Feminism Vs Feminism

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After the movement, schools and colleges no longer saw blacks as a threat and allowed them to attend their school. There were many black politicians elected to offices. However, racism wasn’t resolved to its full extent. Segregation may have ended, but racism kept the nation from exceeding. Black citizens still didn’t have the power that white citizens had in terms of employment. White citizens tended to have better jobs and workplace whereas majority of black citizens lived in poverty. The American Civil Rights Movement set the precedent to numerous other movements to

Feminism is known for the advocacy of equal rights towards all sexes, however, today society still experiences many inequalities and stereotypes between men and women. (Kelly) From a young age, boys are dressed in blue, given toy cars to play with, and help with the yard work, meanwhile, girls are dressed in pink, play with dolls and help cook and clean. These gender rolls are assigned from a very young age, and children are taught that girls are submissive while boys are assertive. Society has categorized where the man stands in a household and the work place versus a woman, causing unequal opportunities between both sexes. Women are also highly sexualized throughout the media, making women think they need to act, dress, and look a particular way to be accepted into todays society. There is a constant battle between equality of men and

Liberal feminists are not so concerned with justice, or true equality, however. Although they encourage women to challenge a male dominated society for acceptance as an equal, they do not believe that everyone possesses equal ability or an equal right to societal resources (Freidman et al., 20111, p. 5), ergo ‘justice’. Equality for liberal feminists means equal opportunity to work for what they want - to compete with men on equal terms in both professional and political arenas (Freidman et al., 20111, p. 6). As far as equality in the social arena, liberal feminists are not generally concerned with traditional gender stereotypes and sexism within present society (Freidman et al., 20111, p. 6).

Although written in 1913, O Pioneers! contained many feminist ideas for that time period. In the novel, Alexandra symbolised feminism. “O Pioneers! was her literary breakthrough: in it she returned to the Nebraska cornfields of her childhood and invented a character new to American fiction, a strong, creative woman who is not rebuked for her independent-mindedness.” (O’Brien 1) She was a model for other women in the early 1900s, and she proved that a woman does not need men to become successful. Alexandra was not married for the majority of her life, she ran a farm completely on her own, and she made independent decisions. These characteristics made her a strong and independent woman.

Feminism has been a major topic of controversy over the last decade. It not only discusses the equality of women, but the equality of all. This includes, but is not limited to, of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community, people of different races, and different ethnicities. In the last century, there has been a war on inequality. All people were created free and equal and our country, and even the world, should uphold these basic human rights. However, today this is not about white feminism or feminism in general, but of feminists of color and how they feel either unrepresented or underrepresented by White Liberal Feminism.

The social order of civilization advanced tremendously during the past few decades and the oppression of many minority groups ended. The restrictions placed on women, due to societal beliefs and values, in the past appears unconceivable to women nowadays. Nonetheless, the freedoms, many women take for granted, established by the tears, sweat, and blood of feminists who fought judicially and some physically to establish a better equality for all. Children read of these injustices and the marches organized to establish a deliverance for women to receive constitutional rights, such as, to vote, work, and reproduce when they choose. Of course, people continue to argue that feminism developed from a group of angry women who just wanted to stir up trouble. This form of immature, uneducated, and prejudice thinking turned out to be the antagonist of the feminist movement. Still, many people, including me, shied away from feminism to avoid the stigma associated to it. However, the reality remains unchanged for many victims of abuse and oppression while people stand idly by not willing to help another achieve the same rights someone once fought for them to have. Oppression comes in many forms and often, the victims are defenseless. In the event of the discriminated against others, I choose to believe, there would be no hesitation to my helping others achieve their personal constitutional rights. Feminist seek out the hopeless, helpless victims with the intention of legally helping

Feminism has brainwashed the general public into thinking that it is a positive concept; that empowering women to be independent and working to please themselves rather their husbands should be normalized. Feminism insists that women are equal to men when clearly males are the superior gender. However this is the complete opposite of what Feminism stands for, even Pat Robertson, Chairman of the Christian Broadcasting Network has said, “...Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.”

