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Women 's Oppression Of Women

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The oppression of women is best described as a steel cage, crafted over the centuries by the hands of patriarchal powers, enslaving flightless and chirp less birds. Birds may be benevolent and gentle, yet they embody a power most ferocious amongst all creatures. Though, it is of no fascination as to why women, in being similar to birds, transform from powerful peoples to frail figures. The molestation of power from these birds is done by the hindering cage encompassing them. The thick bars of oppression slice the wings of the benevolent beings, strip the voice of the once vociferous, and above all destroy the benign life of the feminine. These feminine figures have the potential to provide light when light is dark, fly the silky sky, and, of utmost importance, break free from the shackles that bear them down. Yet, only a few women have been notably brave to do so, and thus have confronted the powerful patriarchal powers that serve to enslave them and earned the titles of feminists. Feminism is an evolving philosophy which serves to destroy the intellectual paradigm that women are subservient to males by nature. Yet, although feminism is essentially a product of the contemporary world, many figures in history have demonstrated pre-feminist ethics of which has given birth to the philosophies of modern feminism. Sophocles’ Antigone, although fictional, presents an anecdotal example of a prominent proto-feminist figure, the protagonist Antigone. The work is set in Ancient

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