Women Are Not Born But Made

chapter 2 of Feminism is for Everybody, Hooks main point of focus is the idea or concept that “feminist are made, not born” (Hooks 7). I fully agree with Hooks quote that says “feminist are made, not born.” Without learning what a feminist truly is we cannot become a feminist because we lack the knowledge of the concept. Nobody is born knowing, therefore we cannot be born feminist. We are all born without knowledge and power. This only changes through time as we experience and learn from others. As we

we were born into a different lifestyle. While your ascribed status is the status you were born into, your achieved status is what you achieve during your life. Oftentimes people will let their circumstances dictate what they become, but those striving to attain a higher status will usually find a way to change their circumstances if possible. One great example would be of women in Victorian England. Women during this era were given no legal status whatsoever. Typically women born within a

What Are You? From the beginning of time, there has only been two sex types. These are male and female. We, as humans, are born into one of these sexes and are expected to live like it. Gender is determined before you are born. There are certain anatomical and hormonal effects we are born with. Once created with these certain characteristics, you don’t have the choice of what you want to be. Of course, with our modern culture where almost anything is acceptable; the phrase, “Grow up to be what you

many women who have fought for rights; one of the most famouse has been Sojourner Truth. But who is Sojourner Truth? She was a great women. She was a slave since the day she was born and all her life until she had escaped in 1826. Sojourner Truth was a slave for most of her life, no one really knows when she was born, she was sold many times, when she was free she worked for the abolitions, and she was honored when she died. One of the most difficult thing for her was being born into

a legal case that made abortions legal on the date of January 22nd, 1973. They thought that abortion being illegal violated women's rights, so they decided to make abortions legal (Britannica.com, 2017). Just because they made it legal, abortion still takes the life of an innocent child and the child can not do anything about it. By the us government, a child who is not born is still considered a human being (Procon.org, 2017). Most of the abortions that happen are from women who are not married

used as a symbol of a women’s body. Hips cannot be used as symbol for men because hips symbolize a women’s ability to bear children. So technically women can do everything that men can do and even more. Clifton’s “Homage to My Hips” talks about the separation of men and women based off societies expectations; so basically, she is proclaiming that women should have the same footing as men in society. The society that she had to endure, only portrayed that only a man can do certain task or jobs. The

Cancer among Asian American women are the leading cause of death of breast cancer and cervical cancer. The mortality rate for Asian American women are still at its lower peak when compared to women from other ethnic groups and races. Nevertheless, cancer of the breast and cervical are still among the two most common diagnosed of cancer in its population. The lack of knowledge of the advancement Papanicolaou (Pap) Test and mammograms influenced the Asian community to shy away from receiving proper

Not for Sale? Putting a Price Tag on Fertility Children who are being born from drug-addicted mothers often suffer from serious consequences that may affect them for the rest of their lives. Barbara Harris is a foster mother who took in three children from a drug-addicted mother and this experience influenced her to make an effort to prevent drug-addicted women from getting pregnant. She created an organization called CRACK (Children Requiring A Caring Kommunity), which offers $200 to drug addicts

Malala: The Different One Malala lives in a time where women are stripped of all their rights and dignity. Malala is born in an environment where women are mortified because of their gender. Swat is a land where rifles are fired in a celebration of a son, while daughters are hidden away behind a curtain and play a role directly to cook and give birth to children (Yousafzai 13). Malala’s birth was not like any other girls in Swat. “He even asked friends to throw dried fruits, sweets and coin in my

Murasaki shikibu was born into the fujiwara clan, and was born in kyoto, japan in 978. She was descended from fujiwara no yoshifusa, the first fujiwara 9th century regent. “ Murasaki was born into an aristocratic japanese family” . she lived in a time where the names of women were rarely recorded but instead given a nickname based on their family. Well born women, born into higher families like murasaki were given commonly given nicknames. She lived in a society where women were constantly hidden