Culture Clash:India
Culture Clash: Culturally and Politically As I sit here on my bed and wonder how women have been subordinated for so long in the world, I am reminded of why we are. The phrase “ The personal is political”, from Virginia Woolf’s book A Room Of One’s Own, is a key idea to why we are. The reason for my attempt to talk on this topic is based on the world and my own experiences. Women are controlled by the systems of government, family, culture, and gender, and especially marriage. I know that in the Indian culture, where I am originally from, women are put down in many aspects by the people around them, both politically and culturally. In India, there is so much poverty and overpopulation. Women are not allowed to have the personal freedom they want because the family and the country expects certain values to be followed, and if they are not followed, we are socially and politically looked down upon. This curtails a woman’s opportunity to attain the achievements men are able to make. The reason for this being that women of lower and middle classes are rarely educated, the males are controlling, health issues are a concern, and women are expected to get arranged marriages, based on status, wealth, religion, and language. Families
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Approximate Word count = 815
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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