Merichel Almonte, Reflection 4

Before I had no idea that there was a hierarchy of oppression because they are things that are done as part and custom of society, when we grow up we see them, many times we even see them as normal because that came from generation to generation when it shouldn’t be like that, because if your parents are wrong about a concept, you should investigate so that you don’t do the same thing.  This is due to many reasons, for example, ignorance because it does not have.  knowledge , lack of resources to search for information or they simply adapt to oppression so as not to want to break a scheme created by the system of society .  Similarly, Aidee Lorde in her article “There is no hierarchy of oppression” clarifies many things for us and that it does not exist.  Audre Lorde argues for us as a woman she faces oppression, as a lesbian being a mother and as a woman of dark skin color she faces her own fears and difficulties.  She mentions that no matter where you come from or your status, everyone faces oppression and many identities go through that situation.  Patriarchy is the one who is in charge of having control in society.  We citizens are the ones who have to improve, contribute, volunteer and seek solutions to have a better system.  She clarifies that not only women suffer oppression, but also men because they are all part of the system, many times because women in certain cases have suffered more for being submissive or for supposedly being the “weaker sex” society puts them as that it is the only one that can suffer oppression but it is not true that man too.

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