Women have been and continue to fight oppression in a patriarchal society today. They strive to be seen as individuals rather than a group categorized within the category of the "other." .
Simone de Beauvoir in her article "Introduction to the Second Sex" discusses that women the situation of women in that they live in a world where men automatically assume her to be the "other." The term man is used to represent both males and females, human beings in general. In addition, man defines woman relative to himself. Man can be thought of without a woman, but a woman cannot be thought of without a man. Throughout history she has always been dependant upon the man and always below the man in such a patriarchal society. The only reason for which a woman is essential for a man is for sex. According to de Beauvoir, the reason that they have been oppressed is because women have always been subordinated to men, it was not something that occurred due to some historical event. A woman is defined in reference to a man and therefore, she is the "other" (de Beauvoir 13). The reason women have been unsuccessful is because they have never really had a history as a whole group such as the American Negroes or the Jews. Instead, they have "dispersed among the males" (de Beauvoir 15). They have been linked to men through residence, housework, economic condition, and social standing to specific men. .
Angela Davis goes on to suggest that instead of just focusing on the liberation of African Americans, we need to liberate women as a whole. Women would see the need to fight equality after the example of the anti-slavery struggle. Davis explains how Elizabeth Stanton was interested in fighting against abolitionism as well as oppression in the male dominated society. She stressed that women needed to have more than just the right to vote, they needed to have all political rights. The institution of marriage was an important factor in Seneca Falls Declaration.
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Finding Friendship In Finding Forrester a movie that takes place in the Bronx, there are two main characters, William Forrester and Jamal Wallace who find friendship in an unlikely way because of their passion for reading and writing. ... Both learned a valuable lesson from each other-never-let life pass you by, you might miss out on something very special. ...
Other than just saying that there is a connection with something that is said in the two books, there is also connections with the themes and styles of each book. ... The ultimate goal of what the people where trying to accomplish in Fight Club was to gain complete self fulfillment by doing something that ordinarily would not be considered helpful, but painful. ... These quotes show that this theory of finding ones "self" is a universal idea shared by everyone. ... This archetypal theme has been discussed for as long time has existed and will continue to be spawned into many other wo...
WC: 595 The movie Finding Forester was about a young black lad named Jamal Wallace that lived in an unfavorable area of New York, called the Bronx. ... Jamal was dared to take something out of Williams's house for proof that he was in his apartment. After stumbling around for a bit, Jamal finds something that he could take with him as proof, when all of a sudden William bolts up and toward Jamal before he dashes through the front door. ... The most important accomplishm...
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In the film Finding Forrester directed by, an African American teenager struggles to define himself and find his true identity. ... Coincidentally, writing is also something Jamal is very talented at. ... When Jamal presents one of his papers Crawford states to him, "the question concerning your most recent work isn't whether it's good but whether it is too good"(Finding Forrester) The meaning of this quotation is simply; Crawford doesn't acknowledge Jamal's talents. ... In Finding Forrester Jamal comes face to face with numerous situations that are risky. ... I...
Socrates goes about figuring out what justice is for an individual by first finding out what is justice in the city. ... He reaches with the fact that the knowledge in the city is what the city is recognized for and for being something that it is recognized for, it has to be what is ruling the city and for ruling the city, it has to have something that is of the rarest in the city; the least numerous that could be found in the city. ...
