FREE ESSAY ON GAY MARRIAGE

GAY MARRIAGE

THE OPPRESSED GENDER
It has been said that women are a universally oppressed gender. Unfortunately, I feel
that this statement is totally true. The view that women are oppressed simply because men
and most women too, have the wrong ideas about women can be too optimistic. Liberating
women is seen as just a matter of persuasion and education, of explaining to men that
they have got it wrong and that they really should share the housework and the top jobs
because it would be more fair. History shows that all ideas can change. For example, the
idea that black people are inferior belongs to societies that exploit black people. They
see black people as no more than slaves or as cheap labor. To get rid of this idea, we
have to get rid of the system that started this sad idea. Anarchists believe that the
core problem facing women is class society. Overlying that core problem is a problem of
sexist ideas. The idea that women are inferior comes from societies that are divided into
classes. 
When girls answered out of turn, they were more likely to be told off, while boys were
likely to be praised for showing intelligence or initiative. Given this it was not
surprising that in later classes girls rarely spoke unless specifically asked a question
while boys often spoke out or chatted with the teacher. Women feel unsure as to what
their rights are. Also unsure as to how many hassles they are expected by society to put
up with. Women are constantly given cues that they are in some way inferior. This
conditioning is a symptom of the position of women in society, not the cause but a
symptom with far reaching effects. 
Women are constantly conditioned to believe that we do not have a right to an opinion, to
be politically active, or to speak out. That is why the first step against this
conditioning is to organize separately from men. Some women felt that men being more
confident and more self-assured tend to dominate discussions. Even some women feel that
when men are present they are more likely to take a silent role and leave the arguing up
to them. Women??s organizing together is an exercise in empowerment. It is a positive
response to the conditioning of society. Its role should be to make it possible for women
to participate as equals with men. 
However, problems rise when this exercise is taken into play along with campaign. This
identifies men as the root problem, when they are not the problem. It also isolates men
from the struggle, when it is obvious that in order to change society we must work
alongside them. Within many Unions and the British Labor Party there exist women only
conferences, A problem with this is that women??s issues are often referred to these
conferences as a way of avoiding the issues and forgetting about them. Rape is an example
of women??s issue and its is referred to as a women??s conference. 
In conclusion, I feel that women are starting to progress. For example, our New York
Senator Hilary Clinton is a woman. This is just the start; soon maybe we will have a
women president.