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Muslim and Hispanic Women in Literature
Women have been stereotyped and marginalized across the globe and throughout history. Although there have been strides and improvements in the ways women are treated in certain countries, such as the United States, there is still a very wide berth between the way women are perceived and the way men are recognized. As exhibited in the essays "Identity Reduced to a Burka" and "The Myth of the Latin Women," the marginalization of women transcends nations as well as cultures. Each culture, though sharing a trademark for subjugation of women, has a unique format in terms of women are specifically minimized and marginalized in the culture in which they belong.
The modern world has been connected through technologies. Nations and cultures which were once inaccessible are now open to anyone for an attempt at understanding. In the past, stereotyping of cultures was often the result of simple ignorance. When people were more or less isolated from one another and there was little cultural action, this was more acceptable. However, in the modern moment, there is no excuse for any more ignorance about other cultures. It is too easy to gain information to be forgivably ignorant of a culture with which one wishes to communicate. Yet, even with information...
The photographer who wanted the hairpiece was intending to use it to show how women were struggling during the time of the Taliban. "She didn't understand that her assumption was the equivalent of assuming that every Latino has a Mexican sombrero in their closet" (1). The photographer, being a person who exists outside of the culture, can only understand the Muslim world through the stereotypes they know beforehand. Though their intentions are pure, they still show themselves to be ignorant by assuming that every person living in this part of the world is similar to the point of assimilation. The world perception of the Muslim culture has been determined not by the actual population but by the media portrayals of certain individuals who do happen to wear traditional garb. What the authors are trying to explain to the readers of the article is that although women in the Muslim culture have obstacles because of religion or because of the patriarchal nature of their…
Works Cited:
Al-Marayati, Laila and Semeen Issa. "An Identity Reduced to a Burka." Women's Muslim
League. 2002.
Cofer, Judith Ortiz. "The Myth of the Latin Woman."
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