Privacy, it is something that is desirable to have, people often want to able to leave the public eye and let go and just act the way one wants. Milan Kundera’s piece, The Unbearable Lightness of Being is based on the ethical issues of intruding into someone’s privacy. People often say that everyone needs a safe space, that they need a place to act as they want. But if someone needs a safe space does that mean that their surroundings are dangerous spaces, do they feel threatened by the public eye? Although the idea of safe space and privacy may sound sweet off the tongue in reality it is bitter to think that people feel the need to be alone in order to feel safe. This is not how an effective society should work and for that matter, people should …show more content…
This can be seen in The Awakening when Edna society is unbalanced and women are to be house wives and do what their husbands say. In private, Edna wants to be herself, be a powerful woman with the power to be equal, but to come out in public and do this would be social suicide. Because of this she is always looking for a way to escape and eventually does but by committing suicide. No one should even be forced they have to live a life they don’t want to. If someone in private believes that women deserve equal rights than they should be able to represent their beliefs in public without the fear of being out casted, and given names such as “weirdo” “lunatic” and “strange”. A good example of someone being themselves in both private and public lives is Katherine Ann Watson in the film Mona Lisa Smile. Her beliefs of women not being objects but instead should try to pursue a career were not very popular, but she still stayed true to her beliefs. The outcome of this was very positive as she was able to teach many girls what they are truly capable of and they were thankful for it. Being oneself is critical to progress in helping reach equality and happiness in society and by keeping one’s true feelings in private, the possibilities of them ever becoming public