Women’s Social Status Change
Name: Junchuan Zhang (Bill)
Date: November 6, 2014
EAD II Section 21
3.3
Professor: Karen Kalteissen
Women’s Social Status Changes between 1930s and 2014 How much has women’s social status changed from the 1930s to 2014? It has changed quite a lot. Women were not allowed to do quite a lot of things in the past. For example, they were not allowed to have a proper job and were only allowed to stay at home, do housework and teach children. Since the feminist movement, there are absolutely more chances for women to succeed in modern society. There are two female writers who wrote about their experiences or suggestions of fighting against stereotypes from men. The first writer is called Virginia Woolf. She wrote an article called “Professions of Women”. In that article, she wrote about the restrictions and prejudices that female writers experienced and how she fought against them. She used an imaginary character called “Angel in the House” to refer to one of the difficulties that she finally overcame. There is another female writer who wanted to eliminate the unhealthy effects for young girls. She wrote an article called “Bonfire of the Disney Princesses”. In her article, she wrote about the wrong values, which was to be a useless people in the future, which Disney Princesses pass to young girls and the unhealthy effect that they may have. She emphasized that those wrong values that may do potential damages to young girls. As a summary, she appealed the parents to gather together and fight against the Disney Princesses. The restrictions and prejudices that women suffered from have many close connections with men. Men had discriminations on women in the past and although women fought and eliminated most of them, some still exist now. They thought women had no right to have some kinds of jobs. However, as the feminism developments, the social status of women had been greatly developed and young girls can have much higher dream than before. However, although
Date: November 6, 2014
EAD II Section 21
3.3
Professor: Karen Kalteissen
Women’s Social Status Changes between 1930s and 2014 How much has women’s social status changed from the 1930s to 2014? It has changed quite a lot. Women were not allowed to do quite a lot of things in the past. For example, they were not allowed to have a proper job and were only allowed to stay at home, do housework and teach children. Since the feminist movement, there are absolutely more chances for women to succeed in modern society. There are two female writers who wrote about their experiences or suggestions of fighting against stereotypes from men. The first writer is called Virginia Woolf. She wrote an article called “Professions of Women”. In that article, she wrote about the restrictions and prejudices that female writers experienced and how she fought against them. She used an imaginary character called “Angel in the House” to refer to one of the difficulties that she finally overcame. There is another female writer who wanted to eliminate the unhealthy effects for young girls. She wrote an article called “Bonfire of the Disney Princesses”. In her article, she wrote about the wrong values, which was to be a useless people in the future, which Disney Princesses pass to young girls and the unhealthy effect that they may have. She emphasized that those wrong values that may do potential damages to young girls. As a summary, she appealed the parents to gather together and fight against the Disney Princesses. The restrictions and prejudices that women suffered from have many close connections with men. Men had discriminations on women in the past and although women fought and eliminated most of them, some still exist now. They thought women had no right to have some kinds of jobs. However, as the feminism developments, the social status of women had been greatly developed and young girls can have much higher dream than before. However, although