Response 9

Feminists group has been a group that has always wanted to have equal rights between both genders, men and female. Inequality has affected us female in many ways. Black feminists is not just trying to fight oppression but actually address the issues that is going on. According to the article (1997) The Combahee River Collective Statement states “There is a very low valued placed upon Black women’s psyches in this society, which is both racist and sexist”. One part that caught my attention while reading the article (1997) The Combahee River Collective Statement, when it state’s “If Black women were free, it would mean that every one else would have been free since our freedom would necessitate the destruction of all the systems of oppression.” It caught my attention because we a women that have to deal with many issues and fight to get what we want. As I kept reading it mention about the roles in female and male in the 1970’s and that it has been a traditional thing meaning that men go to work and women stay at home and then they say how we women can’t do the same thing as men. Some other roles in general are when women are expected to dress up in a feminine way and being polite. But Men have to be strong and brave. Some roles at home are when women have to cook, do all the cleaning and washing in the household but for men they would just to work, take care of the bills which to me are like very simple task to do. In my opinion I think that most of these roles are not fair for both genders, it shouldn’t be oh you focus on thing and I focus on the other. I feel like both genders should have equal roles and even in general having equal rights. I feel like these type of issue’s are still being seen seen today because as they mention before it’s like a tradition. These roles are able to affect both male and female because of the relationship there is in the household, behavior and also health. Gender roles are important to society because it tells us how each gender can change over time and the equality that both should have. To me I don’t see anything wrong where both gender’s learn the same things and not just learning certain things. I see gender feminism as having many inequality’s and men should realize that we are humans but different genders and being able to do the same things. If both genders were to have equality both would have the benefits to live free I believe because there would be no more inequality’s.Overall I really hope at a certain type of period there would equality for both genders and not have to deal with many other issues. It would be amazing to see that change happen, I still see both genders facing inequality between each other and it’s probably because of a tradition it is.

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