In folklore, us women are just objects. We have no real purpose other than to fulfill men's wishes. Some of us are lucky enough to be educated. Generally, its just the well off women, such as myself. Other women would say that we are lucky to be in a position where we are allowed to learn rather than work.
However, education just allows us to understand that women as a whole are treated unequally by men. I don't know if it is true with women in the lower classes, but in my class, women have very little freedom to do as they truly please.
Men like to think that they know best for us because they are superior. I dont think that they even know how to think. If they did, then maybe they would think that women are more complex and require attention and at the same time they require freedom. Simple is how we are often described, but that is because we are being described by men. Men are simple; they want women, land, riches, and power. Most men work to obtain those goals and usually get at least a woman. And they only "get" us because our daddies make us go. Women want more than marriage; they want life. Life that is more than the shallow sentiments of the women before us who created roles that men are insistently confining our souls in.
As a women who sees her worth in society, I want to evolve the way that women in folk culture are perceived. We are more than the dresses we don and the children we bear for the men we didn't choose. We have thoughts, feelings, and yearnings that are not addressed. We need to take a stand against this male-centric society.
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