WHY ARE WOMEN OPPRESSED ?
In trying to address the women question one basic question has remained constant: why are women oppressed? Many theories and explanations have been given over time in response to this question. Theories concerning public private domains and nature/civilizations have been advanced. Some scholars have posited that the differences between men and women are innate.[v] Others have argued that women are hidden from history because men are located in the public sphere while women are located in the private sphere. Still others are of the view that women are identified with nature while men tend to be identified with culture. They are of the opinion that women in the course of bearing children create things naturally while men create things cultural. In any case, many scholars have argued that these arguments are not correct because they only scratch the surface of the problem. This is because these explanations do not give good reasons why it is women that are marginalized and not men.[vi] In
