Sexist Patriarchy

Often time’s society define women by biological traits (i.e. menstruation, genitalia, and breast), gender roles, or nature but do those items really embody womanhood. Often time’s in our society the term woman or feminine is used to emasculate men in our sexist patriarchy system. Recently the idea of gender identity has become quite a controversial issue in recent political arenas, feminist organizations, and even public figure discussions. But has the term woman lost or gained in any recognition throughout U.S. History? As we studied throughout this semester we learned that term woman in American and colonial history has been contested both social construction and biologically. When we look at the term woman many think of the traditional