Henrik Ibsen and his words of wisdom

I believe that Ibsen’s words have been dulled in the previous years. I definitely believe that in society in more and less economically developed countries we still have a problem with inequality. These words are true but they are akin to a tree in a forest. They are strong but not alone and they live for a long time before finally coming to death. The words definitely still hold as I just said but the new age of politics shows that people are becoming more concerned about the well-being of both genders. It says in the quote “Is an exclusively masculine society”. Although the general demographic of lawmakers are male there are females in the office working just as much as the men. These women are a triumph and a pillar in which we can say that Ibsen’s words do not fully extend to the present day. We are not an exclusively masculine society now, we have women with voices speaking extensively about the society around them and are constantly reforming societal norms to include and embrace women. This same point can be made for the ever reforming judicial system. In 1981, Sandra Day O’Connor was the first women to be appointed as a supreme court judge but now women hold 1/3 of the Supreme Court. In 2001, it says that there was just under 30% of all judicial jobs was taken by women and by 2018 it has surely grown. I say all this because it shows that we are making progress, just as the tree begins to weaken before it falls. No longer do women have to sit and abide by the men in Congress and in power as well as the men in their community. Now we have women and men alike fighting so that all women, as well as men, have the same voice. We can see that not all of society is being viewed as masculine anymore. The MeToo movement shows many women sharing and speaking the stories they were to afraid to bring up previously showing that in the peoples eyes, we can see that everyone is becoming more tolerant and widening their perspectives on women issues, If that wasn’t the case then the MeToo movement wouldn’t have happened due to a lack of confidence in the females to speak what they are owed. Now in the twenty-first century, Women have a say in what happens on the world stage, they no longer have to be confined to the men’s perspective on things as the acceptable perspective is shifting. We no longer shun women. Of course, there is still biases and relatively conservative people who prefer the ways of what it was before, of a male society (The majority that holds this opinion are men unsurprisingly) so we still have to dig tree’s deep founded roots to eliminate the problem “from the roots”.

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One Reply to “Henrik Ibsen and his words of wisdom”

  1. wu83331@gapps.uwcsea.edu.sg says: Reply

    I like how you somewhat simplified the issue to a tree, which is an interesting choice and an interesting thing to know about. The subject that you seem to too have focused on, I guess mainly, is the law and the difference between my perspective, at least written, and yours is that I think that it extends more than just the government and judicial system, even if the quote surrounds on that. I believe that the connotations now impact more people. You do bring up great points such as the numbers in what women represent in the system as well as movements that occur since Ibsen’s time and I do believe that we have progressed in that fact. But we have not stopped shunning women. Many have, yes sure, but in my opinion, we do not “no longer shun women.” I do agree, however, that the problem still need to be uprooted.

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