The saying, "Well-behaved women seldom make history", is a quote that I find extremely true. Women who are behaved, quiet, and lady-like are never noticed and are always see to be in he background. However, women who are loud and obnoxious always get noticed and even become famous for the extreme measures they take. A really famous person known for this is Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks was only noticed for being the women who did not give up her seat for a white men on the bus. This was an extreme act that she did, especially since this was doing the time of the Civil Rights Movement. However, she was not noticed for everything she did before denying a white men her seat. For example, Rosa being a huge activist in the NAACP. This brought up theme of the short story we read about the "Yellow Wall Paper". Women have to go crazy, or step out of themselves, in order to achieve what they believe they should have.
I completely agree, Dewonna. a lot people don't realize the complete role of Rosa Parks being a member of NAACP. They believe she was some random woman who decided not to get up and don't understand every move of the Civil Rights movement was carefully orchestrated.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with both of you that many people don't know the full extent of Rosa Park's story and how it was carefully planned to create a national controversy in order to expose the harsh realities of racism. I also agree with what you are saying Dewonna that women, unlike men, have to step out of their comfort zones and do something drastic in order to be noticed. Furthermore, I also think there are good motivations for garnering this type of attention and negative motives as well. For example, Rosa Parks caused a national controversy on behalf of the NAACP, an extremely good cause, while celebrities today (such as Miley Cyrus) partake in provoking and shocking behavior to be noticed as a means of publicity and to simply gain attention.
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