Femina-Feministe-Feminist

Once said by the young activist, Malala Yousafzai, “We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.” This is true in todays society where women are seen as inferior to men, and not allowed to live to their  full potential. For this project I chose the critical lens of “feminist.” My runner up choice was Marxist lens. Marxist lens allows you to see how money and and power can influence men and woman. It examines the differences between the classes; higher or lower class and the impact of that. However,  I chose feminist lens because I believe that in today's society women are not seen to be as powerful as men are. I have read books where woman are considered objects to men, or seen as “stupid” housewives, when they could be learning in schools or having jobs. For example, in the book we recently read in class, “Hamlet,” by William Shakespeare one of the characters named Ophelia was seen as very weak. I  personally feel when woman model for Calvin Klein covers for example they are seen as objects of sexuality, instead of beautiful models. Women are objectified and when a man is seen with his shirt off, he is seen as a powerful man. If a woman were to do this in todays media, they are only seen as objects  of sex. Feminism can be applied to women being seen as objects, or woman being inferior to men, or woman not having the same equality as men. My personal belief is that all woman are capable of so much more, and if the world could see how brilliant woman are, woman would start to believe in themselves more as well.  For example if we had a woman president, maybe the world would see how capable a woman is in power. In the past women were treated a lot worse than women are treated today. It is nice seeing the change that has occurred, but I believe that there is still needs to be more change in order  for woman to be completely equal. What I am hoping to get out of this project is being able to see what woman were treated like back in the olden days and compare it to how woman are being treated today. I hope to make connections and inferences and show the world how much more woman are capable of.