The Feminist Theory

The feminist Theory in my view focuses on inequality between the sexes. It shows that male was always the dominant sex in the family. This bring to light the fact that wife abuse, marital rape and child abuse is not new, because of the inequality between the sexes a man or husband could have sex with his woman or wife whenever he want and she was not in the procession to say no, because she is his property. I could recall an argument I had once with a male over the Wife rape law in the Bahamas and he was saying there should not be a law because a woman should not say no to her husband whenever he asks for sex. What I understand from this theory is that the theorist seeks to get some amount of rights for women, so that we could be able to function in an equal position as men. In my view women was seen as wife or stay home mom wash my cloth, cook my dinner and be ready to render sexual pleasure when I get home that was how women was seen in the eyes of man.

 There was a lot of discrimination along with the sexism; as I could recall women was not allow to practice medicine and if one try and get through they could not come first in the class even if she was first. She could not graduate with the class because a doctor was a man’s job not for women. In today’s world you still see a small amount of that discrimination display its ugly head every now and then; for example; Home economics is seen as a female subject and so a some father do not want their sons to do it. In some homes cleaning and washing dishes is believe to be a female job therefore some parent would allow their sons to do them. In some churches where women are ordain to the post as pastor there is still some discrimination going on because they view men only as leaders and some believe that a woman should not be call a pastor.

What I like about the theorist is the view that all people are created equal and should not be denied equality of opportunity because of gender. One critique is that feminism has taken the women rights too far and this has had harmful effects on marriages and children. In my opinion I don’t think so; I believe that because there is still a high level of male dominance so they still try to oppress women.