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1、WomenintheCage---ReadinginspirationfromTheHouseonMangoStreetGoodeveningeveryone,todayIwillsharewillyoumyinspirationfromthesixstorieswehavereadthisweek.Thetitleofmyspeechiswomeninthecage.Myspeechismainlycomposedbyfourparts.Firstly,I’mgonnaexplainthetitleofmyspeech.Afterthat,Iwillcomparewome
2、n’sstatusinmoderndaychinawiththatintheolddays.Inthenextpart,I’mgonnatapintotherootcourseofgenderproblemandfinally,Iwillsayafewwordsaboutwhatshouldwomendoinordertoimprovetheirstatusinthemodernsociety.MangoStreetisfullofwomenwhoaretrappedeitherphysicallyormentally,forexampleourprotagonistand
3、thefourwomeninherneighborhood.Esperanzaherselfisatinythingagainstmanybricks,andsometimessheistoosadandtooskinnytokeepkeeping.MamacitaknowsonlyeightEnglishwords.Rafaelagetslockedanddrinksjuice.BeautifulSallyisshortofloveandrespect.Minervacandonothingbutwritepoemtoventherdiscontent.Thesewome
4、n’sexperiencesgiveusaninsightintohowlowwomen’ssocialstatuseswereatthattime.Theywerehelpless,insecure,depressedandcagedeithermentallyorphysically.TheirfortuneremindsmeofthemiserablelivesofwomeninChinaintheoldsociety.Previously,mostfamilywouldfeelunluckyiftheygotgirls.Therewasendlesshousewor
5、k,unfaircompetitionandgenderdiscriminationawaitingforthem.Nowadays,thingshaveimprovedalotinourcountry.Mostgirlshavetheopportunitiestoshareeducationresources,tocompetefairlywithmaleinworkingfield.Femalesareplayingamoreandmoreimportantroleintoday’ssociety,andsomeofthemevenoccupyaleadingposit
6、ionintheirfields.Althoughgenderdiscriminationisnotthatsevereintoday’ssociety,itstillexists.So,whatistherootcauseofwomen’smisfortune?Haveyoueverthoughtaboutthatproblem?Weoweittothemaledominatedworldandputthemaleontheoppositeside.Ibelievethat’stoosuperficialandradical.InthespeechmadebyEmmaWa
7、tsonnamedHeforShe,shepointsoutthatbothmenandwomenarebeingimprisonedbygenderstereotypeinwhichmenshouldbestrongandaggressive,whilewomenshouldbefragileandsubmissive.Theessentialreasonofthisproblemisthatoursocietyisnotadvancedandcivilizedenoughtoletbothmenandwomen