The Guerrilla Graffiti Of Princess Hijab, By Arwa Aburawa And Once Upon A Quinceanera By Julia Alvarez

Despite all the values that the hijab is representing in different countries of the world, the only value that is demanded is the egalitarianism and justice value, whether a woman is wearing the veil or not, they are “calling for equal access to divorce, child custody, and inheritance; equal opportunities for education and employment; and abolition of

As a country, we have come a long way to reaching equality between women and males. During the 19 centuries women fought for their right to vote. When talking about gender, there are a lot issues that continue to be present until this day. Women had to fight for equality during the 19 century which lead up women in today’s society to have a voice. Despite of all the improvement close to gender equality, society still expect particular things from females and males.

This is because they believe that everyone should be treated equal. Specifically they believe that gender does not define a person. A photograph of a women playing soccer in a hijab(Doc#7)demonstrates that there is no difference between a man and women. This reminds me of nows days because now mostly every gender is capable of doing any work the opposite gender is capable of. Furthermore we have also seen many other ways of showing support to women. In one of the document we analyzed it was a photograph of “Afghan men wear burqas to campaign for women's rights”(Doc#2). This is important because the photo demonstrates that if most women have to wear a burqa then why they can not be equal and have everyone wear them. Just because they are men does not mean that they can not wear them. Due to all these oppressions I learned that they were times when we saw the reactions of people (women). One of the documents says “I chose the second one. I decided to speak up”(Doc#6). The big idea of this quote is to explains how many women were tired of the mistreatment and started of thinking of ways to get their words out. In another document a women also mentions “I am woman, woman, a woman a statue of love, and I will” rise!”(Doc#1)This is important, because we need to have people who have the growth mindset to know that they are going to

Over the year’s society has developed tremendously; especially when it comes to gender equality. There was once a time where women were not allowed to vote or even leave the house because they were viewed as the people whose job was to stay home to cook, clean, and take care of the kids. It is 2017 now and we’ve come a long way at fighting for our rights. Although we have come a long way, there are still issues we face in society. We are constantly struggling to break these standards that women should look a certain way to be considered beautiful. Along with this there are still many things that in a way state women aren’t as great, strong, or as smart as men. While we’ve succeeded in some aspects to have equal rights, there are many more things

Gender roles have built the foundation of society in a negative way. There are many sources and reasons to prove the harmful impact it has left on the world today. For instance, it has restricted people’s ambition as well as pursuit of achieving greatness. Gender roles have created a barrier for both genders trapping them from achieving what they aim for. Many people in modern society have dreams and ambitious pursuits, but are held back by the obstacle of gender roles and expectations. Hence, many movements and changes have been created to lighten the negative impact gender role has on the people of today’s world. Historically, gender roles have been a way of keeping order in past societies, but that is not the case today.

Women and men have had certain roles in society that were understood amongst them to be specified for their particular gender. Males were known to have the leading role as head of the house hold and the bread winner while the woman’s duty was to stay at home and take care of the house and children. While many people years ago deemed this way of life and practice to be the right and ethical thing to do, times have changed and so this kind of treatment towards a woman’s equality must be questioned. Even though times have changed, this mindset of a woman’s ability to be as good as a man has not completely gone away. In today’s society a woman contributes to the economy and her family as equally as that of a man. Therefore, women should share equal rights and opportunities as their gender counterparts.

Her family’s background was important as being modern and avant-garde, they were not subject to fundamentalism. Satrapi attended a French non-religious school before 1980, and the school promoted gender equality as boys and girls were allowed to play with each other. The top two panels on page four showed a mix of genders, showing the readers that there are many more “modern and avant-garde” families in Iran, and Iran was very westernized. The kids shown on page 4 are much happier than they are on page 1, which the former had more freedom in choosing their clothing while the latter all the girls were forced to wear the veil. The veil became obligatory at schools yet the authorities failed to explain its connection to the religion. Leaving confusion among the girls, the veil was simply disrespected. In the last panel of page 3, the veils were used by kids for fun, and a chaotic environment ensued. Satrapi in this panel also remarked how the veil was being too hot, which was repeatedly mentioned over and over again later on, indicating that the veil itself is not pleasurable to wear. On page 75, Satrapi drew the fundamentalist woman and man in comparison with the modern woman and the progressive man. The difference between the fundamentalist woman and the modern woman is distinctive: a fundamentalist woman is covered head to toe in black by a chador and having her hair covered by a veil, while the modern woman was basically everything else. It’s much easier for a person to identify a Muslim woman on the street if she is wearing a veil or chador than it is to identify a Muslim man. This shaped a view that Muslim women are fundamentalists through

