Feminist Movement

“The law cannot do it for us. We must do it for ourselves. Women in this country must become revolutionaries. We must refuse to accept the old, the traditional roles and stereotypes…. We must replace the old, negative thoughts about our femininity with positive thoughts and positive action….”

Mid-19th century, with the self-awareness of Western women, women’s groups as an independent force in the The stage of history, and set off the first feminist movement for women’s rights. After World War II, more and more women going to work instead of stay in home doing house work, the feminism movement sprout that women didn’t reconcile to be appendant to men and sacrifice to their families any more. People increasingly believe that women in a male-centered society suffer unequal treatment.

“The fight began, many women were saying, with the body, which seemed to be the beginning of the exploitation of women-as sex plaything (weak and incompetent), as pregnant woman (helpless), as middle-aged woman (no longer considered beautiful), as older woman (to be ignored, set aside). ”

The community and even the women themselves think that reproductive rights are women’s rights rather than the rights of men, women are to be masters of their own body, should not be a reproductive tool. Only the implementation of birth control in order to liberate women from having children from heavy activity out. Women’s reproductive function is the reason of male domination. Childbirth and breastfeeding lead women had to rely on the production and protection of men to seek survival. They argued that the emancipation of women, to participate fully in public affairs activities necessary requirement that they have birth control and sexual activity freedom. They believe they have right to decide to be mother and when fertility.

New York had little dirty

Travis, a man Just come back to the Vietnam War Marines, returned to the United States, returned to New York in 1973 . But what wait for him is  dirty streets, sewer gas kept coming out like smoke , the streets filled with pimps,  violence, guns, drugs, prostitutes. After the war the United States , rising unemployment , inflation, confidence in the political and social unprecedented weak. He wanted to integrate into the society for which he tried hard.  he had tried to chat with presidential candidates, but made presidential candidates felt discomfort ; he tried to date Betsy , but get reject due to much difference with the others and refused to go to porn theaters.

When Candidates accidentally got into his taxi, and said with superior attitude that a taxi driver can be best person to embody the idea of ​​the entire United States. Travis said he was not interested in politics; just want the president to clean up the dirty things. His metaphor for society as a whole hypocrisy corruption phenomenon for candidates has no ability to reply and just say, “I know what you mean, but this requires a huge reorganization.”.

“Rectify “the words emphases in the first half of the movie means arranged the matter in logical order, which is divided between class and class. The candidate said, “We are the people, let the people themselves to rule their own good.” But how can people rule themselves, ‘class’ is the most reasonable. Cross this medium, no one could be recognized.

 

Jourdon Anderson, Letter to My Old Master (1865)

“I want to know particularly what the good chance is you propose to give me. I am doing tolerably well here; I get $25 a month, with victuals and clothing; have a comfortable home for Mandy (the folks here call her Mrs. Anderson), and the children; milly, Jane, and Grandy, go to school and are learning well…we are kindly treated…if you will write and say what wages you will give me, I will be better able to decide whether it would be to my advantage to move back again.’’ 

As Jourdon Anderson wrote in the letter, tells his master the salary he got, the environment they live. And he reply his master for  going back to work  by first ask what benefit he will get. Like salary, a place to live, an education for their children and also the money Jourdon and his wife should deserve for past working. This could clearly show now the black were not a property any more. They could express their thought and have equal right to ask for salary, to have own thought and right to decide what they want or don’t want to do. And this changes society’s economic and political. Black children could have same opportunity to educate. Whites need to pay the money for black to work, and learn to respect black.