Oppression Marilyn Marye Analysis

Ever since Harvey Weinstein 's extensive history of sexual harassment and sexual abuse finally came to light thanks to some very brave women, Hollywood has been in an uproar. The problem with this, besides the obvious violent and disturbing acts that have occurred, is this is not at all surprising. Do you remember when Bill Cosby was exposed and accused of drugging and raping over 50 women? What about when Roman Polanski drugged and raped an underage girl in the 1970 's, fled to Europe, but still got to make movies that won Academy Awards.

Sexual assault is a major factor in the oppression of women. Take Hollywood, for example. Harvey Weinstein has only recently come under fire for his repeatedly assaulting women throughout his years working as a film producer. Weinstein would lure women into his hotel room or office under the guise of discussing movies and then attempt to assault them. To prevent women from exposing him, he threatened to blacklist anyone if they ever said anything. His victims included Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie, whom Weinstein assaulted when they were young

The Miss Representation documentary film by Jennifer Newsom explores how media contributes to the under-representation of women in influential positions. This message is portrayed by delivering content through media and technology as well as advertising partial and/or often degrading interpretations of women. The consequences are becoming more and more dreadful. In today’s world, composed of a million stations, people will tend to do more and more shocking things to break through the crowds. They resort to violent, sexually offensive, or demeaning images. Jean Kilbourne, EdD, filmmaker, Killing Us Softly Author and Senior Scholar Wellesley Center’s for Women states, that “it creates a climate in which

The issue of female representation in Hollywood is one of the biggest issues in the film industry. Sexism, discrimination, and a lack of jobs for female filmmakers has been a problem in Hollywood since its early days, and recently this problem has been analyzed using many different genres. The Women of Hollywood Speak Out is an editorial written by Maureen Dowd of the New York Times. It is about difficulty for female filmmakers to break out and direct big budget films for Hollywood. Celluloid Ceilings: Women Directors Speak Out is a video created by Bloomberg about the issues with sexism and discrimination that female filmmakers have faced. These two pieces will be compared to discover how this topic can be discussed using different genres

Throughout history, many have been oppressed because of their race, religion and gender, resulting in the loss of their rights and freedom. Despite the fact that freedom is an inherent right of any human being, many examples have proven rebellious acts are required to obtain said rights. Although human rights have evolved over the years, humans still fail to learn from their mistakes, resulting in history repeating itself. Through storytelling and novels, people show depictions of history to honour those who have died and to educate younger generations to prevent unfortunate events from occurring again. In this same vein, Lawrence Hill and Alice Walker display oppression through abuse, structural inequality and gender stereotypes. Although the novels, The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill and The Colour Purple by Alice Walker were written in different time periods and revolved around different cultural influences, each demonstrates the theme of oppression throughout various events.

Biologically I feel Sally was born into oppression. Oppression is institutionalized power that is historically formed and propagated after some time. It permits certain "gatherings" of individuals to expect an overwhelming position over 'other bunches' and this predominance is kept up and proceeded at an institutional level. Oppression causes mistreatment and incorporated with organizations like government and instruction frameworks. It gives power and positions of predominance to certain groups over others. There are many types of oppression and there is a degree and systemic nature of oppression.

Evelyn Alsultany takes a different approach to the oppression of Muslim women that the U.S. portrayed in the media to fuel the War on Terror and analyses that the U.S. portrayed Islam as backwards and an uncivilized culture. Alsultany analyzes published stories and news shows on CNN, NBC, CBS, and Fox after the 9/11 attacks and concludes that these news stations used women’s oppression and linked it with terrorist attacks because they conveyed that Muslim men hated the West’s cultural ideals of women being free and wanted to impose Islam on the West. The media portrays women’s veiled oppression, female genital mutilation, honour killings, and women being beaten as they did not dress properly as the nature of Islam’s backwardness and

Women have won small victories, but other battles are still being fought. With our current culture one cannot help but notice that many women displayed in ads, music videos, movies, fashion have been degraded and turned into a mere sexual object. I decided to read on both articles by author Bob Herbert because it discusses the crimes that to this day still affect women. The author makes incredible points that I can agree on. One of the many topics that I agree on is when the author stated, “The disrespectful, degrading, contemptuous treatment of women is so pervasive and so mainstream that it has just about lost its ability to shock”. (Herbert, Why Aren't We Shocked?, 2006). I agree on this because with the current “rape culture” as it’s known, many rape victims especially on college campuses that have suffered injustice because their rapists have not been stopped. Rape is not shocking anymore because our standards of women have been over sexualized, and we don’t stop and think that rape is a serious crime and the horrendous effects it has on a victim. When I see a new music video there is always a deep sexual meaning to it or there is a degrading message towards or about women. We have become so accustomed to this that we no longer view this as something wrong, but as the norm of society. Human trafficking happens every single day and there are many victims that are sold to prostitution, but yet the media does not focus on the atrocities faced by women every single day, but rather glorify the “pimps” through scandalous song lyrics. Another statement by the author is, “Now Mr. Solid Citizen can come home, log on to this $7 billion mega-industry and get his kicks watching real women being beaten and sexually assaulted on Web sites with names like “Ravished Bride” and “Rough Sex – Where Whores Get Owned.” (Herbert, Why

