Arraignment of Men
Context: Struggles of women w.r.t. exploitation From birth, we are never considered our own independent entity, but instead as something to be taken care of, protected, sheltered, and then passed on. In the domestic sphere, women are treated as household articles, and the dependent-provider relationship is ingrained in the female psyche. In rural India, women have internalized the idea that they are less powerful or even inferior so they don't even fight it. In the workplace, sexist stereotypes are very visible - there is a skewed idea of the female species as weak, fragile, aesthetic, servile - etc. Arraignment of Men - the text Simpler translation- David Fyre Arraignment- court trail Sor Juana- illegitimate child of rich captain; abandoned; taken care of by the Church; saw plight of women who must yield. has rhyme scheme but not rhythmic perverse - immoral schooled to condemn- taught to look down on women. witless laws- laws made by man. stupid because bia...