Taking Advantage Of Education In America, By Adrienne Rich

In [insert essay name here] Adrienne Rich stresses the importance of women taking advantage of the opportunities of education in America. Since the beginning of time, education has been determined by white men who decide what we should and should not be learning about. When we hear about “great issues” it’s what white men decide is important enough for the western world to know about. Most of the time we only hear about issues that relate to us or an ally of the U.S. For instance, when the tragedy in Paris happened, there were no other news reports on the bombing in Beirut that ended up killing 40 and injuring 200 more. A tragedy is a tragedy, and all of them should be reported to the world.
Society as a whole is dominated by men. Before
They need to reject the ideas of succumbing to the norm of the old-school view of women. Many people believe that when women push for change they are being bossy, and consequently this causes women to keep their opinions to themselves to avoid criticism. Back in the olden days, women would write about controversial subjects, such as the government or issues in society. Instead of signing their names on their creation, they would put “anonymous.” There were many motives for this anonymity, but there is mainly two. If people saw ideas that were against the dominant discourse and realized that these ideas were written by a woman, they would scoff and throw the ideas out of the window. Since women didn’t really have any respect from political and literary points of view, if people found out that a woman is causing all of this unrest, she would lose whatever dignity and respect she had. In turn, her husband would receive the same treatment for not controlling his
Feminists try to push for economic and legal equality for women in all areas and subjects. Men have always been viewed as superior to women because they’ve always been told to follow their heart and do it to the best of their ability, while women have been told to stay as housewives. Being a housewife is in no way a demeaning title. In fact, housewives get plenty of respect for taking care of children, the house, and the husband. While she does not get her own income from working a city job, she might get an allowance of some sort from the working husband. It’s just that when you didn’t have a choice of being a housewife or following your dreams, there is an