Patriarchy And Oppression

Patriarchy is the system where minorities including women are oppressed by what are seen as powerful men, whether in the home, the work place or society in general. To end patriarchy society must own up to it and determine what is causing the oppression of minorities and to understand that everyone plays a part in patriarchy. The oppressed normally do not object the patriarchal society because they see that this is how things have always been and it has worked in the past. When people begin to stand up against the patriarchal structure they are seen to be upsetting the balance of society. Only when someone strong protest the oppression do other parts of society realize that there is a problem and changes need to occur to make the system
Johnson states that when a women finds her way into managing positions, people tend to be skeptical and wonder how she’ll measure up, instead of a man holding the same position (2005). Women may feel that they need to assert more dominance in the position of management, not against the men in the office but against the job itself, she may feel that she has to prove herself in the authoritative role of the person in command as well as keep her nurturing role as a woman, because she will not want to lose her femininity. It is harder for women to take on a position that is normally held by men, not by her own reluctance but that of the company, for fear she will not be strong enough to lead the company in the direction of success. The commanders in the military are mainly men because men are seen as the ones who can lead other men into combat and complete the task of war like defending the weak and killing the dominant enemies. Women have fought long and hard to be able to stand beside the men in war and to be able to do the same jobs and to be in the role of commanders to command on the battle field just have men have done for centuries, women have won these rights and feel empowered as women to have broken the
Men have always been the head of house-holds and have always been the bread winners; therefore these roles should continue and women should know their place, these ideals can be seen as that of functionalist. The roles of men and women have been known since the beginning of time, women take care of men at home and men bring home the food and necessities that are needed at home. In World War II when the United States entered the war and most of the men went off to defend the country, life had to go continue on the home-front, meaning women took on the jobs that men left behind such as building airplanes, making ammunition, construction and any other job that kept the country operating while at war. Women felt liberated and accomplished in being able to complete the jobs that were normally held by men and they knew that they did them as well as the men who had been doing them before the