Today, lots of women still feel inferior to men. Unfortunately, they constantly sense the need to prove to men and everyone else that they are just as good as any male, and at times much better than them. Instead of getting the impression that both men and women are equal and no discrimination goes on, women still feel that tension between both genders.
For my independent reading, I chose to read about the power and role that women have in society. My book Love My Riffle More Than You by Kayla Williams, discusses how it felt to be a woman in the army. Before reading this book, I thought about certain things that would be mentioned, but this author goes much deeper and specific on specific details. Respect, sex, preconceived ideas, hatred, relationships, and misery are only a few of the topics that are highlighted.
In the beginning of the autobiography my interest was immediately drawn because it was brought up in a couple of our Socratic seminars. Kayla Williams was talking about what separates a woman in the army of being a slut or a b*tch. She said that men where the ones to decide on what type of person you were before getting to know you based off of how a lady came across to them. The men there told Kayla, “So if she’s nice or friendly, outgoing or chatty-she’s a slut. If she’s distant or reserved or professional-she’s a b*tch.” This horrible accusation of what type of women you were was not fair at all. Undesirably, women continued being judged in that manner because many times the guys were right about their reasoning.
Although this may be shocking, this does not only happen in the army, but as well in everyday life, no matter where a woman may be. Everyone can recall at least one time when a comment was made from a male saying something about the way a girl or lady might act or portray herself implying what kind of person she is. This proves that those men do not take time in getting to know a person before jumping to conclusions, and goes hand in hand with the old saying, “Never judge a book by its cover.”
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Your blog’s creativity is nice and organized with visible colors. I loved your introduction to the book your reading and your topic is an excellent topic to talk about. Women will always be judged by men no matter how wealthy or smart she might be. There seems to be no way of stopping that discrimination. In a man’s eye women will never stand in front of them, because for centuries men were always the stronger and more powerful out of the two genders. Your topic is similar to mine, but I’m reading about mystery murders and the chief detective is a woman. She too gets treated unfairly by the men detectives around the office buildings. By the way can you change the colors at the end of your page because the colors are too light.
On your next blog can you explain more about your book so I can get a good understanding of what’s happening? It’s easier for me to understand your topic and comment about it when I know what’s going on with in the book. Also, use more quotes to identify what the men say about women and how they may be treated unfairly. It’s not only men who judge women because in general, people judge other people now days. A person should always get to know another person before they make a statement about them, but that doesn’t always happen. People tend to just look at someone and say something about them and it isn’t always a back comment. Sometimes when people judge others by the way they act, dress or talk, their judgment of them may be correct. You are who you are and the way you talk, dress and act is the person you are, so when others say something about you it may just be absolutely true. There are times when they just don’t like who you are, so they just says bad things about you. Relating back to men looking down on women, if a woman doesn’t want a man thinking she’s a specific type of lady then they shouldn’t do any foolish things to have the men think of them in a bad way.
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