The author Frye talks about “oppression” is greater than a word itself. All sex, male and female have face oppression in their lives. Oppression is hateful or unfair treatment of power. While the word “frustration” is an emotion that people experience when they cannot achieve their goals. In Lorde’s essay, she tells us that oppression can escalate from one to the other. According to the essay she states, ” Within the lesbian community I am Black, and within the Black community I am a lesbian. Any attack against Black people is a lesbian and gay issue because I and thousands of other Black women are part of the lesbian community. Any attack against lesbians and gays is a Black issue because thousands of lesbians and gay men are Black.” This quote shows how the word oppression can attack multiple groups at once. I agree with Lord because she talks about how different groups can relate to each other.
Patriarchy is a social system where males are the central authority figures. Up until today United States shows a male dominate society. This also helps us understand that sometimes males feel protective but they don’t want to show weakness in giving up their title of mal privilege. As it even stated in the passage, “Some of the time, men feel defensive because they identify with patriarchy and its values and don’t want to face the consequence there produce or the prospect of giving up male privilege.”
Ijeoma A. and Pascoe write about expectations that are placed on girls and boys, respectively. Man is empowered and expects women to tag along. Back in my country, I have witnessed how they treated females because men were overpowered back then. My mom wasn’t allowed to do anything without asking for permission from the boss which was my father. That was shocking to me, and that’s something I will never miss use just because I am in the hold of it.
