Analysis Of No Name Woman

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Subjugation a Leader to Rebellious Behaviors In today’s society, women are still viewed differently than men, with big gaps between them that prevent women from gaining their independence. Women are expected to follow the men’s steps and to obey them. Women are capable of doing everything that men can do, but the media plays a hug role is setting expectations to women. Women are mainly judged by the way they look, and are expected to be beautiful, skinny, and perfect; leaving many other women unable to fit into their society and it’s expectations. As a matter of fact, many women have rebelled to fight this norms and to gain their own rights by forming many organizations that supports them, and revolutions against their own government. Maxine Hong Kingston, the writer of “No Name Woman”, is a Chinese American author, who lived in a patriotic society where men …show more content…

The indigenous women are subjugated with violence and discrimination against women, government ignoring their basic social services, and the displacement from their lands. Like No Name Women the indigenous Philippines women, “Prompted development organization to throw their support behind and get actively involved in the cordillera women’s movement. On March 8, 1987, indigenous women from all over the Cordillera gathered to establish a women’s program that would respond to the needs of women in the region”. The Cordillera women faced many challenges like gender bias. Women doing similar work to men are paid less compared to men, opportunities to women are limited. The Cordillera’s women shows all type of rebellious acts by continuing to fight, just as they did before in 1970’s with the Chico Dam, and the Cellophil Resources Corporation. A movement to address women’s issues is still

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