Appreciate it

One of the most controversial topics is how gender roles affect people. These roles have been established long ago, and throughout history have been changed into the way men and women are perceived today. One side effect is oppression, which sadly is a high outcome of gender discrimination. In almost all parts of the world women have been the major targets of oppression. I find it so sad that some parts of the world just completely stayed the same throughout generations, maybe even worsened. Girls and women are born into the world and are automatically taught that they will not have any affect on anyone by speaking up. It is best to just get by though life in silence. It's heartbreaking to think that here we are in America with women assuming governmental positions, which somehow indirectly affect our very own lives. While women in a place like the Middle East or Guatemala are being constantly neglected and abused, most commonly by males. I appreciate the place I live in every time I think about that. I realize that even in the U.S, women struggle with the double standard or the frowned upon act when a woman chooses to do something more "masculine", like joining the military, but this is not comparable to other parts of the world.