In chapter two of Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own is talking about how England has a Patriarchy and is under the control of one person. The term Patriarchy is a social system in which mean are regaurded as the authority within the family and society, and in which power and possessions are passes on from father to son. I belibe this because in england they do have a king and queen who are in charge and sort of overlook everything else that is going on at the time and basically rule the country.
On page 33 in chapter two bottom half of the page it talks about how the professor is the power and the money of the influence. He was the foregin secretary, and the judge, he owned the racehorses and yacht; and it continued going on about everything else that he owned and was in charge of. and she also staed that, ‘with the exceptin of the fog he basically controled everything else.’ To me that sentence right there shows how much power one man can hold on his own.
After looking at the New York Times I feel that yes if someone was looking at that it would give the united states the image that we are a Patriarchy because in most articles it talks about one person dealing with an issue and never a group of people or even the normal indivdiulas who are walking on the street next to you.
On page 33 in chapter two bottom half of the page it talks about how the professor is the power and the money of the influence. He was the foregin secretary, and the judge, he owned the racehorses and yacht; and it continued going on about everything else that he owned and was in charge of. and she also staed that, ‘with the exceptin of the fog he basically controled everything else.’ To me that sentence right there shows how much power one man can hold on his own.
After looking at the New York Times I feel that yes if someone was looking at that it would give the united states the image that we are a Patriarchy because in most articles it talks about one person dealing with an issue and never a group of people or even the normal indivdiulas who are walking on the street next to you.
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I think you've misinterpreted a bit of Woolf's discussion. The professor shows not how much one man owns, but how much power men in general hold. To compare the indicators of patriarchy you have to dig a little deeper. Woolf implies man's dominance is seen in that he a man is "the proprietor of the paper and its editor and subeditor. He was the Foreign Secretary and the Judge. He was the cricketer...He was director of the company...he suspended the film actress..." (Woolf 33-34). Did you look to see what gender the heads of state and ambassadors and company owners and athletes mentioned in the New York Times were? Do the representations of men still outnumber those of women in powerful, non-domestic roles? I think this would be the way to make a fair comparison.
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