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Barriers In Oppression By Marilyn Frye

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Oppression by Marilyn Frye, is an article about how women are oppressed as women, and men are not oppressed as men. The term “oppressed”, is consistently misused to the point that it constitutes any situation of limitation or suffering despite the cause, degree, or consequence Frye, wants the audience to think clearly about oppression and what it means. Those who are oppressed face forces and barriers that are unavoidable and to explain how this feels, the writer makes a birdcage analogy. Oppression can be hard to see when viewed microscopically, like a single wire on a birdcage, the concept of oppression needs to be viewed macroscopically to see how the structure as whole is restrictive for the oppressed. Frye states that women are constantly
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