Sarah Margaret Fuller


What a male feminist she is! I mean, the first impression she gives me is that, she is fighting the rights for the women and attacks us (male) as the hypocrite. But as I read on, I find that what she is saying and conveying makes absolute sense. In her essay, she is trying to fight for women rights and in a way, “free” them. This is how i felt; not many women can rise above the others and dismisses critics against them. Her attempts to smooth away the social and radicalism, with her articles, have made her an admirable women.
But what I don’t understand from her passage is that, what exactly is she fighting for, for the woman? Is it rights and fairness or others? Anyway, I come to agree to this very statement of hers, even though she is criticizing me, male. “As men become aware that few men have had a fair chance, they are inclined to say that no women have had a fair chance.” She talks about “fair chance”, and it is a very strong word even till this era; let’s not speculate things that arise from this word “fair chance”. But seeing the world today, women are never equal to man in the working force. The man always stands a better chance in succeeding positions and jobs than that of women. This controversy remains ever since women are introduced to the work force.
Furthermore, in her passage, she mentions that “all men are born free and equal”. That is something which I feel is the quote of my day! Many people agree to this statement, even I do. But at the end of the day, we are still discriminating the women and not treating them fairly. What she is asking for is, she wants an explanation of why are men not being fair towards the women? Then why are they treating them unfairly?
benbasket at 7:50 AM