How Does A Woman's Job Completely Dehumanize

In Ken Kesey’s novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, patient Chief Bromden observes the matriarchy dictated by Nurse Ratched and the conflict that occurs due to Randle McMurphy’s arrival at the mental institution. The author uses fog in many analogies created regarding Bromden’s sense of clarity. Kesey employs the fog as a motif throughout the novel to emphasize the relationship between reality and delusion in the hospital, and to provide insight into Chief Bromden’s disposition.

In the next six lines the speaker changes it up some, it seems like her frusturation is increasing. The speaker tells the readers to “Press my fingers and in my eyes appear credit and debit.”(11) I am not sure I understand what this part means, it seems to be comparing her to a cash register, but I don’t think I understand that if she is a secretary. The next line is composed of sounds again “Zing. Tinkle.”(15) This again could be sounds that she repeatedly hears over and over in her head. The next line the speaker says “My navel is a reject button.”(15) This can mean that in her job she constantly has to reject people, and or be rejected. This might be backed up by “From my mouth issue canceled reams.”(16) My interpretation of this sentence is that, she is repeatedly saying issue canceled. I don’t seem to have a good grasp on what these few sentences mean.

Prejudice exists as a constant element in society, constantly influencing decisions and altering perspectives of individuals. It serves as a barrier toward equality and ultimately misshapes any sort of balance in a situation. This discrimination towards individuals is especially evident in the work force. Particularly for workers of lower classes or minorities, there is a very overt prejudice toward these individuals because of their differences. It is often believed that because they are of a minority group, they are inferior and less capable than those of a more prominent race.

The story comes from Kesey’s own experiences working on the Graveyard shift as an orderly at a Mental Institution, where he witnessed the Bureaucratic workings of the Institution and looks at the struggle for Power and Control

In “Jorge a Church Janitor Finally Quits,” by Martin Espada and “Secretary Chant,” by Marge Piercy both characters feel unappreciated. In Espada’s poem Jorge is a church janitor from Honduras who begins to feel worthless. Though he is strong minded, he faces degrading aspects of his job. Similar to this, Piercy’s poem describes a secretary who is trapped within her specific responsibilities. Both characters discover the dehumanizing qualities of their careers.

In “Secretary Chant,” the speaker loses her sense of self-worth, recollecting, “I wonce / was / a woman” (23-25). She figuratively loses her womanhood as a result of her objectification in her job. By representing only the set of tasks she performs, the speaker’s job reduces her to an office appliance like a printer. While others use her, they do not value her personality. Likewise, the speaker in “Jorge the Church Janitor Finally Quits” lacks a sense of recognition.

The artists depicts these women as hunched over, with heads mostly bowed over their work, but the faces that Leslie does depict wear a vacant or tired look. The closest woman to the viewer is the individual who is being yelled at by her supervisor. She stares vacantly into space, as if this is an everyday occurrence, while the man in charge shakes his fist at her. One can assume that he is yelling based upon his expression. His face is pinched as if in outrage, and the addition of a raised fist leads the viewer to believe that he is yelling out of anger. This visual depiction coupled with the raggedy appearance of the women’s clothes, and the plainness of the room they’re in leads me to believe that this is not a happy place to work. Additionally, the only visible light source for the room is two small windows that the artist has drawn in the background. This only further adds to the depressing atmosphere that Leslie has depicted to his

Mar uses imagery to compare the factory workers to the setting. She is showing how the women work, but also showing how the women are one with the machine. She states, “Ten rows of women hunch over machines, / their knees pressing against pedals / and hands pushing the shiny fabric thick as tongues / through metal and thread” (lines 3-6). Mar provides the imagery of the women working to show they are all one unit and they resemble the machines they are operating. Mar not only describes the women as a whole, but also gives details of the specific women working. She declares, “Her hair is coarse and wiry, black as burnt scrub. / She wears glasses to shield her intense eyes” (8-10). The words coarse and wiry are meant to provide the mental picture of an actual sewing machine rather than the woman working. Mar wants to provide a mental image of the workers working.

