Synthesis Essay On Being A Woman

Being a woman I’ve always been accused of being a feminist when I stand up and say I can do something men think I can. But I’m on my school’s men’s golf team. I may not be quite as good but I can stand my ground. In society though men are thought of as stronger and because of that they are given dominance in many circumstances.. They are the bread winners and women are the bread bakers, men are supposed to go out and be strong and woman are supposed to be weak and let the man take care of her. These ideals are shown time and time again in our culture.

Time and time again literature shows this way of thinking. In a marlboro ad titled “being a man” society is once again showing that men are dominant. Smoking is thought of as a masculine and tough not light and girly. I can’t remember the last time I saw a woman in a smoking ad. Or really in any thing society has labeled “Unlady like.” This ad reinforces society’s ideals that and men should be out in the world by depicting the man in a cowboy hat, and lines on his face from hard work and being out in the world therefore leaving the woman at home, as there is not woman in these ads. This is the American ideal of how a man should be. This makes society

This is depicted hundreds of times throughout history. Before and some time after world war two that was the reality. woman did the housework until the men went off to war, then the woman had to step up and do the jobs designed for men but soon as the returned home the woman return to the kitchen. Even today “most males rarely prepare food for others” (Barry). The kitchen is a place for women not