Fences Of Eneclosure, Windows Of Possibility, By Naomi Klein

Globalization is perceived as beneficial to our economy and society as a whole, but when further defined by some today; it is not only harmful but fatal to citizens and mainly women of the world. Naomi Klein, in “Fences of Enclosure, Windows of Possibility”, uses the theme of fences to explain how often humanity is obstructed due to globalization. Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn discuss the discrimination women are facing all over the world. As a whole, globalization is harmful to women because in many places it is conceived as turning the world into a global market for goods and services dominated and steered by the powerful corporations and governed by the rule of profit. This gives no consideration to human rights, only selling a
This can be substantial to standard of living, but in many places it is taken to extremes. Klein feels that globalization sounds advantageous at first glance, but has made everything all about selling. She states: “The economic process that goes by the benign euphemism ‘globalization’ now reaches into every aspect of life, transforming every activity and natural resource into a measured and owned commodity” (Klein 197). By this Klein means that making money has completely taken over different features of life that should be unrestricted. Kristof and WuDunn give an example of this by sharing the story of Srey Rath. She is Cambodian teenager who was kidnapped in Malaysia and forced into prostitution. Rath and several other girls: “…were battered until they smiled constantly and simulated and simulated joy at the sight of customers, because men would not pay as much for sex with girls with reddened eyes and haggard faces” (Kristof and WuDunn 204). Something as simple as one’s body has now involuntarily become a service to others. As horrible and implausible as a story like this may sound, it happens every day all over the world, unseen by the eyes of