Essay On Girls In America

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.

     Throughout United States history oppression of people has always been prominent, whether through African American’s and segregation or Asian American’s during the Vietnam War. What is often ignored is our history of the oppression of women. No matter what time in history, there is always a case to be found of the discrimination over gender. Many people know of how African American’s came into freedom and the long perilous road it took, but few know the struggles, changes and hardships that women have perceived to get where they are today. As the civil war halted and industrialization and urbanization came into play, the role of women changed dramatically and their status

“Feminism is the radical notion that women are human beings.” (Kramarae 1). As a citizen of America that is Hispanic the idea that men belong in superior roles in workplaces and homes while women do the “simpler” jobs was taught and should be addressed by politicians. For generations, men have been seen as superior to women, to the point where women lose their basic human rights. Women are seen as weak and incapable of doing anything for themselves. However, women have the ability to be independent. While some American and Hispanic people believe women are treated equally and feminism is an excuse for women to “rebel” because they have not experienced discrimination based on their gender, there are some American and Hispanic people, mostly

“We have to evacuate the town immediately!” shouted the mayor. Everyone suddenly went quiet, all eyes on the mayor. Then suddenly there was a loud BANG! And the sound of glass shattering made everyone turn and look towards the door. Then we realized what was happening. The deadly zombies had made it to Leedey and were now invading the building! I grabbed my three closest friends and we all looked at each other frantically with no idea what to do. I noticed an air vent just about big enough for me to fit in it. We all climbed in the small, dingy, vent and crawled around until we found an opening going to the outside of the building. After we checked to make sure the coast was clear, we crawled out and tried not to panic while trying to figure out what to do next. We spotted some four wheelers parked on the side of the building and all quickly jumped on one. The first thing we decided to do is to go get our sisters, who were at the school. We arrived at the school and the zombies hadn’t

When turning on the TV, a car commercial appears with men justifying driving an expensive and powerful sports car by complaining about what females in their lives require. Though women slowly gain economic power, the media never represents them as leaders thus reflecting American culture’s view of women. Sexism prevails in American culture and workforce, teaching sexism while denying its presence. Americans must shift their culture to impede sexism because it oppresses women.

Throughout the history of the U.S., women have had two major social roles that were defined by gender. Women had two major roles, the first is being a moral compass for society. Women were seen to be virtuous and pure to the point that the idea of a woman stepping on the “wrong path” was horrible and made that particular woman worthless in the eyes of society and more importantly made her feel worthless to society. An example of this is seen with Helen Jewitt, Helen was tricked into sleeping with a man when she thought the love of her life was dead. After she slept with the man she felt terrible and was left stranded, she made her way to New York where she became a prostitute. In one of her letters to her parents, Helen writes of how ashamed she is and what a disgrace she is to her parents and that she can never go home because she would be the talk of the town. Helen is a prime example of how women that “failed” to live up to the rigid morals of society felt and how they were perceived by others. Women as keepers of morals can be seen in the American Female Moral Reform Society Warns Mothers About the “Solitary Vice,” 1839. Just the title of the document and the name of the activist group shows how much women were seen as the keepers

For decades, history tells us a lot about sexism: women are deemed to be inferior to men. Since the 20th century, many women and feminist groups have protested to gain equal rights; these groups claim that—to a great extent—discrimination against women still exists in today’s society. But is this really true? Are women still heavily discriminated in the United States? Logic says otherwise—sexism might still be present today but it’s certainly not as bad as people claim it to be. The issue is much smaller than how feminists portray it.

The role of women in society in the United States has undergone dramatic changes over the past several decades. For instance, an increasing number of women have taken on new responsibilities besides the traditional ones at home and taken up paying work. Besides making up a lot more of the work force than before, more women are also taking up leadership roles and have also made great progress on health issues affecting women. While World War II and the feminist revolution of the Sixties did a lot to redefine gender roles in American society, equality has not yet been fully realized for women in America.

They saw a creature in the window. They went closer. Paige got scared but falisha took her in the house. The door slamed shut. The breeze scared daphnee. The creature was saying wierd things and slammed a chair in jashise. She cried from the stinging pain from the chair. The girls wanted and tried to get out, but they couldn’t. The door was locked shut.

Since 1986, young girl’s have been inspired by American Girl. Through the years not only have they entertained young girls but also share inspiring tale from America’s past. From tale’s about slavery, war and racism, American Girl craves to draw the attention from young girls. It gives young girls a point of view of girls their age earlier in history. American Girl wants young girls to learn that unique is rememberable. American Girl wants to portray that you can be/do anything, even if that thing has never been done before.

From Roman matron Libertas to Lady Liberty, there seems to be a normalization of femininity regarding the iconography used to represent freedom. When we think of liberty, we tend to think of ‘her’ as a ‘she.’ Her torch of freedom is seen on flags, Seals, and most prominently on Liberty Island, standing at 350 feet tall all around the United States. The first emergence of Lady liberty in the United States was during the colonial era, leading up to the American Revolution, where the meanings of femininity are negotiated through the images and narratives of women’s bodies published to the public. America is often pictured as a woman that is virtuous, scared and needs to be protected. When America is abused, she is used as a call to revenge her

“A few feet from her locker, Laurie froze. There on her locker door, the word “enemy” was painted in red letters. Suddenly the loudest noise in the corridor was the quick, insistent beating of her own heart. Calm down, she told herself. Someone is just trying to scare you. She tried to get control of herself and started to do the combination of her lock. But she stopped in mid turn. Had she

Throughout this paper I will be discussing the role of women in the American society. I will reference the importance of gender and gender inequality. The definition of gender aims to clarify for of all the historical framework of the topic, the role of women in the American society. The paper will lead from the role women were given around World War II and then transition into the role women can now choose in the American society today. Addition to the role of women I will also discuss the differences of how the genders are treated in the same places, for example work place. Men and women are culturally molded when referring to gender in the American society. The gender roles play a lead part into how the model family, education, and liberty are. The reason I chose to write about this topic is due to my strong belief that although I don’t agree with the characteristics society gave to gender, I do believe in gender equality.

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While waiting at the front door, I constantly observed my surroundings. A sense of nervousness came over my body as I began to look at the capacity of people standing outside waiting. That’s when I noticed two groups of people having a confrontation right behind my group of friends. The conversation quickly escalated as one of the members of the group swings a punch at another member of the other group. The brawl was on; in a blink of an eye, both groups were on the ground tumbling and throwing punches. People were running towards the fight for some odd reason; instead, me and the girls ran towards the door of the building. “Something bad is about to happen,” I stated as I looked over to my cousin’s best friend. Apparently I had spoken too soon. As I watched one of the members of the fight get up from the ground and reach into his pocket, I knew what was coming next. Fear immediately took over my body. Pow! Pow! Shots were fired. Crowds of people were frantically running in every direction. I began to bang on the door of the building in terror. Thankfully, someone inside the party heard the gunshots, and ran to open the door for us. Everyone stampeded into the lobby of Sartain Hall like a herd of animals. I looked over to my right, in hopes that at least my cousin had made it inside the building. She was nowhere to be found. I desperately began to search for my cousin amongst the crowd of flustered people. “Tia! I’m right here!”