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This 5 page paper draws on various experts including James Scott, Beth Loffreda and Annie Dillard to discuss how one group of people confers meaning on another. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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attached to it, and which can evoke an emotional response in us. This paper considers concepts of meaning, including who confers meaning, what is missing if only certain people are
thought to be important, and what institutions shape what we mean when we say that something is significant. Discussion At its most basic level, and as weve seen in the
readings, meaning is something that is conferred by the powerful onto the powerless. One example of this is the long-standing idea that womens contributions to society are less important than
mens. Throughout the world, women are "commonly denied equality with men in all areas of life. In most cultures womens roles are often viewed as having less political, economic, social
and cultural value than those of men ... This keeps men in a position of power" ("411: Violence against Women"). In addition, the cultures in which we live "define womens
roles in society" ("411: Violence against Women"). Since human cultures are almost always male dominated, it is men who define womens roles, and therefore, we are justified in concluding that
most men are more comfortable with the idea of women in "traditional" roles than they are with women as equal partners. By making marriage and motherhood the ultimate goal of
a woman, men have systematically made it impossible for women to advance into meaningful, well-paying positions in the workforce, thus maintaining the status quo. We can see further examples of
the way in which meaning is conferred in James Scotts article, particularly when he discusses the British in Burma. The British have a long, sorry history (well, actually most
developed nations share this characteristic with them) of oppressing native peoples and then somehow twisting things around so as to make the oppression seem praiseworthy. Whether it is the idea
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