Women in Society

        "A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done." The month of March allowed many opportunities to explore women in society and examine the progress that has been made. In class, we had the chance to explore the media's view on women. The perspective that women are suppose to be seen as flawless and perfect is unrealistic to our world. Virtually nothing is perfect in society and Virginia Woolf expresses that through her novel, A Room of One's Own. The connections made to how women are treated and the time period of society are related to another novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns. Women are treated differently around the world through media, government and society itself.
            During class, we focused on how women are portrayed through the media. In American culture, the ideal woman is flawless. She has a tiny waist, big breasts, big butt but can still manage to be skinny as well. The companies who create these false women need a reality check. The average woman today is a size 12 not a size 2. The novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, has the complete opposite effect on emphasizing women's beauty. In the Middle East, women are suppose to be covered, head to toe, and the focus on women's assets are not encouraged. Media can twist the minds of people and make them believe what true perfection is...which does not even exist.
             The government can dictate a lot in this world. Government in the Middle East, controls dress and how people are allowed to act. In, A Thousand Splendid Suns, government did not allow women to walk around without a male escort whom has to be a family relative.  Virginia Woolf argued that women were not given the necessary funds for education and schooling therefore men always had the better chance of learning and receiving better jobs. 
        In the United States, the stereotypical role of a woman is to be a mother, wife, and homemaker. Society has proven this through classic conditioning. While society has been evolving constantly, women and men are still not equal in the work force. Virginia Woolf argues this about women and fiction. Therefore we see that in other countries as well. 
        In conclusion, women are treated differently all around the world through the media, government and society. We experience this through literature such as, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and A Room Of One's Own. Nothing is perfect and our world has to understand this.