Well, what do you know? Turns out I was quite competent after all, despite your disdain. Aren’t you curious about what I have been up to ever since I ran away? A few years ago, I had enlisted into the Union Army to fight for my country, and here I am, still alive and writing to you today. You were mistaken, seeing that regardless of my gender, I was able to successfully accomplish just as much as a man could, and possibly much more. So what if I was born a female? I am a strong and independent individual, to which you held me back when it came to fulfilling my potential and doing what I believe in doing. Not once, had my sex stopped me in the midst of making my decisions and kept me from certain opportunities, and I have been able to …show more content…
This benefitted to my advantage later when I became a Union spy. I had multiple masquerades for certain missions that were efficient and allowed me to obtain useful information that contributed to my side’s victory. Why, the number of identities I had were innumerable! Bridget O’Shea, Charles Mayberry, a contraband, a Kentucky butternut, and my personal favorite: Cuff the skinny, spunky slave. Yes, not only did I have the guts to volunteer for a role most men refused, but I went behind rebel lines and skillfully acquired everything that I would be required to get for all the missions assigned. The funny thing is, my leading officers would describe me as “the man for the job, with brains and a backbone”, when you thought the exact opposite. In a way, you weren’t wrong. I was a woman after all, but the fact that I could be thought of as a man, highly thought of in fact, practically disproves everything you had accused me of. I had achieved a lot in only 4 years, many of which I and my adopted country are proud of.
Though I am different, I, and women in general, are equal to men. In fact, after my malaria was treated, I was awarded an honorable discharge as well as a veteran’s pension of 12 dollars a month. That is not something most men are capable of, and if we’re going off of your perspective of me, then I believe I can speak for the both of us when I say, I am verily proud of what I have done. Though this isn’t a moment I’m proud of, I
Currently, I am in the process of not only becoming comfortable in my identity, a black queer woman, but, also attempting to find solace in my identity as well. Something that all women, especially black queer women, should achieve in their lifetime. It is that dream that inspires me to travel to experience other cultures and to unite with women from various cultures across the black diaspora. Throughout many cultures, women’s identities are defined by their male counterparts and the labor they provide to them. Therefore, a major goal of mine is to create a space where women are able to exist outside the scope of their relationships with men and live uninhibitedly to become their best selves. That is why I find it pertinent to travel not only
Most people, unless they choose to be an outsider, want to be considered “cool.” Whether it’s to fit in with a peer group, or clique, or to impress someone in particular, like a member of the opposite sex, or a potential mate. Or possibly to gain something from an individual for financial or social gain (see “Scamming”).
There are several different things that make up for who I am today; which is my identity. The things that I would include in my identity is my, religious beliefs, relationship status, sexuality, body image, and career identity.
Identity is what defines us as a person. Everyone one on earth has their own unique identity. To showcase my identity, I created a collage of images and descriptive words, called an identi-kit. This identi-kit shows what I feel like is my identity to myself and the others. My identi-kit identifies me as a mixed martial artist. The identi-kit has images of a deadly shark with mixed martial arts gloves on that say mixed martial arts on the front and fight shorts with the words competitor and warrior on them. It also has descriptive words like “killer instinct” and “fight” which describe my spirit. There are three assumptions that come to question when asking about one’s identity. The first is if you were born with this
I had a job, although some men seemed to be uncomfortable with the idea. Some businesses only allowed women as secretary. Now I am not sure about today, but I do know it is still rising. Now our family even though it is 2017 and women have equal rights…many don’t grasp those rights as they should. Some people don’t find the importance, but if they did not have the option I believe they would. I am old fashioned. I can and will be the first in line. I know the importance, and hope you learn. Most of our family’s females are do not work, unfortanilly they just marry and raise children…sound familiar. You now have the opportunity to grow up, finish your schooling, college, and get a great job. You can teach, discover…. run for president. You don’t have a limit to what you do. Today, we are considered equals to men in society. But even today you can find those few suborn raised individuals that never seem to grasp that concept. I don’t think they ever will. That is why it is important to always remember, so we can always prove those suborn people
Although seeming fragile and unpotential, being a women didn’t make my job any easier, I was seen as an object who never needed rest, I was seen as sex propaganda, my children were cursed, my poor children would never have an education nor a warm meal every single day. My working was never enough and my poor children would have to pay the price. Hard work and the wanting to be somebody in life usually does the trick to get you a better life, but with me that’s not the case, I will never see an Oceanside, I will never be anybody, my children will carry my curse and they will never be able to escape from it like me. People like me will never see a sunny day with a rainbow instead they will see stormy dark gloomy days that never seems to brighten up, I will only hear the laugher of the world that has been closed down for me, I will only see the laughter and the love in the air, but I will never feel it myself, that’s one cage I will always be locked up in, the key will be in my hand forever but the ability to open and free myself and everybody else around me will never be
