Malala Yousafzai Analysis
In my term paper, I will illustrate how Malala Yousafzai showcases the same philosophy mind frame as Mary Wollstonecraft.
To begin with, Mary Wollstonecraft was a feminist who was a strong advocate for women’s rights and equal opportunities. She stood strongly for women and education. Wollstonecraft believed that all women should be educated, and that they should always have that option available for them whenever they need it to be. Mary Wollstonecraft didn’t agree with the way women were presented and perceived not only by men, but by society as well. In one of Wollstonecraft’s famous writings, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman she makes the conclusion that women should be educated despite of what their “expected” role as a woman should …show more content…
Wollstonecraft believes that the concept of virtue isn’t being grasped correctly. According to men, virtuous women are seen as obedient, object of desire, soft temper, weak, innocent, inferior, and seek protection from a man. Those are all false education of virtues that are misinterpreted by men. False education of virtues doesn’t contribute to a strong educated woman. Wollstonecraft knows that the true virtues that a woman should possess should be: intellectual, courageous, honor, and independence. Wollstonecraft writes, “But in the education of women, the cultivation of the understanding is always subordinate to the acquirement of some corporeal accomplishment” (Wollstonecraft 4). This quote means that if a woman is naturally wise or smart, it is never recognized. It is always naturally suppressed and ignored. I think men specifically feel that if women were to attain the same knowledge as them that it would make women more powerful or would make a man feel less powerful. In fact, women are just trying to achieve the same goals and reach the same limits that men are provided with from birth. For example, the President of the United States is a male dominated career, of course there has been women who aspire that job, …show more content…
Since she was a young girl, Malala has always expressed herself and made sure her voice was heard for all young girls to be educated in her country. The Taliban came into her village, took it over and decided that they didn’t want girls going to school and getting their education anymore. So, Malala decided to speak up for girl’s education making it aware of what the Taliban was doing. After she started speaking to local magazines and journals, Malala began to get worldwide attention and so did the Taliban. However, the negative attention the Taliban was getting made Malala number one on their target list. When she was fifteen years old, she was on her school bus with other young school girls when two men affiliated with the Taliban jumped aboard the bus looking for Malala. After they realized the identity of Malala, one man raised a Colt 45 to her head and fired three shots. One of the three shots went through her left eye socket and came out under her left shoulder. She could have easily lost her left eye or could’ve had brain damage, but she didn’t. From this traumatic and traumatizing shooting, Malala had to get a portion of her skull removed to treat her swelling brain. She required multiple surgeries to repair a facial nerve which caused the left side of her face to be paralyzed. In her newly released book, I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for
To begin with, Mary Wollstonecraft was a feminist who was a strong advocate for women’s rights and equal opportunities. She stood strongly for women and education. Wollstonecraft believed that all women should be educated, and that they should always have that option available for them whenever they need it to be. Mary Wollstonecraft didn’t agree with the way women were presented and perceived not only by men, but by society as well. In one of Wollstonecraft’s famous writings, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman she makes the conclusion that women should be educated despite of what their “expected” role as a woman should …show more content…
Wollstonecraft believes that the concept of virtue isn’t being grasped correctly. According to men, virtuous women are seen as obedient, object of desire, soft temper, weak, innocent, inferior, and seek protection from a man. Those are all false education of virtues that are misinterpreted by men. False education of virtues doesn’t contribute to a strong educated woman. Wollstonecraft knows that the true virtues that a woman should possess should be: intellectual, courageous, honor, and independence. Wollstonecraft writes, “But in the education of women, the cultivation of the understanding is always subordinate to the acquirement of some corporeal accomplishment” (Wollstonecraft 4). This quote means that if a woman is naturally wise or smart, it is never recognized. It is always naturally suppressed and ignored. I think men specifically feel that if women were to attain the same knowledge as them that it would make women more powerful or would make a man feel less powerful. In fact, women are just trying to achieve the same goals and reach the same limits that men are provided with from birth. For example, the President of the United States is a male dominated career, of course there has been women who aspire that job, …show more content…
Since she was a young girl, Malala has always expressed herself and made sure her voice was heard for all young girls to be educated in her country. The Taliban came into her village, took it over and decided that they didn’t want girls going to school and getting their education anymore. So, Malala decided to speak up for girl’s education making it aware of what the Taliban was doing. After she started speaking to local magazines and journals, Malala began to get worldwide attention and so did the Taliban. However, the negative attention the Taliban was getting made Malala number one on their target list. When she was fifteen years old, she was on her school bus with other young school girls when two men affiliated with the Taliban jumped aboard the bus looking for Malala. After they realized the identity of Malala, one man raised a Colt 45 to her head and fired three shots. One of the three shots went through her left eye socket and came out under her left shoulder. She could have easily lost her left eye or could’ve had brain damage, but she didn’t. From this traumatic and traumatizing shooting, Malala had to get a portion of her skull removed to treat her swelling brain. She required multiple surgeries to repair a facial nerve which caused the left side of her face to be paralyzed. In her newly released book, I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for