At first glance the treatment of women in an Igbo marriage is appalling, the woman may be beat if she is out of line, she raises the children, does the housework and even some farm work without hesitation. For the Igbo clan, a marriage is the union between a man and as many women as he desires and can afford to buy. A marriage is done for the purpose of having numerous children and love between man and wife is not even a requirement. The wife is given the option to leave if she is unhappy and despite the fact that the choice to leave or to stay seems obvious, the pros seem to outweigh the cons for an Igbo woman.

A women's role has changed tremendously and is making its greatest impact in our society today. Many years ago, women's contribution to society was limited and controlled by men. Women are standing tall and are playing a major role in many important areas. Women's role has changed at an accelerating rate and have part in areas such as Politics, Professional Training Jobs, Medicine,Business and Law. Formerly they were not part of any political matter, but they have advanced in many aspects. For example, women have attained power and have been growing in political office.

In Marge Piercy’s “The Secretary Chant”, the author uses images and sound to both dehumanize and mechanize the female speaker, while John Updike uses imagery and sounds to make the “Player Piano” come to life. Piercy uses images of the speaker, connected with various office equipment to give a vision to the reader of a woman living her life through the office equipment that is part of her very being. Piercy uses personification in reverse and other metaphors, such as metonymy, and paradox, to give an actual picture of the office machines actually performing their functions. And also through the operation of the office equipment attached to the speaker showing her only purpose in life. Sounds are

The portrayal of personality traits puts women into one category which is composed of weakness and men into another category containing positive traits like independence, it seems to be overgeneralized. Virtually not all women are naive and powerless, and likewise, some men under certain circumstances may not be so courageous. However, from the disney movies, the strong correlation between women and weakness undermines any exception that women can take the initiative to fight for their interests. In a way, patriarchy is precisely embedded in the overgeneralization of masculine and feminine characteristics, which cannot be easily changed within the male-dominated society.

Sexism is defined as the discrimination or hatred against people based on their gender rather than who they are as an individual. This has been going on all throughout history, even as far back as the Bible, with Adam and Eve. Eve’s role was to be considered that of a servant rather than a human being. And it continues into modern day. Girls cannot play certain sports at school because of their gender. This type of behavior isn’t just found in day to day life, but in the media we as humans have created. Commercials, movies, advertisements, and even video games contain a lot of sexism in them. Why is this needed?

Her lack of response to the clerks advances along with her depiction as “hardly aware of her departed lover” (250) reveal how sex is not associated with love in her mind. Perhaps most importantly, the action shown in the phrase “smoothes her hair with automatic hand” (255) epitomizes this detached and passionless sexual encounter. With this automatic hand we know that this encounter is not anomalous, but routine--as everything in the typist’s life has become mechanized. The degrading effect of this mechanization is the loss of meaning in life which has extended from her job as a typist to her relationship with a lover. No thought is put into these actions, just as no thought is put into a meaningful connection between the two.

Dehumanization is easily explained through sexism. Sexism is quite common in places like India, Pakistan and Somalia. There are millions of girls who have lack proper education. There are around 774 million girls in the world who did not complete primary school. In India, for example, girls who belong from a rural area get married during their teenage years to a much older man. It is a common belief in these areas that such a girl must not be given any education; she is meant to give birth to a son who will eventually put food on the table. The job of this girl is to give birth to a baby. She is, put simply, a baby factory. Later on, the girl becomes a housewife and is barred from her education further. Plato believed that women must be given the same social roles as men in his ideal world. His ideas were based upon the view that women and men have the same nature in respect to acting as guardians of the state, except that one is weaker while the other is stronger. Plato did not believe that there were any such differences between males and females, but stated that the relative differences - which he had previously made out to be equal - would prevent women being in any way equal to men. He points out, for example, that women have an inferior virtue to that of men, and that it is necessary for women to listen to different music. Music was inspirational for men, especially in battle, yet it was more likely for women to listen to emotional music because they were emotionally