Response To 'The Blank Page'

Through years of history women have been subjugated. They are seen as vehicles for reproduction and sexual objects. Yet this is a mentality that is directly related with moral theory. Since this is for the most part a male dominated society, women's views are often seen

Our society’s gender roles are constantly evolving and changing, all in the name of “progressive thinking”, though not all for the good. With a new “social norm” appearing every few years or so, it comes as a surprise that it

Many times in literature women and the roles of women are portrayed in a certain light. Today, women are supposed to be viewed as powerful and independent women who do not need to rely on a man. Characters such as Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games and Tris Prior from Divergent emerged to portray powerful women. Unfortunately, this was not always the case and characters in pieces such as The Odyssey by Homer and The Aeneid by Virgil were viewed as women who needed help from men.

Throughout history the female species has been treated like second-class citizens by their seemingly more powerful male counterparts. From being denied the right to vote to being excluded from the work place, the woman’s rights have been oppressed as her husband, father, and brothers were offered the world without limitations. Why should she be told that her dreams are limited to the home, as her brother sits upon the same knee but is told to go out and conquer his aspirations no matter how impractical? In recent years, women’s rights activists have made great strides towards gender equality. One could logically attribute some of this progress to writers like Charlotte Perkins Gilman who raise awareness of social injustice through their

Throughout women’s life, they are faced with many stereotypes and situations which dictate how they act and how people see them. A problem with this is that, by thinking that women follow certain stereotypes, society starts to believe that women will only act a certain way, and they don expect them to do masculine things such as being a police officer or

There are many situations where many women get oppressed because they are simply women. In American society today there are many different women that come from different countries and are used to do things on their own without help from anyone. Many women express themselves in a way that they do not need a husband to support them because, they are simply independent. However, in today’s American society is sometimes difficult for a

No one lives with a specific gender until the age of three. That’s when most children begin to explore their surroundings and learn to categorize themselves as boys or girls. Moreover, the difference in strength between male and female turns into the foundation of gender stereotype. Generation by generation, we inherit this socially constructed rules that society puts on us. With a background like our society, Lois Gould----the author of “The Story of X” examines how individuals would blindly follow the mainstream under the impact of society and how they might force people to confront due to the faith in common values.

As years pass and the dynamic of what it means to be a girl evolves, girls are “told they can do anything, be anyone” and have taken the bull by the horns and are surpassing boys in schools, in all respects (Black). Furthermore, Black states that the “decades of conversation” allow girls to learn from others’ thoughts on what it means to be a woman and understand the “complexity of womanhood” (Black).

What does it mean to express ourselves as women? Gender shapes our interpretation of what it is to be at home within ourselves. As James Baldwin eloquently reminded us, “The world’s definitions are one thing, and the lives one actually lives is quite another” (Baldwin, ). How can we be sure of the complex nature of our gender identities and gender expression, be genuine, when we have been socialized into looking at the world through the lens of a binary gender system since we were born? It seems to me that the definition and expression of womanhood are constantly evolving, and that is good news.

To my mother, In society, we struggle with the norms presented us that have conditioned humans from infanthood to adulthood and from the beginning of civilization to today. The social environments that we live in constrain us from being our true selves and restrict the idea of being something different. For women, it is truly hard to break out of these societal gender norms and when a woman chooses to set her own character, it is often looked down upon on society. A woman’s weakness is subject to the tyranny of gender norms. You and I are both women part of the regressive idea of female inferiority that society perpetuates.

Society confronts women with a myriad of obstacles. From reproductive rights to suffrage, it has been an uphill battle to escape objectification and marginalization. When women are viewed as sexual objects or matronly figures, there is no hope of progress. This is in part by the idea of conformity. Women who confront this head on have the potential for greatness but not without judgement and confrontation. Often times this adversity leads to quitting because of the daunting challenges that always seem to lie ahead. Whether it is not making the same money for the same work or being expected to endure sexual harassment on an everyday basis, it is a cruel world. Production relies off reproduction. Boys would never grow up to be the men of production

Attitudes towards different issues in society are adopted depending on the prevailing beliefs in such a society. Every trending issue in a society helps shape the attitudes that people develop and greatly influences their behavior. There is no question that every society has a prejudged perception and possible reaction to any event that may occur within the realm of the society. This prejudgment and reaction is often informed by the various experiences that the society may have undergone through in the earlier instances of occurrence of specific events. Leslie Bell, the author of “Selections from Hard to Get: Twenty-Something Women and the Paradox of Sexual Freedom,” largely focuses on female sexuality detailing the often confusing situations

The story reveals that this gender division between men and women had the effect of keeping women in a low equality mindset even if the women were not using their full potential. John, whom is the husband in the story, has his own assumption of his own superior wisdom and this level of so called maturity leads him to patronize and dominate his wife, all in the name of trying to help, but not succeeding, in helping her. The narrator has absolutley no say whatsoever in even the smallest details of her life. She has no say in even seeing her child, and she is not even allowed to read or write anymore. She has to stay in her room and stare blankly at the walls that are covered in the revolting yellow wallpaper.

For many years women have battled for their place in society to have the same equal rights as men. Although women have made it very far in their quest for equal rights, there are still issues today that remain unresolved. The “perfect” female standard set by society is an ongoing issue that women face everyday. Women are brainwashed by society to have to constantly live up to their standards for what they see as the “ideal” woman, and if women deviate or act differently from these standards, then there will be consequences that follow. Women have to live up to these perfect ideals that society expects from them, such as: perfect breasts, no menstruation, and unsuitable child bearing body types. For the women who go against society’s standards,

In everyday life, people are given roles to play; doctors are to heal the wounded, officers are to maintain order in society and teachers are to guide the youth onto the right path. In the past, each gender had to behave a certain way, the men were the strong worker of the home, whom provided the income for the family, while as the women were the gentle angels at home, whom took care of the children and housework. If the women were to defy these roles, they would be look down upon and be treated worse. However, time has change, these roles are no longer black and white; there is no longer a certain way a woman is supposed to act, modern women are depicted differently from the way they were in the past, this is due to the new norms in society that has been molded throughout time. This can be proven with the old fairy tale “Cinderella” by Charles Perrault and the 1990s movie Pretty Woman directed by Garry Marshall.