Oppression In The Pedagogy Of The Oppressed By Paulo Freire

Oppression is a term which has been used all around the world for many years, but not everyone knows what it actually stands for which is the inequality between people giving off two famous terms known as the oppressed and the oppressor. Regardless of this, for the same amount of time, people have been dealing with oppressors in a wide variety of situations both in the public and private life. In the book The Pedagogy Of The Oppressed by Paulo Freire, Freire discusses the relationship between the oppressed and the oppressors. He noted that society scares the freedom out of the poor and powerless. According to Freire, freedom is the outcome of the informed action, which he referred to as the praxis. Oppression can be seen in the limit rights some women have around the world.

Unfortunately, a relevant example of oppression in today’s world can be observed in third world countries which are currently still progressing, but despite of this continue to carry on with oppression ideas which should have been lost hundreds of years ago. These aspects can be noticed in education, in the inequality between genders, at work and in other aspects of everyday life. A valid example can be seen when thinking about the rights that women have in some parts of the world. “… Without a sense of identity, there can be no real struggle…” As Freire gives this quote in his book, ‘The Pedagogy of the Oppressed’, he emphasizes on the importance of people standing up for themselves and opposing oppressors and their wish of manipulation. As women in some parts of the world consider a relevant example for this subject, not only do we need to help out, but they also need to develop a stronger sense of identity and understand that a person’s life means f...

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...rs, they should be thought how to defend themselves from them, while outside action should be taken in order to limit the amount of oppression felt by people all around the world. Since the oppressed have internalized the image of the oppressor and does not question the oppressor, they are far from freedom. In order to be free they have to reject the negative images of themselves of their group and replace it with autonomy and take responsibility. Freedom is achieved by conquest, it is not just simply given. Women in developing countries and others who are oppressed should not only be limited to speaking our minds, as we also have to stop supporting the oppressors through the ideal set by Freire who advocates for a world which has a better mutual approach to education which can be achieved when people try their best to work together in order to achieve their goals.