A female news anchor in Portland Oregon was criticized by a male viewer of the program.
The man told the news anchor to "dress like a normal women". This phrase "dress like a normal woman" obviously is referring to the non-modern stereotypical woman who would be wearing a dress or other normative feminine attire. Some men in particular throughout history have seemed to senselessly deem themselves fit to judge a woman based on their appearance. This is very degrading and honestly so outdated that it reminded me of the article entitled "Converture". This article detailed how women were treated in different circumstances, but in each case, they were very much lesser than the dominating male figure. One part of the article says, "Outside of the legitimizing context of property ownership or family identity, women might effectively be rendered non-persons." Although I am in no way saying that men today feel that women are "nonpersons", I feel that by people in general, but particularly men, finding it okay to voice their opinion about a women's appearance while doing her job is outrageous and only makes me think of these outdated rules. It only supports the claim that men feel they are superior to women and more dominant.
The man told the news anchor to "dress like a normal women". This phrase "dress like a normal woman" obviously is referring to the non-modern stereotypical woman who would be wearing a dress or other normative feminine attire. Some men in particular throughout history have seemed to senselessly deem themselves fit to judge a woman based on their appearance. This is very degrading and honestly so outdated that it reminded me of the article entitled "Converture". This article detailed how women were treated in different circumstances, but in each case, they were very much lesser than the dominating male figure. One part of the article says, "Outside of the legitimizing context of property ownership or family identity, women might effectively be rendered non-persons." Although I am in no way saying that men today feel that women are "nonpersons", I feel that by people in general, but particularly men, finding it okay to voice their opinion about a women's appearance while doing her job is outrageous and only makes me think of these outdated rules. It only supports the claim that men feel they are superior to women and more dominant.
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