struggled with the chance to have equal opportunities as men before I was even thought about coming into this world. Many families remain together because of the work the woman puts in. However the woman never gets the acknowledgement they deserve for their commitment. The effort and devotion of the woman has always been unshakable in all cultures. However, the honor and accountability women receive from the society and men is completely unfair. Women have to struggle to get the equality inside their house and place of employment not to mention respect in the overall society as one. This causes a women to become worn out while at the same time trying to maintain their task as well as struggling for their chance of equal rights. It is known that racism and sexism are one in the same because of the unfair prejudice applied to them. Things may have changed to allow women to work next to men, however women will probably never make the same wage or have as much ability as men. No matter how much women struggle they will never give up on their chance for what’s fair.

Men and women have very different expectations and roles in the work force. In the past almost all corporations have discriminated against gender, especially women. Whether it is women not being allowed certain positions and/or promotions at a job, or women not being allowed into the field of work that they desire at all. Women have also been discriminated by being payed lower wage and made to work longer hours in unsafe and unhealthy work environments. Gender roles set expectations that are extremely incorrect. A woman is just as capable at any job that a man is and should not be discriminated against because of her gender.

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