Oppression
I liked how the article starts off saying that women are
oppressed. But I also liked how it points that if women are oppressed than men
must be oppressed as well. “Wish I believe is true.” If the women in the men
lives are suffering and are not happy, what makes you believe that the men will
have peace in their lives? Men are to be tough never show a sign of weakness
but if a women was to be mean, bitter, angry, or dangerous they would say that
she is oppressed. Stating that we as women are “difficult” or unpleasant to
work with” (pg. 175) One thing that really caught my eyes was when they talked
about women’s sexual actively, it seem that either way a women could not win. If
she was to be heterosexual and was actively open with it, she would be punished
in the form of criticism, snide and embarrassing remakes. She would have been
labeled as an easy lay by all others. She would have to hide the fact that she
is sleeping around with other man for her mom and dad. On the flip side if she
were to refrain for heterosexual activity, she would be continually picked on
and harassed by men who would try and talk to her. The labeled she would have
being placed with would be frigid, uptight, man-hater, bitch, and/or cocktease.
(pg. 175) But if she were to refrain for heterosexual activity those same
parents of her would look at her funny as if she id not or will be popular with
the men. “WOW!! And they wondering why women are oppressed, in a world fill
with men there is no winning. Either women do what they would and get called
out and looked down upon or do what the men want/say and get labeled as an easy
lay.
I completely agree with you in the sense that women can not "win" with men. But I think a lot of what your talking about has to do with the way men are brought up. For instance my father is what I and most women would consider to be a 'pig'. His dad was the same, and so on. I would consider my mother to be an active feminist and I learned a lot from her and would like to think that I respect women in a way not to judge their sexual activity.
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