Assignment 05
Human rights are in fact androcentric”, I found this quote very interesting because is basically saying that society or rather say, this world develops pretty much thinking that man was and still are the only focus point or centered. Human rights were made to only benefic man, it’s obvious because someone who was a male wrote those rights. Women were never included or protected by those human rights because they weren’t consider as being human beings. Man, created the ideology of being superior and dominant. Moreover, V. Spike and Laura Paris identify the meaning of heterosexism which, according to Spike and Paris it refers to as being the only one normal aspect of sexual identity, sexual relationships, and social relationships. Spike and Paris demonstrate the differences of man having their own right to do what they want and women having the right to do what they want. Heterosexist collectivities means women weren’t free to constitute groups in their own will or rights because they are mystifying within heterosexist groups. This another example of unfairness and inequality. In order for women to create a group, someone from the opposite sex needs to know and be in charge first. “Self-determination has meant the expression of men’s” (p.142), this is another example of women being discriminated by man. Women are being excluded because making laws is a job for man and still dominant by men. In class, we talked about who to blame for this issue, and we all agree that both gender, man and women are to blame. Its man fault to create an unrealistic ideology of thinking they are better, superior, and dominant. Its women fault to let all man think is this way and not stop it as soon as it happened. Private sphere of the home was the job of a women and public sphere of the workplace and government was a man job. All this issue is still happening, of course, at another level with time women have proof how capable they are. Women are excluded from the public sphere, which focus on human rights discourse and denials women equal rights. It’s extremely outrageous the experience women went through and until this day are. It shouldn’t be this way now because it’s very clear that women have the same capacity a man can have when it comes to making laws institutions, government, or politics. Slowly, but shortly things are and will change.
