Male supremacy

Simone de Beauvoir, in her 1949 text The Second Sex, examines the problems faced by women in Western society. She argues that women are subjugated, oppressed, and made to be inferior to males – simply by virtue of the fact that they are women. She notes that men define their own world, and women are merely meant to live in it. She sees women as unable to change the world like men can, unable to live their lives freely as men can, and, tragically, mostly unaware of their own oppression. In The

problem in popular music. This prejudice in the industry becomes most apparent in music videos, which usually have little relation to the lyrics of the song they are portraying. These videos of popular songs often show women as objects of desire for the male gaze, not as individuals with any sense of agency. Even songs produced by women have their female protagonists in the video focused solely on getting the guy and chasing after him. Ella Yelich-O’Connor, known by her stage name, “Lorde,” does not conform

Title IX consists of just thirty-seven words, and it is these words that have transformed the dynamics within the female athletic sphere in the United States. Although the federal law was initially envisioned to assist women in academia, it is currently renowned for its profound impact on American sports (Ware). It is an irrefutable fact that Title IX has vastly increased women’s participation in sports: the law has reportedly increased female participation rates within colleges six-fold from 1972—the

reserve the role of homemaker for women and if they wish to cross the designated areas for them then the male supremacy feels threatened. In the previously mentioned stories, the female protagonists have been portrayed as mostly working in the kitchen, doing household chores, sleeping in the ground as they do not have the right to sleep besides their husbands and getting bashed by their male partners whenever there is any delay in terms of fulfilling their endless needs. Although, Makbula Manzoor

qualities, while women are required to be feminine and submissive to the male authority. Monique Wittig’s article, “One is Not Born a Woman” observes how the class of “women” is not “natural,” but is created by the society and framed by the male ideology, as a way of producing a clear gender difference between men and women. J. M Coetzee reinforces Wittig’s beliefs by sharing similar ideas of hegemonic masculinity and male dominance

American soccer star Mia Hamm as “perhaps the most important athlete of the last fifteen years” (Zirin, 2007, p. 46). As a forward for the United States women’s national soccer team, she held the record for international goals, more than any other player, male or female, until 2013. After a pair of Olympic gold medals, two World Cup titles and a place in the National Soccer Hall of Fame, Hamm announced her retirement from the sport in 2004. As the curtain fell on Hamm’s legendary career, her retirement

On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in an effort to the end Civil War by taking away the workforce of the South and preventing the intervention of foreign powers. Although the Emancipation Proclamation did not free all slaves in the South, it was a major step in the direction of the abolishment of slavery. Abolitionists in Congress began to push for a more permanent law that abolished slavery everywhere in the United States. On December 6,1865, the 13th

end up in prison. It is not fair for a woman, feminist or not, to deliberately force a father out of a child’s life. If he doesn’t want to be there, at least try to find another person to be the father figure. A grandfather, uncle, or just a close male friend could do the job nicely. [Kelly, Joan B] In divorce, women with custody of the children receive a support award 79.6% of the time, whereas fathers with custody of children receive a support award 29.9% of the time. Only 20% of non-custodial

Compulsory Heterosexuality Introduction In today's world, as humankind is still in progress, we have a much more liberated world compared to past. In terms of politics, we learned discrimination is not a honourable case to be involved in and we tried to minimize constraints reflected on "other" races, "other" nationalities, in short all of the others that are not similar to "us". "Us" is, without doubt, white, Western man. Despite all the back-drawed prejudices of others in the name of liberation

Introduction Humans are born to think, discover and learn many things in the world. They are social animals. Both females and males have the same brain, body and heart. Gender equality is also known as sex equality. It refers to the opinion that men and women attain to have equal conduct. Neither should be discriminated on gender biasness. This the most important motive of the United Nations of Human Rights, this pursues the generation of equality in rule and in social circumstances like in