Women in America

     Throughout United States history oppression of people has always been prominent, whether through African American’s and segregation or Asian American’s during the Vietnam War. What is often ignored is our history of the oppression of women. No matter what time in history, there is always a case to be found of the discrimination over gender. Many people know of how African American’s came into freedom and the long perilous road it took, but few know the struggles, changes and hardships that women have perceived to get where they are today. As the civil war halted and industrialization and urbanization came into play, the role of women changed dramatically and their status

Women and men are nestled into predetermined cultural molds when it comes to gender in American society. Women play the roles of mothers, housekeepers, and servants to their husbands and children, and men act as providers, protectors, and heads of the household. These gender roles stem from the many culture myths that exist pertaining to America, including those of the model family, education, liberty, and of gender. The majority of these myths are misconceptions, but linger because we, as Americans, do not analyze or question them. The misconception of gender suggests that biological truths no longer dictate our gender roles as men and women; they derive from cultural myths. We, as a nation, need

In 1587 Eleanor Dare started a history of first New England’s female settlers. In XVI-XVII century it was characterized more with dismal end then with a story of prosperous life and happy ending. Coming to New World mostly in search for a good partner, as “tobacco brides” or being simply deported as undesirable citizens, women died from starvation, malaria or Indian attacks. Some women sailed across the ocean as indentured servants and suffered from the cruelty of their masters. There were, of course, stories of success such as with the Brent sisters. Unmarried, they ran Maryland colony during crises. Margaret Brent became to be known as the nation’s first lawyer and the first colonial woman who demanded the right to vote.

In post-Civil War America, there were two main groups facing discrimination and hardship, despite the rapid rate of the country’s expansion. These two groups were Native Americans and women.

An Chador is a a large piece of cloth that is wrapped around the head and upper body leaving only the face exposed, worn especially by Muslim women. Most women are discrimnated if one is not following the rules or belifes in the reigion stated in. Within America the most horrifying, ghastly, appalling and inhumane treatment of woman occurs on a daily basis. These women are shunned, raped, yelled at, treated horrible to a herendous extent because they are of the same reilgion of the people they have been terrorist to America. This is sad because this is a symbol of

Through Margaret Fuller’s transcendentalist views, she was able to leave a deep and lasting impact on feminism, from her emphasis on virginity as a means of self-reliance, to her criticism of marriage, and her reinventing of the Madonna or Mary figure.

Women from America have equal rights but sometimes are treated unfairly so one can only imagine the struggle of how Afghan women are treated when the come to America. Although women from Afghanistan who come to America may not be treated fairly or equally all of the time, they are still better off in America than Afghanistan, even before the Taliban seized power. In Afghanistan, married women are often seen as property and can be treated as property by their husbands as well; this also means that they have no voice or freedom to be themselves. While this unfortunately happens in America, sometimes Afghan women who come to America have more freedom and have the ability to be independent and make their own choices. The noticeable absence of women

American females tend to be deferential to males in many ways. Females are deferential to male in house hold and workplace. As a parent women take on more responsibility with taking care of the child/children. For example, the women usually get the child/children dress and take them to doctor’s appointment. Today women still prepare most of the meals and clean the house. Also, females are deferential to males in the work place as well. Some places are still judgmental when it comes to female versa males, however the thought is still around that males can handle difficult situations better than females. I do not believe everything is still equal when I comes to men and

I had mixed notions about what it means to be a woman as I was growing up, and I trace a part of this conflict back to my heritage. My parents are both Chinese immigrants, but I was born and raised in America, so I identify with both cultures. The cultural differences between America and China about what qualities woman should or should not have was interesting to explore, especially as I was entering college. In my parents’ eyes, being a woman meant that I had to eventually settle down and raise children, essentially have my own nuclear family. I began challenging that notion, suggesting the possibility that I would never get married and never have children. I do not believe that just because I am woman that I had to start my own family or get married. That is not to say I am opposed to those life events happening, but I wanted to at least know that those were not my only options, especially if I am pursuing a career after attending college.

Women’s roles in society are commonly represented by different stereotypes all around the world. These stereotypes are especially prevalent in North American Southern Culture as for a long time women were seen as “not only intellectually inferior to men but also a major source of temptation and evil”. The women’s role in her family has been stereotyped as well but has evolved significantly in the 20th century. Women in southern families especially have been apart of a very particular culture for years. “The emphasis on family unity that is characteristic of the southern family has its roots in the traditional values of the agrarian upper class.”

Paid work for women moved from principally customary female-situated employments to all the more non-conventional and already male-arranged vocations. Ladies ' support in the workforce prompted them to start careers in the field dominated by male in the 20th century. Career yearnings were affected by elements, such as sexual orientation, financial status, race, occupation and instruction level, and parental desires. This paper exhibits how women developed, changed and the challenges they faced in the 20th century in America in the workforce and the advancement of ladies ' careers, improvement and profession goals during the 20th century in United States. Also, gender issues affecting women will be discussed in details during this period and how women played their role in fighting for their rights.

In her essay, “Housewives and Homework: The Lacemakers of Narsapur,” Chandra Talpade Mohanty focused on how men sold products that women produced and profited from women’s work. The essay basically pointed out how work can be defined according to sexual identity. It made me wonder if American women are still perceived by men in society as being housewives even though some of us are doctors, lawyers, teachers etc. Is the work that women do seen as what Mohanty pointed out in her essay as “leisure time activities”? I think that to some extent men believe that women’s sole purpose on Earth is to be their wives/partners and to be good mothers to their children. Even though we “leisurely,” as Mohanty so

Throughout this paper I will be discussing the role of women in the American society. I will reference the importance of gender and gender inequality. The definition of gender aims to clarify for of all the historical framework of the topic, the role of women in the American society. The paper will lead from the role women were given around World War II and then transition into the role women can now choose in the American society today. Addition to the role of women I will also discuss the differences of how the genders are treated in the same places, for example work place. Men and women are culturally molded when referring to gender in the American society. The gender roles play a lead part into how the model family, education, and liberty are. The reason I chose to write about this topic is due to my strong belief that although I don’t agree with the characteristics society gave to gender, I do believe in gender equality.

Back in 1940s, during the second world war many women were often recruited by trickery and forced to serve the Japanese military in the field in Asia and the Pacific. Those women were called “comfort women” and they were drawn from throughout the Japanese empire, though many were Korean. It was the darkest time period in Korean history that no one wants to recall it from the memory or able to describe the suffering they had. Comfort women make a huge statement in Korean history and Korean culture, luckily they have lots of films could help us to develop that time period. In the film My Own Breathing it showed us significate view on the reason of Korean society suppress the memories, the honest voice from comfort women and Korean national

The evolution of women was an amazing thing to chronicle, for both the knowledge and the gains of women movements and accomplishments, but also to see how we as women persevered and came into their own. What strength these women had… whether it was strong or a subtle strength, it proved to be of great significance in all their achievements. In this reflection paper I will give my five greatest moments, the five highlights of the discussion boards, and if will would recommend the book with the reasons of why or why not.