Bad Feminist

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Bad Feminist

Women have always fought for their place in the world. There are many stereotypes that exist about feminism. Many assume that women are getting petty and that they are more the same like man. Currently, there exist bad feminist and stereotypes that come with feminism. Due to bad feminism, women experience a lot of problems but do not speak because the society will not hear them. Feminism started way back in the 1848 when the first movement was made in the U.S. There are exist gender stereotypes in our society where men are perceived to do certain roles and women have their specific roles too. The paper is going to discuss the struggles women go through either at work, home or school. Women face a lot of discrimination and challenges but cannot speak out because of their gender and what people will think about them. Women in the military are not an exception to the bad feminist practices and they have to live with the pain and struggles while at service.

Women have struggled to gain equality in the world full of discrimination where men are seen to have more power than women. The plight of women begun back before 19th century where they were given roles to stay home and be submissive to their husbands. Recently in 2013 the UN Women launched a campaign to fight for the rights of women. the campaign utilised the google search engine where the women were to predict what people thing about them from the google search engine which gives suggestions CITATION Jul13 l 2057 (Mckay). What happens when you type women should… on google? The suggestions that google gives are shocking about what people frequently search about women but they can never dare say in public.

The place of women in the society remains to be the same from the ancient day to now where people still believe the kitchen belongs to women and no man should be seen in the kitchen. Women are allowed to be in other places and pursue their dreams and goals in life not hanging in the kitchen practicing house chores and being house wives. Google shows that women still have no space in the society because of the prediction women should not speak in church. The plight of women is seen in many countries where in the congress their voices are heard the last which should not be the case CITATION Mor04 p pg43 l 2057 (Morgan pg43). Women need to speak about their rights and freedom and nobody needs to shut them down. The fact that google predicts that women should stay at home this is an indication that despite the struggles by women to become independent by securing white jobs and political positions, there are still some who think that staying at home best fits them.

Women in the military face sexual harassment such as rape, and verbal abuse among others. Because women are perceived to complain a lot, none of them serving the military will ever come out to complain about feminist problems they experience at the military. Women in the military are always subjected to sexual trauma because of their gender. Women comprises of 15% of the military in the U.S. it is obvious that he majority are men. The group of women in the military are said to be subjected to some form of sexual abuse or harassment but are always afraid to speak out because of the stereotypes that exist. According to the authors, (Mattocks, Kristin M., et al pg. 538) they conducted a research in 2009 on 19 women veterans. The veterans admitted that they went through stressful military experiences such as combat experiences, separation from family and majorly military sexual trauma. These women while at work they have varying ability to manage the stress and used various cognitive and behavioral ideas to get used to the stress in the military. They are afraid to tell their stories because no one will pay attention. Indeed, women have hard times in coping up with problems that arise due to their gender identity. Many consider women to be seeking attention and have petty issues.

Women in the military are abused by their fellow military men, they are always quiet about the issue thus it is hard to report the exact number of cases. Women in the military are well trained are much is expected of them in terms of protecting the country and protecting themselves. Women are taught ow to behave around fellow service men, however, the service men take more advantage of the females in the military. Rapists are always smart; they know how to keep the women silent. Many women receive gender based discrimination in the military and it is hard to convince the authorities that rape actually occurred. According to, (Weitz, pg.169), he gives a case of Emily Voland who was raped in 2009 while serving in the military. When she reported the case to the general, no one believed her. She was accused for acting inappropriately and lying while at work. No one wanted to compromise with her, she was then fired yet the rape was real. This is one of the reason women in the military are afraid to open up because they can be fired or punished.

Bad feminist will always deny the women in the military a chance to speak out their prejudices. Bad feminist believes that women in the military act seductively towards men when they are on duty or out of work. This is because women have a lot of issue running through their mind for example, their children and family back at home. They assume that women seek for emotional support from the men which in turn goes beyond the expected the comeback saying that it is rape or sexual assault. According to (Weitz, pg. 169), women are always blamed for the assaults men put them through. With the fear of losing their job or insult from other colleagues after they learn about their rape issues, they decide to remain silent. A good example is Jessica Hinves who said that these things happen in the military and she did not believe it until it happened to her. She was assaulted and no one believed what she was saying, it turned to a laughing matter and many assume she was seeking attention (Weitz pg.170). The insults, one being fired and the fact that no one will believe ten forces women to stay silent.

It is not only in the military where women face sexual harassment. While at work, women are subject to a lot of harassment by their co-workers. Women are driven into unwanted relationships by their bosses in order to retain their jobs. This has been the case in most developing countries where there are high rates of unemployment. Since the boss is aware that one is in dire need of a job, they take advantage and let them not say a thing or report them to the authority. According to (King, Ynestra, pg. 179), he interviewed a group of females and let them speak out about the problems they were experiencing at work. May said they have to keep up with their ill-mannered male friends who harass them daily. Some would not speak out their problems because as a woman, one is required to be strong. Those who tend to report their problems at work, the authorities will always turn their blame on their side saying that they are the ones who causes the whole incident. As a result, females are always fighting with their problems a work since they are required not to speak out. The bad feminists bring problems to women at work.

Gender inequality in politics is what will exist and there is no chance that the situation is going to change to see women have full representation in politics. Bad feminist does perceive that political power is a man’s position and that secretarial and assistant jobs are for the women. We have witnessed this during political campaigns where many politicians will criticize a female aspirant not because of her ideologies but because she is a woman (Celis, Karen, and Joni Lovenduski.pg. 152). Many did not vote in Hilary Clinton as a president because it was not the right time for America to have a female president. In the world, over 90%of the countries have men as their presidents. It is believed that women cannot exercise power in big positions, they can only do this at smaller management and administration fields. Women have to cope with this type of inequality whereby even after trying, they have to let it go, and let men rule the world as they are perceived to.

Bad feminist perceive that women are restricted to certain roles at work and there are precious positions that should be handled by men. Women are not trusted to handle certain positions at an organisation. Technical operations are all left to men, who they believe they can deliver. However, women who are given such technical positions have proven to deliver more than men could. We all know that Catherine and other two women, female mathematicians who their hard work at NASA station bore fruits since it is their calculations that managed to help land the first astronaut to move round the earth safely (Renegar, Valerie R., and Stacey K. Sowards, pg. 101). No one believed that women could make such efforts in the field of science.

We live in the 21st century where women should rise and speak for their rights. Gender stereotypes need to come to an end and the women should be empowered. Men and women need to come up and celebrate the efforts of women in power and motivate young girls to pursue goals that have been mythically assumed to be men’s. through such initiatives we are going to achieve equality in the society CITATION Mor04 l 2057 (Morgan). Research needs to be done to establish the truth in the military whether or not one was assaulted before going ahead to judge or fire them. The UN Women made a great move in their campaign since this highlights things that google directors should ban from being predicted. If google can stop predicting ill things about women then it is the first step towards giving women a position in the society.

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