Plato was convinced that women should be classified as animals because of their lack of intelligence. German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche explains, "When you go to a woman, do not forget to take along your whip (Arditi). These quotes are just some proof of what the past may have said for the future, and how the myths carry on in time Men throughout history from philosophers to entire religions have found the need to put women down and to increase the myths of passivity and obedience. .
And we wonder where we get these stereotypes? The myths haunt us from our past and are articulated in our present. Today we see beautiful models in the magazines we subscribe to monthly, and hear the insults on the television shows we watch weekly. "Magazines that pride themselves on teaching girls beauty tips to hide what they hate ought to stop and start changing it."" (Higginbotham 99) In this article Higginbotham states that women do not need to cover up what is "wrong- with them, but what is right, and how to love it. All people of all ages are subjugated to hear and see the discrimination against women. One perfect example of how young girls learn how to be a "real women- is playing house as a child. There was always the mom, the baby, and dad that was always at work. Mom and the baby would stay home, making dinner, cleaning, being home schooled, and answering the door when dad came home. It was the dream house, one where the mom took care of everything at home, including dad and all his needs. What kind of lesson is that, teaching the kids that is how life is going to be? "We were at that stage in our childhood when little girls want to be everything special, glamorous and wonderful-and believe they can be- (Gilman 70). When girls are young their mothers teach them that men are the founders of our happiness, and that they will make all the money in the household, and women stay home to cook, clean, and take care of the children.
