Polygamy has been a worldwide issue for many years. It is the idea of one man having many wives and together they are raising one big family. Nonetheless, it may sound appealing to some people, yet dreadful to others. The focus here is a female being raised in a polygamist environment with three or more moms heavily informs her perception of the world and other cultures out of her community. They are taught that their education is insignificant, men are more superior to women, and outsiders are to be avoided.
To start with, the majority of young girls in America and other parts of the world go through a similar routine that consists of getting up in early in the morning and dragging their fatigued body to school to get a solid and proper
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This idea creates an opinion that men are more superior to women. “..But would instead be servants throughout eternity.” (Rebecca Kimbel pg. 1) For example, male children will grow up having the mindset of men being worth more than women are, and the female children will grow up with the mindset of them being less than men are. “My HUSBAND…never allowed me to forget his superiority. Psychological and emotional abuse fueled his need for power.” (Rebecca Kimbel, pg 1) Although in some cases, being raised and part of a polygamist sect can support women financially, it is still not healthy for them to have the perspective of them being more powerless than men are. “I lay there so disappointed because I wanted to be more than someone’s key to get somewhere.” (Cynthia Savage, pg …show more content…
“None of us could associate with the outside world “ (Jill pg 1) If you are born in a home, where your parents have strong morals and views on certain things because of how they were raised, and naturally those morals and views will be passed on to you or forced on to you. “I GREW UP isolated from non-believers” (Rebecca Kimbel, pg. 1) When they decide to pull themselves out of their parent’s isolation they realize that people view them differently because of their dad’s having multiple wives and being a member of a very large family. “I thought that people saw and treated us differently because we were Americans but, little by little, I found out that it wasn't just that. I saw that the other children had only one mother and one father.” (Jill pg 1.) This type of isolation obviously causes a clutter of confusion in their mind and it completely changes their perception on non believers and outcasts of their
The novel is set in a cultural background wherein women had every reasonable freedom to talk about their marriage and children, but could not carry on what they found it to be good and reasonable because they were restraint by social constructs. Women were bound to their husbands and children and religiously they were conditioned to lots of dos and don'ts. However, a critical look reveals that women were construed to be mere objects of amusement, possessions cared for and displayed. They were expected to be subordinated to their husbands and children (Wyatt, 1995).
For a very long time, men always had a higher status than women. In marriages during the beginning of the 1900s, men were dominant over their wives. They were the providers and the leaders of their families.(Bernstein, 2011) For women, their main goal in life was to get married to a man that could provide for them financially. Women did not attend college or have careers, so having a man asking for their hand in marriage was a need and a privilege. Originally, marriage contracts stated that any property that the woman owned automatically became his once they were married. (Bernstein, 2011) Even though marriage contracts were changed so that women could own their own property and they gained the right to vote in 1920, women were still looked down upon. (Bernstein, 2011) Until the 1980s, rape within marriages was legal because technically it was the wife’s job to have sex with her husband. (Bernstein, 2011) Women literally only seen as something for men to marry so they had someone provide them with children and to take care of them
Throughout history, it is clear that men are usually seen to be advantaged by the logic of domination while females tend to be disadvantaged. Whether it be in the workplace, household, or even the bible men have always been inferior to women. Through history, cultural norms and stereotypes gender roles were created and have been present throughout society. Although it is believed that males are more advantaged than females the texts Eve and Adam: Genesis 2-3 Reread by Phyllis Trible and The Creation and Fall of Man and Woman explain how men and woman are in fact equal and maybe even disadvantaged by these cultural arrangements. Therefore, throughout history it is clear that gender discourses would allow one to believe that men are advantaged
There was a time (not so long ago) when a man's superiority and authority wasn't a question, but an accepted truth. In the two short stories, "Desiree's Baby", and "The Yellow Wallpaper", women are portrayed as weak creatures of vanity with shallow or absent personalities, who are dependent on men for their livelihood, and even their sanity. Without men, these women were absolutely helpless and useless. Their very existence hinged on absolute and unquestioning submission…alone, a woman is nothing.