I think civil rights have made a lot of progress to this day. During the civil rights time period during the 1960s it was hard for any white or black person to do anything together. Now days if you were to pass by a school for example you would see all kinds of people together black or white or any other ethnicity. That is what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. envisioned was that for example was that if I love to dance and wanted to be on the dance team that I can be on the dance team along with anyone else who wants to try out. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. also goes on to state, “The time is always right to do the right thing” (Civil Rights). I think what this means is that it is always good to be a decent human being. Such as the bible states in Galatians 6:9 “And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up” (Crier). I think both of these quotes are important and tie together. It reminds us that doing the right thing is not a one-time thing but a long-term event. Doing the right thing would be as the

Despite it being 2017, there are still a lot of anti-feminists and non-feminists in our society. Anti-feminism refers to people who do not believe in feminism, while non-feminists are people who have many of the same ideas as feminists, but do not say they are a feminist. Many of these people have the idea that feminism is only for women. Some anti-feminists think that there is no need for it anymore because they believe that both genders are completely equal. A main reason people are non-feminists is because it has a negative stereotype within our society, it is thought of as women burning their bras on the street and not shaving their armpits. But the real definition of what feminism is helps to counter these misconceptions. The basis of the definition of feminism comes from the idea that women and men should be equal, but there is more to it than just that. As hooks says, “feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression” (hooks xii). This definition explains that feminism is fighting not just for women but for men, and to end the oppression of everyone. This is the definition that should be spread to everyone to show that feminism is not just for women, it is for equal rights of everyone. Feminism is for everyone because it works to end stereotypes of both genders, support reproductive rights, and end stereotypes from the media.

Throughout history government and politics has been a patriarchal system; controlled by men. In recent years this system has been challenged as women have recently been gaining traction in the political world, after a past of zero tolerance of women in politics there is still a major issue with the number of women in the political realm. Women are underrepresented in politics and government because although men in politics like to fight for equal rights for women, in reality they are hesitant to follow through at the cost of losing their own foothold in the political world.

As civil rights activist Barbara Ehrenreich once said, “The Civil Rights Movement, it wasn't just a couple of, you know, superstars like Martin Luther King. It was thousands and thousands - millions, I should say - of people taking risks, becoming leaders in their community.” The civil rights movement was composed of a multitude of separate hearts and minds, not just a few people. Although the civil rights movement had some difficulties, it was an overall success because the U.S.was fully desegregated.

Human beings are not equal. No matter how hard we have fought we still need to fight and there will always be someone standing in the way of equality. Feminist have been fighting for decades for equality. Although feminists have been fighting for equality it is important to note that with its own ranks feminists have always had their fair share of discrimination and ignorance. Discrimination and using it to get ahead in things like politics is very common surprisingly. Like the dark secrets of Columbus that have remained hidden for centuries but now have had some light shed on them, we will shed a light on the dark side of feminism and discrimination.

Racial and ethnic inequalities loom large in American society. People of color face structural barriers when it comes to securing quality housing, healthcare, employment, and education. Racial disparities also permeate the criminal justice system in the United States and undermine its effectiveness. Minorities such as the Black and Latino communities have been disenfranchised from privileges that not only have been preserved and upheld for the White community, but have gone as far as being characterized as outcasts in the United States’ economic and political arena. The impoverished today is not only poor, but most of them are also members of the minority races. Minorities are not only racially alienated, but as well as economically from the mainstream. Ethnic and racial minorities have been affected by this concept of Socioeconomic Status that not only encompasses income, but also educational attainment, financial security and subjective perceptions of a social status and social class. The relationship between SES (socioeconomic status), race and ethnicity are concepts that are intimately intertwined and often times segregate members of the minority community. With no real voice amongst minority communities, influential individuals from the Black and Latino communities such as Malcolm X and Cesar Chavez created racially charged movements amongst their own communities that enabled minorities to educate themselves upon the socioeconomic inequities and to increase efforts to

To see women fight for something they believe in has always been admirable. Fighting their way to vote and fighting their way for equality. Feminism, a controversial topic that both men and women have trouble in agreeing on whether or not that society should accept the ideals of feminism. Many see feminism as a form of evil while others see it as a movement of women who simply want to be treated equally as men. For as long I can remember people given feminism a bad reputation because of extremists, but feminism, is more than what others assume it to be based on the bad connotations, the difference between sexism and feminism how they are portrayed, and finally the role that gender plays in with society.