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Men’s fear of women has caused them to portray women in two specific archetypes and continued to compare women in such a fashion because the majority of their writing was written by men for other men. Thus was born an unspoken tradition amongst men to portray women as weak submissives and/or seductive, evil succubi/monsters such as Lilith, and is the result of men’s fear of being controlled. Psychologically, a man may be willing to have sex, but if the woman is not, the denial of sex perpetuates a breach in the male ego. The male response to this rejection is fear and anger, and in order to find a solution to the problem, the male reacts by finding excuses for his superiority. Believing that if he is superior and that the woman is weaker and inferior, then whether or not the woman is willing will now be unimportant and inconsequential, as far as the man is concerned. A woman’s place in the world has been a sad story for much of the history of the human race, and it was only recently that the tables turned. Women in western countries are now given equal rights with men. Unfortunately, in much of the “Third World” nations, women are not treated with the respect they deserve. For example, in many Muslim countries, women are forced to hide their faces behind veils when in public. I can imagine myself in this situation, and I can imagine how horrible and degrading it would be to have to live like this. Women all over the world should be able to display their natural beauty and femininity, through revealing their face and body to men, and through being allowed to be the best woman they can be. It’s all very well that women have been granted the right to cook and clean and look after children, tasks all women enjoy, but we should be allowed to wear minimal clothing while we do so, so that we can better fulfill our other main task of pleasing men.
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