Female Stereotypes

"For most of history, anonymous was a woman", quotes Virginia Woolf. (1) Throughout history, women’s lives were restricted to domesticity and family, and they were left oppressed and without political voice. Over the decades the roles of women have dramatically changed from chattels belonging to their husbands to gaining independence. Women became famous activists, thinkers, writers, and artists, like Frida Kahlo who was an important figure for women’s independence. The price women paid in their fight for equality was to die or be imprisoned along with men, and they were largely forgotten in written history. However, the roles they took on were wide-ranging which included working in factories, tending the troops, taking care of children and working at home. Frida Kahlo was a talented artist whose pride and self-determination has inspired feminists and many others. She was an important figure in the women’s movement not because she fought for women’s rights in an organized way, but because of the way she lived her life. “I suffered two grave accidents in my life. One in which a street car knocked me down, the other accident is Diego” (2), says Frida Kahlo. She was in a turbulent relationship with her husband Diego Rivera, but she claimed her independence from him. The experiences in her life shared with her nature and strength made her famous and well-known worldwide as a woman of independence, courage and nonconformity. Women like Frida Kahlo have fought for their independence and contrasting the modern-day women to the women in 1900s, we can see that their roles have changed and in return they received their independence. After centuries of conforming to female stereotypes, women are gradually taking control of their own image of...

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...ion. But it has changed after many years, the gender roles of women have changed greatly and women have the right to get an education, get jobs and are not stereotyped as the weaker sex. Women now have gained their independence and have the right to make their own career choices and have a political voice. Women didn't want to just accept their standing in society but instead they wanted to have a voice. During this battle for independence, women now have the right to work and their role in society has become more significant. Much of this came from the rise of feminism with women wanting to be treated equally to men. Nowadays women tend to be more independent. After centuries of conforming to female stereotypes, women have gradually taken control of their own image of equality to the men and are able to face the reality of life on their own, without men's support.