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I am not that woman summary

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                         I am not that Woman By Kishwar Naheed

I am not that Woman is a poem directed towards the empowerment of women. Through examining the treatment many eastern cultures uphold towards the female race, Naheed boldly concludes that women are being oppressed and deserve to be respected, you can view the full poem here. I am not that Woman contrasts both the explicit and discreet ways in which women are oppressed in society.Through a partially feminist lens, Naheed makes the point that women deserve respect and they are not commodities. In a large part of the east, woman are oppressed explicitly by being locked behind doors and being told that they can not become anything in life. Of course this can not be generalized to every country and city, but many eastern cultures do carry this mentality even today. This explicit oppression may be absent in the west but Naheed states that women are being discreetly oppressed in western cultures, by having their worth tied to their bodies.The beauty of women is more often then naught used in advertisements to sell a variety of products, Naheed makes a very valid point that this too is a form of oppression. Linking a women’s value and self worth to her body is a form of oppression in and of itself. I am not that Woman is an empowering poem reminding the world that women deserve respect, and more importantly, women should appreciate and confidently respect themselves