Monday, November 10, 2008
Week # 12 #1
In chapter 34, griffin mentions standpoint is that " a place from which to critically view the world around us." ( P 441). The story in P 443 was so bad and touched my feelings. In our society, men and women are not equal in real. In China, based on the Chinese culture, the people like baby boys because boys have power, can continue the family bleed. In some small villages, when baby gilrs were birth, the fathers would threw the baby gilrs away and tried to have other babies because they hoped the other babies would be boys. 90% of orphan in orphanage in China are gilrs. Also, there are still many abuse cases which are husbands abuse their wives in physically , psychologically, and sexually. But some wives think that they have to suffer the abuse because the men are their husbands; and the husbands should control the wives. I hope that the women will change their mind to fight back and get away the hurt.
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The standpoint theory applied to the story on page 443 and in the Chinese culture you speak of is frightening. Both instances were not to long ago. The choice of murder or abandonment you refer to in your culture is upsetting. The placement of women on the social scale is extremely low. The fact that women are abused and believe they have to endure this torture is not comprehendible from my viewpoint. I need to mention that my standpoint is that of an American woman who was born and raised in a very liberal environment. Culture has a lot to do with how we view the world around us. One last thing I would like to mention is that I agree with you that the women in China need to do something to change the way they are treated and regarded in this culture.
You bring up an interesting case about women being abused by their husbands. I too find it disheartening that women are treated like this. It is so sad that a woman actually starts to believe that she deserves abuse. She might think that she is less than him because of unequal images and portrayals of women in society and culture. I have experienced feeling like it is your duty and role as the dutiful woman/wife/girlfriend to take on whatever you husband/boyfriend throws at you (sometimes literally). When you are beat down verbally by someone continuously, you start to believe what they are saying. But to have those fears and insecurities reaffirmed and perpetuated all around you in society, makes it that much harder to break free. I hate to be stereotypical, but most of the time the man is stronger (physically) than the women, which gives them more power. The majority of physical and sexual abuse comes from a man.
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