Chican Women's Movement Analysis

Fritz Oehlschlaegar links the meaning of “The Lottery” to patriarchy. He suggests that the event was a depiction of the way the male dominated over women sexuality in the society. According to the author, women gave birth to many children to increase their survival probabilities during the “The Lottery”. He also discusses the conflict between male authority and women resistance. He suggests that the women did not support the event, felt it was unfair but could not however raise their opinions since they were submissive to their husbands, and were controlled by the men.

She states that sexism comes from how women have been perceived sexually throughout history and that this heavily influences pornography. McClintock sets up this argument by saying “Women’s desire, by contrast, has been crimped and confined to history’s sad museum of corsets, chastity belts, the virginity cult and genital mutilation” (113). She is saying that women were never given the chance to define their sexual wants and sexual desires because they have always been decided for them. Her main argument is based on her belief that men and women have formed the way that women’s sexuality is portrayed, even before the porn industry existed. McClintock disputes that society wrongly accused women of not wanting to participate as sexual beings and therefore that assumption is why pornography is focused on satisfying the needs of men over the needs of

Many lower class citizens such as women, African American, and immigrants demanded their god-given rights of suffrage and freedom, and being accepted in society as an equal citizen. The Women’s Rights Movement assembled due to the unfair distribution of rights in men and women. According to Document I, women demanded their right to “be free as man is free, to be represented in the gov’t… [and]…we now demand our right to vote according to the declaration of the gov’t under which we live.” Elizabeth Cady Stanton protests of being inferior to men, being governed without their consent, yet still being taxed by the “democratic” gov’t to which they mean nothing.

The feminist movement has been trying to prove to the world that women and men are created equal. During the 1960s, the civil rights movement also began, and Ken Kesey had the same opinion about both these issues as most white men. In One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey implies a misogynistic stance by showing women will abuse their authority if they do not live their lives to please men, and that a woman’s natural place in the world is to be used by men. There are very few women in this novel. The most prominent woman in the novel is Nurse Ratched.

This comprehensive characterization popularized by the media and mainstream fragments of the movement rears problematic queries. Mostly women, belonging to lower class suffers more and do not gain anything from the society as they are repetitively reminded of their fragile position in society. The representation and characterization of women in the novel show how patriarchy was instituted and fabricated in the 20th-century Latin American society. The depiction of women characters in the novel not only renders their internalisation and illustrates to what extent they were subjugated but it also characterises their insurrection and fighting against the oppressive

What modern feminists refuse to admit is that feminism is only one side of a two-sided coin of inequality. A “movement” that advocates for the rights of one gender over another is sexist and unequal by nature. If feminists were striving for equality, then they wouldn’t be FEMinists. Being feminist, simply put, means that you want women to not only be equal to, but greater than men.. Thus, I believe that feminism is a poorly made masquerade to cover women’s desire to control men.

In such an environment will be institutions are male-driven and the laws are interpreted time, women are the inferior and supporting to men. Liberal Feminists argue that due to the male oriented biased social setup, women are discriminated in all aspects of social life, such as inequitable scales in job markets and with getting women into positions of authority in the professions, government, and cultural institutions. Decisions regarding women’s empowerment and even their political affiliations are made by men. Women are deprived from contesting elections, casting their vote for enjoying their formal and legal entitlements (Lorber, 1997).The philosophy of Liberalism provides a technique for introducing change that may enable women to achieve equality with their male counterparts this is a productive approach in Baloch

The empowered know and abuse this cyclical system. By utilizing harmful gender stereotypes, men can oppress women from places of power by enforcing stereotypes to be societal norms; this puts pressure on women to conform because they do not want to be seen as an outcast and be isolated from society, forcing them to fulfill the oppressive roles assigned to them by a patriarchy. Margaret Atwood constructed a society that demonstrated how men in power were utilizing gender roles for their own personal gain. For instance, the Republic of Gilead was a society that focused on the stereotypes of women being obedient

According to that ideology, men are active and creative while women are passive, fragile and dependent. For that reason, women are regarded as submissive and only considered as domestic ones. This point of view on women which defines women as ones who are bounded by domestic life also influenced the medical treatment and Gilman uses this to show social oppression towards women. As the society regarded women as the social ornament of men, idle, delicate images became the virtue of women.

“Girls” were expected to be quiet and submissive and were not supposed to interact with the males since they were seen as inferior. Once Ancient Greece started conquering Ancient Egypt, the women of Ancient Egypt became oppressed and had their rights taken away. There is plenty of sexism in the Qur’an, just like there is plenty of sexism in the Bible. But does the oppression of women come from the Qur’an or does it come from the cultural standards of that country?

The classification of abortion as deviant and a crime made women subject to both punitive and social punishment. Women were subject to abortion laws due to decisions made within a patriarchal society that did not include the opinions of women, especially on political topics (Sauer 1974). Abortion laws were created by elite men, physicians and lawmakers, whose positions gave them the ability to make decisions that controlled the actions of others as well as impact public opinion (Reagan 1996). Although women were targeted by the criminalization of abortion, they had no power to fight against criminalization through legislation or meaningful social movements. Not only did women lack political power, but they were also invalidated by voicing opinions

Despite oppression women have always resisted. Women have resisted oppression in many ways. Women have responded to their multiple sources of oppression of sexism, racism, heterosexism and colonialism. Women resisted oppression by standing up for their rights. Women have been left out of the discussion of oppression for centuries.

The theme that is present in both of the readings is the oppression of gender. “Why Nice Guys Finish Last” demonstrates how stereotypes of both men and women are the key factor in gender oppression. This reading also emphasizes how stereotypes of women are typically more prevalent, and therefore, more harmful in today’s society. “Dismantling Hierarchy, Queering Society” explains how male dominance through the patriarchy fuels the gendered oppression of women. It further explains specifically how heteropatriarchy brings forth white supremacy, capitalism, and colonialism too.

Three rights women were fighting for during the Suffrage Movement are firstly, their right to vote. Before, women were not able to vote and it took a lot of time for them to be given the freedom. Secondly, they wanted the right to have a voice in the public office. They wanted to be able to have a say in what was happening around them and they believed that it is only fair for them to have that right. Finally, they wanted to fight for the right of not being viewed as just housewives.