Talking about oppression and privilege is extremely important since many people’s lives are significantly shaped by these two systems. To be oppressed is to be restricted by systematically related pressures. These pressures prevent our personal development in different areas of our lives. For example, women are supposed to stay silent and be agreeable. If they do the opposite a sort of punishment will come with it. In the best scenario, she would be called hysteric or another pejorative term. In the worst scenario, they could be murdered in more sexist countries. Meanwhile, men are not punished for being loud, in fact, they are applauded and it’s normative. I found it interesting how the gallant gestures, in reality, mock women by making them seem incapable. I personally hate and find it cringy when men do stuff for me, like open the door, carry my bags, or pay for the meal, it’s very unnecessary, I can do all of that by myself. Frye mentioned that women have other real problems that are completely ignored by men which is true, these problems are usually not acknowledged and keep women at disadvantage.

Privilege it’s often unacknowledged by its owners, these are advantages that people have in comparison to other members of the society. It was interesting to see the perspective of Peggy McIntosh, a white woman, regarding privilege. As a black, latina, immigrant, queer woman, I have to think about a lot of stuff that puts me at a lot of disadvantage and how am I going to go through it. In the article, Peggy identified the daily effects of white privilege in her life. It is very impressive how something such as your skin tone can give you plenty of privilege in this society or put you at disadvantage.