The Journey of a Woman
I am so glad that I live in the 21st century where as a woman; I could live the life I want and be the person I want to be. But it took generations and centuries for women to be emancipated from the clutches of a paternalistic or patriarchal society. Truth be said, women in some countries around the world are still in the 17th century with how they are treated by their own societies or religion that they believe in for that matter. Written and published at the close of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century, The Yellow Wallpaper tells of an unnamed female narrator and her doctor husband renting a colonial mansion for three months in order for her to get well from her "supposedly mental disorder." She was given a room on the upper floor despite her wanting a room downstairs and the room she occupied had a yellow wallpaper and, "This wall-paper has a kind of sub-pattern in a, different shade, a particularly irritating one, for you can
Whereas, the narrator was obsessed with the yellow wallpaper where she said: "There are only two more days to get this paper off, and I believe John is beginning to notice. As a woman, I could relate to this because while growing up, I had the same dictates given to me by my father or the different men in the society. For us women in today's world, we no longer need to hide the things we want to do but we are encouraged to be ourselves. But in going through that journey, we should never forget that the men in our lives are not the enemy but rather they are partners that should take the journey with us. I don't like the look in his eyes," we have more beneficial things to think of especially in these challenging and wonderful times. We no longer have to busy ourselves with trivial matters but matters of great importance to our family, our community, our society, our nation and our world. Her doctor-husband John have been comforting yet patronizing and condescending at times dictating to her how she should conduct herself and the daily routines she must adhere to in order to get well. Women are now part of the decision-making and development of our society. Though the narrator was hiding a lot of the things she did from her husband, she seek her own freedom in her own little way. We have had prime ministers, and CEOs and directors of top corporations and we've made headways. No longer are we in the backroom engaging in idle chit-chat but we are now in the forefront of revolutionizing and redefining the way things are or should be.
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