Compare And Contrast Feminism And Marxism

Humanity has always been overlooked by certain societal standards. Before technology, these norms travelled through proxies like religion, politics, wealth, and certain scientific beliefs. In modern day America, these ideals are now also filtered through mediums such as media, movies, tv shows, fashion, etc. As time goes, we become more aware of the inequalities these ideals create and come up with theories such as feminism and Marxism to analyze them. Socially, Marxism addresses the relationship between one 's economic class and how it affects them in civilization. Meanwhile, feminist theory aims to address the oppression and issues dealt with under a patriarchal lifestyle. In this story we can see how both of these theories affect the central

Both can respectfully be in each other’s subcategories, which is important since the more wealthier retain more privilege than women who are less wealthy. With Marxism, men withhold an easier time climbing the economic ladder in America than woman; We can see this just by simply acknowledging the wage gap. Karl Marx states “power resides with those who control the means of economic production” (Hekman 2), meaning people lower than those in control are subject to certain standards set by the rich. Friedrich Engels, Marx’s collaborator, argues that the “domination of women by men arose with the advent of private property [...] He concluded that the overthrow of private property, specifically capitalism, will result in the liberation of women” (Hekman 2). Not only are women oppressed socially, they are now oppressed economically. In our story specifically we can see an inverse relationship of these theories in our central character as we read along. Towards the beginning the protagonist 's feminism was low. She was not empowered by her flowers, which symbolized her true self, and immediately went to look for approval by a man in her life, which was denied. However, in the beginning her Marxism was high. Her job position and economic class were so important to her that she endured the discrimination by her boss. If she lost her job, she would look all social ties with it such as her boyfriend, coworkers, friends, etc. Without the job, she would not have her apartment in New York which allowed her access to her social group. Supporting herself was not worth the risk to lose all of that. Then we jump to the end, where her feminism is high. She realizes what she is doing to herself and how she is “mistreating the plants,” and how she hates herself for it. She “spent most of the rest of the summer in the park,” baring as much skin as she dared. We finally see she grown self-confidence and carries