Gender Inequality : The People With Two Chocolates

speaks exclusively about the different “waves” of feminism. The first and second wave are often coupled with the abolition of slavery and the civil rights movement respectively. This is so because many women were petitioning for these things and then realizing that they themselves do not have these simple freedoms. This thinking sparked the women’s movement. The first wave had one ultimate goal of attaining citizenship for women, most importantly the right to vote, which was achieved in August of 1920. The Second wave valued the equality of men and women. The Third wave was about bring feminism everywhere one went instead of mass movements. The fourth wave, which we are in right now, has become much more modernized with the creation of social media, which helps the word spread faster leading to change

There are hundreds and thousands of athletes all around the world but the main problem in the athlete world is gender inequality, women are not shown equal as men. They are discriminated in many ways such as pay, employment opportunities, value of women 's sport, media coverage etc. Despite the federal law passed called Title IX that “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination." there is still gender inequality women are considered less than men. No matter what happens people will always have inequality against men and women because of the environment they live in and how they were raised. Women are

In her story, “Old Woman Magoun” she delivered a feminist message more directly than ever. It’s based in turn-of-the-century New England, patriarchy still defined relationships even though the men themselves had degenerated. The story reflects the realities of Freeman’s own life, as her father’s business failed and her mother became the support of the family. However, Freeman’s life was not unique; rural New England is

The lack of male presence symbolizes their disdain in the women’s lives. As portrayed in the book, the protagonist and other major characters are all females, suggesting self-sufficiency. The author writes about the women being left by their husbands, but moves on, depicting male triviality. The female characters also develop their independence when they rely on each other during difficult times.

Having moved far from the misery of conventional archetypal women of long back, they think that its hard to stay as housewives. They soon find that their endeavors to accommodate themselves to homemaking just add to their sufferings. When they find that surrendering professional roles does not make them in at any rate happy at home, the female heroines look to escape from their domestic duties too. Giving up their roles as wives and mothers, they swing back to their parent's' homes. The parental homes get to be havens for their fretful souls. There they start their quest for knowledge and for an answer for their private hardships.

The narrow futures of adult women shown in the novel are one way the author portrays female plight. The limitations characters face indicate the constructs of their unforgiving patriarchal environment. Adult women share the feeling of being trapped in their own marriages. The author represents isolation from the outside world in a metaphorical sense as, “waiting by the window” (Cisneros 11). Rafaela, a woman with an extremely controlling husband, illustrates how women in the novel are

Feminists have fought for equality between men and women. They have raised awareness for all those women being degraded not only by society but by their families because everyone believes that it is the right thing to do, they did not know any other way and it took strong, independent women to open the eyes of society. Authors such as Kate Chopin and Charlotte Perkins Gilman communicated the struggle women went through and the agony they had to live with knowing that they were no one to society but a birth giver and a person to keep a man company and make him look good to society. The authors protagonists have rebelled and challenged the roles given to them in hopes to free themselves from the chains no one realized were there. Those chains were influenced by many things, but the most significant one being the social status men had to hold and the importance of caring what people had to say. Men had to ‘form’ their wives into women acceptable for society. This lead to women violating social laws and breaking everything they were ever told to do. In the end women till this day fight for equality in hopes to one day end patriarchy as a

On March 22nd, 1972, America finally passed the 19th Amendment which equalized women in the United States. In 1974, The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier was published, while women continued fighting against the sexual discrimination that was happening within our country. NOW (National Organization for Women) was in full effect striving to protect women's rights as they are today. This novel not only contributed against the women's rights movement, in some opinions, it also almost excludes women all together. In The Chocolate War, an immense undertone of sexism exists as no definite feminine roles are prominent; the women featured in the novel are sexualized, the boys are barbaric and irrational, and the death of Jerry’s mother is trivialized.

We’re not the madwomen in the attic ,they get lots of play, one way or another ,We’re the quiet woman at the end of the third-floor hallway, whose trash is always tidy, who smiles brightly in the stairwell with a cheerful greeting, and who, from behind closed doors, never makes a sound. In our lives of quiet desperation, the woman upstairs

For example the character Lily although married to Marshall, which is supposed to be a relationship built on equality, she is nothing but a sidekick who is irresponsible and an airhead when she spends more money than she has. Based on Marshall’s point of view, this is what causes their terrible credit ranking. It shows that compared to men women are not responsible with money and would prefer to buy needless items without a budget. Female character Lily, left to San Francisco because it was a dream of hers. Once she analyzed her actions she notices it was wrong for her to have goals without including her husban. She then begins to feel guilty and begins to understand what it takes to be a wife. The event expresses the message that the proper place for a woman in this modern time is no other than next to a man.

In the story “Miss Brill” written by Kathrine Mansfield demonstrated to me that many women are capable of being independent. There are many women out there that start living on their own and gradually learn life survival. Ms. Brill is a lonely, elderly woman who is caught within her fantasy that the world is a play, but is soon thrusted back into the harsh realm of reality. Ms. Brill has a constant regime that she abides by as she gets up every Sunday morning to go to the park and observe conversations. She is motivated to go to the park since it makes her feel as if she is able to fulfill her fantasy. This whirlwind of a vision leads Ms. Brill to believe that "the world is a stage" and everyone is an actor within it. Before she would leave

Gender inequality is a social problem that is widespread in society. It is referred to as the unfair treatment of individuals based on one 's gender. Historically, laws have opposed women to go to school, access certain jobs, and purchase property. Gender inequality has been experience through culture – honor-killing, sex-selective abortion, and society – occupation, gender roles, and education. The social expectations of men and women differ between cultures that are constructed socially and culturally. These expectations are displayed in roles, and behavior believed both by men and women and their interdependent relationships. Gender inequality can be further understood through the structure of sexism. Discrimination takes place in gender inequality for the reason that men and women are treated on the basis of gender alone (Amjad, R., Ashfaq, M., Kousar, R., Saghir, A., 2010).

Specific Purpose: To inform the audience that meaning of feminism is not that women are above men, it is instead the advancement for equality of women.

Social status and structures have definitely shaped the construction and experience of gender inequality. Men and women are constantly analyzed, compared, and grouped together in society. The result of this yields discrepancies in how sexes are viewed by society. Throughout my examination and explanation of gender inequality, I concluded both men and women are victims to gender inequality.

All characters in the novel are living in a man’s world; nevertheless, the author has tried to change this world by the help of her characters. She shows a myriad of opportunities and different paths of life that woman can take, and more importantly she does not show a perfect world, where women get everything they want, she shows a world where woman do make mistakes, but at the same time they are the ones that pay for these mistakes and correct them.