TKAM and Oratory

The danger of creating single stories is that they oppress the people that they are directed at by changing how people look at them and think of them.  The oppression can sometimes follow them through their life and permanently oppress them.  One example of this came from my oratory article entitled: In Egypt, Sowing Seeds of Gender Equality.  In this article, it is stated that, "because of resistance from men - fathers, brothers, and husbands - many women still end up living in cages."  This quote shows that because males have grown up with the assumption that they are superiors, women live a rather horrible life.  One quote from To Kill a Mockingbird that also supports the single story that women are inferior took place on page 38.  On this page, Jem said , "'I swear Scout, sometimes you act so much like a girl it's mortifying."'  This quote shows that Jem believes that being a male is better than being a female, again regarding the feeling of superiority among males.  Overall, women in both times lived in oppression because the people around them were raised to believe that females are inferior and have inferior ways of living in comparison to males.  #femalesareNOTinferior #watchyourmouthjem