Feminism

For the most part, in the United States, feminism has been accepted, but in other places around the world, it is still progressing. Women can now have almost any job that a man can have if they really want it. But, until recently this was not the case. Although, women are now granted many more rights than they were in the past, some aspects have not yet changed. For instance, men receive a larger salary than women do in the workplace, which is unfair. Today, a woman makes seventy-five cents to a man’s dollar. If a woman can do the same job as a man and as well, why should they be paid any less? It doesn’t make sense. Even though some people may not see this being of great importance, progress has also been made in athletics. Not so long ago, men only played sports, but look where we are today. The Olympics now include both male and female athletes, unlike in the past. Just a little less than 100 years ago, women could not even vote, but look how far we have come. Not only can we vote now, but we can run for presidential office. If that is not saying something, then I don’t know what is. Gradually, if feel that women will continue to make more progress in obtaining completely equal rights. Just as with anything, there are positive and negative examples of female role models. For example, look at Anna Nicole Smith. She was a successful model and actress, but she cut her life short. After abusing large amounts of prescription drugs, she died of an overdose. Anna Nicole Smith had everything in life, but by taking medicine that was prescribed to other people she knew, at the young age of 40, one drastic mistake led to her death. This is someone who young girls should obviously not look up to. Although we don’t know if her death was intentional or not, we do know that abusing any medicine is deadly. In any case, her mistake was fatal and that should not be looked up to. Plenty of people make mistakes, but many are irreversible, like Anna Nicole Smith’s.




Now, we have to talk about Macbeth and the question is: Is Lady Macbeth a woman displaying positive characteristics for women?

For me, this is a difficult question to answer because she has some positive and negative qualities. But, if I had to choose, I think I would say that she is displaying more negative characteristics than positive ones. I feel that Lady Macbeth goes a little beyond trying to show feminism. She is a little too overpowering, which is one of her more negative qualities. Although she does prove herself to be a strong woman, Lady Macbeth chooses negative ways to show it. For example, instead of allowing her husband to gain power in a more “civil” way, she put pressure on him to kill Duncan. She has a more violent way of looking at things, from my perspective. I think she only displays positive characteristics to a point, and then she goes over the top trying to prove her strength. Lady Macbeth shows an extreme amount of power. Women should understand that they need power, but not an excessive amount of it.

here we go again...my links won't work, so here they are:

an article on anna nicole smith:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17050167/

an article on feminism:
http://2facts.com/ICOF/temp/28388tempib501230.asp?DBType=ICOF