Children are not alone in the Battle against Oppression

The Women and Literature class at Avila University focused on a book called “The Cancer Journals” by Audre Lorde. The author of the book discusses in her book the ways in which women are still oppressed today. She is a cancer survivor. Before the surgery, representative s from the American Cancer Society quickly flocked to her to try to persuade her to obtain a prosthetic breast, and a nurse in the hospital told her to wear one because it was “bad for the morale of the hospital.” Lorde points out that society objectifies women, even to the point of trying to persuade them to focus on their looks rather than their health even before treatment.  This photo shows an anti-abortion rally in Washington, D.C. Protesters stated that women are objectified still today through abortion and birth control, which have shown to cause mental, emotional, and health problems, and even death. Most women who have gotten abortions report that they did it because they felt they had no choice or were coerced. Feminist groups showed up at this rally to make it known that abortion has become a hidden exploitation of the woman.