Without family I would not be who I am today. My mother was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and my father was born in Les Cayes, Haiti. My parents came to the United States in the late 1970s, settled in New York and had five daughters. I often looked up to my parents and two older siblings for advice and guidance. The primary language my family spoke was creole. My father was very strict, and my mom did the majority of the cooking and the cleaning until my sisters and I got old enough to help out. School and religion has always been the main focus in my household. My family spent the majority of our free time participating in church functions and also attending church worship service every Saturday.

In the last few weeks, there has been a firestorm of women in Hollywood speaking out against a famed movie producer and executive. The women who have come forward have done so after

The victim, Josie, in the film, faced rape, intimate partner violence, and sexual harassment encounters. Incidentally, one of the major focuses of the film concerned sexual harassment, but I would be remiss if I did not give equal time to the horrendous acts of violence experienced by the victim. The rape experienced was forcible and statutory in nature, and is a recognized social problem, but the shaming by her parent, brought the rape back to a personal problem. Then the intimate partner violence led to a similar response that somehow the victim caused the assault by her actions. Sexual harassment in the work place is the focus of the social problem which will be primarily focused on, specifically jobs that are dominated by men, is

The aim of this essay is to address the problem of inequality and oppression through three separate texts, The Second Sex, The Death of the Profane and Killing Rage. The Second Sex focuses on the woman and her role compared to man. The Death of the Profane and Killing Rage are both texts that describe experiences about the constant racism felt by blacks. To thoroughly examine these texts and how they are related to oppression and inequality it is important to first define what each mean. Oppression and inequality each have different definitions but they go hand in hand. Oppression is the state of being subject to prolonged unjust treatment. While inequality is defined as lacking equality, equality is the state of being equal especially in status,

Women should never be forced to face sexual harassment for fear of losing their jobs. The shocking fact of the entire situation is how well-known this secret was in Hollywood. And it begs the question: how do you separate art from the artist? Harvey Weinstein has produced some of the most extraordinary films of all time, but that doesn’t excuse his actions. Reports of sexual harassment allegations against men in the film industry are incredibly common these days, but does that mean we need to completely disregard the films they’ve made? It’s hard to appreciate someone’s work in the same way after learning about a sexual harassment charge against them, but movies are made by thousands of people, and should all their work be disregarded because of one person’s actions? It’s difficult to find the line at where to judge people, because artists aren’t the same as their art, but we should still acknowledge their past mistakes. While it’s terrible that something so horrific had to happen to bring this to the attention of the media, it brings hope for the future. For the first time, women are being listened to. People are finally being held accountable for their actions, and while it’s hard to acknowledge that this has been a well-kept secret for decades, it’s created a community where women are able to share their personal

In continuation, the Hollywood industry reinforces gender stereotypes through various forms of media. The films and advertisements that construct gender stereotypes are perpetuated by the media. The stereotypes include that men are powerful, successful, and employ women for films and television shows, whereas women are fragile, underrepresented, and need assistance in order to become successful. For example, Weinstein was able to manipulate several women that he could give them a career and help them succeed in the industry in return for sexual favors and his advantage was his powerful position as a man in the Hollywood industry. In continuation, Trump used his position to degrade women, for example he called a famous actress Heidi Klum unattractive and not a ten on his scale of attractiveness. Trump considers his right to be surrounded by beautiful women and cannot distinguish between a women’s value from her physical appearance. After Trump and Weinstein were accused of sexual harassment, people on social media started a campaign called #MeToo which allowed women and men from all over the world share their stories about sexual assault and harassment. The campaign consisted of speeches, protests, and awareness of how many people are dealing with and experience harassment on a daily basis. The purpose of the #MeToo movement was “simply an attempt to get people to understand the prevalence of sexual harassment and assault in society and to get women, and men, to raise their

For decades, the Hollywood industry has been one of the worlds’ most powerful exports for films, television shows, and magazines. Over the years, the industry has gained the attention of various cultures in different parts of the world and plays a profound role in shaping the social culture by shifting societies thoughts on social, political, and economic issues. However, since the early 1800’s male dominance in the Hollywood workplace has been evident and still exists in the 21st century. Men in Hollywood are considered more authoritative and influential compared to women. Two powerful men in mainstream Hollywood, Harvey Weinstein and Donald Trump both have been involved in sexual harassment scandals with of their regards status in Hollywood. Through Variety magazine, the following conclusions patriarchy, stereotypes, and minority groups demonstrate how Harvey Weinstein and Donald Trump, who are both powerful men in Hollywood abuse their public stature by reinforcing gender inequality.