The Pros And Cons Of The Oppression Of Women

Likewise, the patriarchal society has placed women under men. Men have always had an advantage in economic, political, and social status; however, women now share some of the advantages that men once principally had. Yet, men have a gateway in sex while women do not. The ideals that women have to obey men and be submissive play a key role in sexting. In an interesting way, men dictate women from the moment of pressuring for a nude to the moment they call women sluts. Females are pressured to send a nude in order to impress or satisfy the recipient. For many decades, women have accepted the implicit rules involving male and female social interaction. The unwritten rules positioning young women as the maintainers of relationships clearly requires

If the female does not send the nude, there is a thought that the other person will not further pursue a potential relationship. Consequently, if the nude is sent, then the male has power to do whatever he pleases with the nude, either sharing the nude with friends or socially hurting the female through social networks. Now than ever before, men are digitally own the body of women. Men can further judge and rate women by sharing the intimate pictures that were once private within two individuals in a relationship. Girls who send an image are viewed as responsible for the potential fallout that proceeds, even though boys may have coerced the girl to send the image in the first place (Walker, et al.699). The author Leora Tanenbaum uses the example from the movie The Social Network, to emphasize, “The Internet is not written in pencil but in ink” (39). The character that portrays Mark Zuckerberg, gets rejected by his girlfriend and in an act out of anger, he posts disrespectful and despicable comments about his girlfriend’s appearance on a website. Again, females receive criticism from males and female