Seen as sexist and oppressive societies – girls have no value if they are not married, women should obey orders from men
Modern feminists stand at a crossroads, torn between staunch opposition of the parts of the patriarchy that disadvantage them and a reluctant acceptance of the fragments of the same system that benefits them. The patriarchal structure that stands responsible for the wage gap and the glass ceiling is also responsible for the tradition of male chivalry, in acts such as paying for a first date. Similarly, American Jezebel depicts the harrowing tale of Anne Hutchinson, a pioneer at challenging the male orthodoxy with religion and firm ideas, who both benefits and suffers from the weight of womanhood. Even though Hutchinson proved a genuine threat with her preaching
We see this in Medieval History very often. The only time we see women being treated equally then is in the time of Jesus. He treated men and women as one and included women in the bible and in his teachings. Yet many kings in the medieval era were not as welcoming to women as Jesus was. The men then thought that women were incapable of doing anything and anything they did do was wrong like giving birth.
Women of these times were obviously not equal to their male counterparts. In modern days however, women are thought of as equals in society. The problem is that they are still not being treated as equals in a religious aspect as well as many other aspects. Elizabeth A. Johnson draws attention to how, despite being considered equal in Genesis, women had their worth ignored “Consistently subordinated and demeaned in the theories, symbols, rituals, A large wave of pro women thinking has arisen in the form of feminist theology. This line of thought draws from Genesis and the idea that men and women were created equally.
Every single morning for the rest of the school year people have to wake up early and do everything that people need to do and go to school and try to stay awake for 7-8 hours every day.What happened If you have lots of work and stay all night and in the morning will be so tired you maybe put your shirt on backward or When there pouring they cereal and put juice or water in It.
In today’s world many people have had different views and ideas on what polygamy really is, is it morally wrong? In this paper you are going to learn what polygamy is, who practices it, the affects that it has on children, wives and the husbands, risk factors, and most importantly why it is morally wrong.
Since the beginning of time, humans, have been raised in very similar ways. One way our society has been raised similar, is the way people view men and women. Our society has always said that women and children come first. In the biblical stories, men had the job to be leaders, fighters, and warriors. Women would bear and raise children, cook, farm, and anything else that was home-related (Sherrow). Most of our nation has grown up in church and heard multiple bible stories. We hear the stories of God doing amazing things through men, like David and Goliath. God also did great things through women as well, but in a very different way. One example of what God did through women is when he sent his only son to be born of a virgin, Mary. What God does through men is just as important as what he does through women. Since the beginning, men and women have been doing very important but different jobs.
Mention the concept of polygamy in any “civilized” gathering, and you just may be able to see the shiver of repulsion that ripples through the crowd. By substituting the word “polyamory” in, you will be able to circumvent this reaction – but only because everyone is staring at you in baffled silence instead. So we begin, as always, with definitions.
Many people would happily accept an opportunity to have their daily stress reduced by employing help with not only their children but also with daily household responsibilities of cooking and cleaning. Especially in this fragile economic state the average family living in America cannot afford the luxury of hiring a house cleaner, cook or nanny. However, there are polygamists families in America have the abilities of multiple adults contributing to the same household because of the lifestyle choice of having multiple spouses. The extra help comes at a price for woman, by having to share her husband with other woman and raising her children in the difficult and uncommon lifestyle. Polygamy takes a total acceptance and understanding of it by the mothers, in order for polygamy not to have a negative psychological impact on her children. Children are the innocent victims of polygamy; consequently, they grow up witnessing a tense environment filled with their mother’s insecurities and rivalries with the other wives, which sequentially end up harming the child in the end. Furthermore, polygamy can be psychologically damaging to children because of the increased rates of not only welfare fraud, domestic violence, and underage marriages but also child abuse and neglect.
Polygamy causes children to grow up faster than needed, experiencing adult like experiences. Becoming married as young as fourteen, and marrying a man that ages much older. Escaping a polygamous community clearly depicts a difficult task, as much as this idea appears to be emphasized and craved for, women are too afraid. Attempting to escape means risking the chance of them getting caught and taken away from their own children. They are deprived of their money and therefore, if they escape successfully, then they are already homeless. Competing for the attention and respect from the husband depicts a conflict many wives’ face. The social status of wives’ go down once the husband no longer longs for affection. Children are victims of both, physical and sexual abuse from father or other family members. Family members could also include step-family members. The abuse that these children face often cause them to have anxiety in the
3. In other countries, a reason why people engage in polygamous relationships involve the increase of children for labor. Another indicator is dealing with the overpopulation of women and maintaining control over them. It is also mainly in societies that consist of men with intense sexual desires and “lengthy post-partum sexual taboos” (Religious Tolerance, 2001).