Our gender-biased society perceives the ideal women as someone that takes a role of a non-leadership companion to men who mainly should focus on attractiveness just to feed the society standard. The oppression that women face every day is the result of many that don’t even see it as a problem. They often overlook the fact that is happening all over that it targets in destroying the women’s

Religion goes hand in hand with culture, and in the Muslim countries this is very apparent. The cultural importance of men over women may have stemmed from religion, however it was further recognized when imperialist countries introduced capitalism and class divides. “Islam must combat the wrenching impact of alien forces whose influence in economic, political, and cultural permutations continues to prevail” (Stowasser 1994, 5). Now, instead of an agrarian state where both men and women had their place, difficulties have formed due to the rise in education and awareness that women can and do have a place in society beyond domestic living Though women are not equal to men anywhere around the

In today’s society women are given ample opportunity just as much as men. In some countries, such as middle-eastern nations that is not the case. Muslim women are often perceived to be submissive to Muslim men and unequal. Mohammed never taught for women to be treated as lower class citizens. Nonetheless, the blame is pointed towards the religion of Islam. The Islamic religion began as all monotheist religions representing a belief in one God and moral standards. In the following essay I will discuss and elaborate what Mohammed taught, how women lived in early Islamic society, and what it has become.

In the book, Women in the Middle East, a Saudi Arabian proverb states, "A girl possesses nothing but a veil and a tomb" (Harik and Marston 83). The key words, "veil" and "tomb" lend evidence to the fact that many Middle Eastern women lack identity symbolized by the “veil” and lack the right of ownership except for their veil and the tomb. This statement further enforces the notion that many women in the Middle East are expected to serve and tolerate the oppression of the men in their lives throughout their lives on this earth. Moreover, it confirms that many of these women do not get the opportunity to obtain education, join the work force, and even participate in the political affairs of the country. This arrangement further helps the

Throughout history and today, we women are constant victims of stereotyping from our society. Certain “rules” have to be followed and certain “ideal” women images have to be kept. We are raised in a way to fill certain position where the society wants us to be and as a result, the opportunities are always limited for us and ideas of our importance in the society are diminishing. Even though women gained some independence, where women can work and take various position in society, the society’s idea of typical role of women never seem to change.

In the beginning of the graphic novel, Satrapi portrays a frame where the children are playing with the veil to reveal a rebellious nature against the Islamic Revolution. “We didn’t really like to wear the veil, especially since we didn’t understand why we had to” (Satrapi 3). The narrator refuses to accept the change implemented by the Islamic Revolution’s philosophy. She conveys a message where many the children do not want to follow the new custom by creating an image where kids disrespect the veil. This image convinces the readers many of the children do not want to wear the veil is powerful. Western readers always stereotyped that all middle eastern girls dressed in a

Although they have been given more rights and equality, women still lack fairness in areas such as education, domestic abuse, crime, and lower class value. Cassandra Clifford states in her article “Are Girls still marginalized? Discrimination and Gender Inequality in Today’s Society”, “Woman and girls are abused by their husbands and fathers, young girls are exploited by sex tourism and trafficking, girls in many countries are forced into arranged marriages at early ages. Twice as many women are illiterate as men, due to the large gap in education, and girls are still less likely to get jobs and excel in the work place than boys.” She describes some of the issues that women face today around the world. These issues are what keep society from coming together to form a better world.

An individual’s identity can differ depending on several different physical and biological factors including sexuality, gender, age and class. Throughout Ruby Tabassum’s article entitled Listening to the Voices of Hijab, identity is related to gender in a number of ways. I have decided to discuss this specific article because the idea of how femininity is portrayed is a significant aspect of Canadian culture nowadays. I am also interested in focusing on how the identities of Muslim women are recognized in society and how individuals interpret the meaning behind wearing the hijab. Throughout this article, I have distinguished several different reasons for wearing