Thursday, August 20, 2009

Anne Bradstreet Political Cartoon




Even though the military has integrated women into their organization, women still suffer from injustices today because of unfair and unjust prejudices. For example, this carton depicts men in the army and someone praising them by saying how great and noble they are. This suggests how men are so great and looked upon as leaders and controllers. This idea also existed during Puritan times, because women had no rights at all and men had all the control. This cartoon further depicts someone criticizing the woman in the military and calling them dainty daisies and it shows women as cheerleaders as opposed to soldiers. This further suggests how women are segregated from the men and their training isn't as intense, because some see men as "the stronger and better sex." This can be reflected to the 18Th century where the men were in control and the head of the house and the women, unfairly, didn't have a say or any "power." Even today as the US comes to realize our past mistakes there is one that still exists: women's rights; people have prejudices and can be charlatans who claim men are better than women.

1 comment:

  1. Great comparison to the centuries of sexism but you may want to check on a topic sentence probably being a subject detail sentence

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