Topic > Essay on Social Movements - 1408

From those oppressions they faced economic inequality, exclusion from decision-making (political decisions), and violence. Women and men have faced violence in different ways: most women in war fear being raped and sexually abused; most people who die in wars are women and children. In Paris, at the European Social Forum, women speak out in favor of the unequal treatment of other women in France, sex trafficking and prostitution, highlighting the vulnerability of these women. When it comes to patriarchy as a system of oppression, feminists consider it a public sphere that has an important effect on the private sphere of individuals' lives, patriarchy is a political as well as a social system, which shapes and is shaped by state agencies (Maiguashca , 2010:85). When looking at racist oppression, Black women tend to be at the forefront, “racism in Brazilian healthcare is a real problem with a very poor understanding of Black people, especially Black women” (Maiguashca, 2010); Black women not only experience racist discrimination, but they also experience gender discrimination that doubles the burden on their shoulders. The third system of oppression, global neoliberalism, is seen as political, “the globalization of the market means the globalization of poverty, inequality and unemployment” (Maiguashca, 2010:87). This illustrates the attempt at privatization that small businesses would not be able to achieve