As I was thinking about what I should write my blog post about I remembered back to Jamaica Kincaid's Girl. I remembered how overly dramatic this article was about what girls were supposed to do. I also remember and reflected on how her life and society was in the Caribbean. She lived in the society that the men did everything. Women were pretty much made to have children and hope to God that the children were male. Women in her society were taken advantage of. They were placed in the home for cooking, cleaning and pleasing their men, not only sexually but overall as well.
Women were placed into the hands of men for countless generations. Thinking back in time, women were the care takers. They looked after the children, prepared meals for the family and made sure everything was running smoothly. This frustrates me today, because in our society, it is socially acceptable to be a single parent. My mother was a single parent to me from the ages 2-7. She left my dad leaving my dad a single parent too. We had my visits with my father every weekend, Friday to Sunday night. This article made me think and reflect about what my life would be like if my parents would have stayed together. I thought about how my dad would have taught me how to ride a bike and maybe my mom would have taught me how to braid. I think I would have ended up much more of a girly girl than I am today.
In today's society people are taken advantage of way too much. According to nmcasp.org 36% of all people will be raped by the age of 21, While about 41% of people will be sexually assaulted my the age 21. This is next statistic is very horrifying because most of the students at SLC are in fact female. Savp.vassar.edu took a survey of everyone on campus and 1 in every 6 females were victims of some type of sexual assault in the preceding semester. This is even scarier. 42% of the women that were surveyed admitted to having sex with the offender.
I feel like I could go on for hours and hours about this topic, but I should probably stop before I get ahead of myself. I am very headstrong about my views on this topic. I am definitely a feminist. I will admit, I stand up for everyone, but females especially. I really appreciate debating. So comment something that may make me re-think what I said or make me challenge my views. Thanks!
~ Dawn
I thought it was very interesting that you brought the topic of rape into your blog post. I think it definitely does relate to the essay mentioned as well. These women do everything for the men that they're married to, no matter what it is. They cook, clean, bear their children, and take care of everyone in the household.
ReplyDeleteThis relates to today's world because when in a marriage or even in a relationship, a man sometimes feels like he's entitled to sex. Just because you're married, does not mean that your significant other is your sex slave. A no is still a no.
Also, when looking at rape in the media today and about how a lot of teenage males are not getting prosecuted for raping someone is relevant to this essay, too. In this essay, the woman speaking is expected to turn out to be a slut. The excuses of these men raping women are that the woman was provoking him; by the way she was acting, talking, or what she was wearing. It was the woman's fault that she was raped.
They’re acting as if men have no semblance of self-control, which is not true. Women should be able to walk the streets at night, wearing and acting however they please, without being attacked. If men can act that way, why can’t women?
Hey Dawn,
ReplyDeleteThe way you brought your own situation about how your mom was a single parent for almost five years of your life relates to me. My mom was a single parent for about three years of my life but about five years for my sister life.
When you said if your dad would have been more in your life then you might have ended up more of a girl, it made me think. It made me think what kind of man I would have ended up becoming? It made me think of what type of woman my sister would have became? So many questions just went through my mind, since I was sort of the only guy in my immediate family for a very long time. My stepfather was there but it was like he wasn't since he work Monday through Saturday 3p.m. to midnight. So I became the head guy of the family and I became very protective of my family.
Your doing a great job on these blogs so keep of the good work