Why have we created such a horrible world for women?
- Kaleb Crossley
- Aug 10, 2023
- 2 min read
In various countries around the world, women have been very dehumanized, objectified, and devalued. In Iran, women are fighting tyranny and misogyny. It is cruel how women are treated in the middle east, it truly is. As of right now, the Taliban are trying to bar women from education, so that religious values have to be interpreted mostly by men. Women should be able to read religious materials of their choice and freely exercise religious ideals in their own way. Women are treated terribly in Iran, if a woman wears her hijab improperly, then it could potentially result in severe consequences.
Mahsa Amini was 22 years old, she was someone who had so much life ahead of her. Her death is so tragic. Accordingly, she was beaten so badly that she died from heart failure. Can you believe that? She was beaten so badly that her cardiac cells began to die. A 22-year-old, died from heart failure because she incorrectly wore a piece of clothing. It is wrong, truly wrong.
Historically Women have been placed as second-class citizens. Women's very real symptoms of the disease have been misinterpreted, undervalued, and labeled with pseudo-medical diagnoses. Hysteria was a Medical condition in 18th Century Vienna, essentially looking at Objective Physical signs/symptoms of disease and attributing these diseases to Abstract mental ailments. Mostly because around these times, it was much easier for men to label women as hysteric and responsible for their own symptoms than to actually try to understand why women felt this way. There are various parts of today's date that really put Women at a disadvantage in Western Culture. The first is to do with Medicine and Pharmaceutical Research
Most Researches on Pharmaceutical & Medical Sciences was based on male anatomy and male test subjects leading up to the 21st Century. Throughout the 21st Century, this is because hormonally, the male physiology is less prone to fluctuations, which decreases variation in test results. Various Medicines like Opioids were approved and placed onto the market based on Male participants. The reason this has gone on for so long is that Healthcare in Western Culture has been viewed more as a public commodity than a right; therefore, leading to a greatly reduced sense of government intervention (Although real change is occurring). This has major impacts on women in multiple ways. Men were used as the "poster boy" for the symptomatology of Heart Attacks when in reality men & women experience Heart Attacks differently. For Example, women may have fewer instances of chest pain, referred pain in the shoulder, fatigue, and believe it or not Anxiety. But as a male society and throughout history; we have implicitly and explicitly convinced women that their problems are all in their heads. Symptoms/signs of a Heart Attack in women are misdiagnosed as a Psychiatric Issue, instead of a Cardiovascular one. When a Woman's Coronary Artery is blocked and the Heart is going into failure, you need a Cardiologist, not a Psychiatrist.
There have been various laws put forth in North America
Women and Girls have been objectified and over-sexualized in Hollywood, even at younger ages (e.g., Miley Cyrus, Meagan Fox, Billie Eilish).
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