A person’s chromosomes should not determine their worth, as a woman’s chromosomes should not determine her’s. I am a woman, yet I am treated as an object. I am human, yet I am treated as less than such. I am my own person, yet I am treated as someone else’s possession. I have a name, yet I am only referred to as “Curley’s wife”. I live in a time, where women are oppressed and objectified. Where a woman’s beauty and strength is a threat to society. A time where women who seek jobs are scorned for taking said jobs and money away from men. In a society where money is equivalent to self worth, women are actively discouraged from earning money, or establishing a stable career for themselves. In the society I live in today, women are still believed
There are many factors that shape us into who we are, and who we will become. Some of these factors we can control, while others we cannot. While we are born into many traits of our identities, much of our other behavior is learned. My identity, for example, is “based not only on responses to the question ‘Who am I?’ but also on responses to the question ‘Who am I in relation to others?’” (Allen, 2011, p. 11). My identity and the question of who I am, are both influenced by many aspects of my life, including my hometown, my family, my friends, and my beliefs and moral values.
The commonly held theories that women are inferior to men, because they lack the strength of character, mind, and body that men are attributed to having, are misleading for many reasons. To assume that men are superior in these three aspects is to assume that all men and women equally share the same strengths and weaknesses of their entire sex. To do this one must accept the fact that all
Identity is a state of mind in which someone recognizes/identifies their character traits that leads to finding out who they are and what they do and not that of someone else. In other words it's basically who you are and what you define yourself as being. The theme of identity is often expressed in books/novels or basically any other piece of literature so that the reader can intrigue themselves and relate to the characters and their emotions. It's useful in helping readers understand that a person's state of mind is full of arduous thoughts about who they are and what they want to be. People can try to modify their identity as much as they want but that can never change. The theme of identity is a very strenuous topic to understand
My identity is something that that no one can take away from me. As I am still growing and learning, I can say that I have found many things that appeal to me. My interests will help define my personality and express myself in ways that I can’t express through words. I enjoy finding new things to do and doing my best in aiming towards my goals. I have many goals, but I know that I can only accomplish them through patience and perseverance.
Throughout our nation’s history we’ve been neglecting the fact that inequality isn’t only affecting those of different colored skin, but also those who’ve been born with different genders. Men and women of the united states have always had a struggle to reach equality, women especially. Women have had their fair share of needing to overcome trials and tribulations when it comes to being as “good” as men were viewed during their time. Women had to advocate themselves many times over and over again, that is until World War I, during this era women had been giving a new task in society, Tasks that would allow those women to work alongside with men, this new system gave factory jobs for women and also jobs in
My mother is a 42 year old woman who hasn't worked in over 15 years due to a disability. However, before her disability my mom was a nurse. When I asked her if she felt discriminated against as a women she immediately went to a memory she had in her nursing days of a male nurse receiving more respect and praise that any of the other female nurses. She discussed this further on how in actuality this male nurse wasn’t up to par with the other nurses and, in her perspective, only received praise because of his gender. I moved the conversation to the time my mom spend fishing or hunting. Throughout the entire interview my mother kept going back to the idea that men are more respectful in the South. Southern men are will to give her bait among other things, if she asks. She mentioned that sometimes men will take over for her when she is fishing- she said this was a respect thing. When i asked my mother whether or not she felt she would have more opportunities in life as a man she said no. She believed she had been presented with the same opportunities as
To be an American is to have traits of freedom the thing that the founding fathers counted on is to have the will to speak freely and to have the will of religion in the constitution it say that every citizen should have life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This impacts and brings everyone from different places to help create a society that is free. The founding fathers also counted for the people to speak for what is right. The reason is because this helps out on what the people want instead of the government wants this goes to show that the people matter and that is what makes a person happy and also makes a person feel like they have the pursuit to be happy.
I felt outraged and indignity. Society has determined to devalue the abilities of women, to prevent their successes from occurring. My existence as a women does not make my abilities incompetence, it does not prevent my possible accomplishments. I will never allow ascribed statuses define my potential. Though cultural beliefs may devalue and demean parts of my existence, I will not allow such monstrosities define who I am as a person and what I have potential