In this passage, the author conveys that sometimes in order to actually live in the fast pace generation that we live in today, surrendering pride may be necessary in order to be content with your life. Not necessarily to be happy emotionally, but in order to make your family proud or to be financially stable. Especially with our economy today, people do not want to loose their jobs, which then leaves them in unjust and despotic circumstances.
I chose this image because I thought it pointed out an important idea about women in todays society. Women are oppressed everyday in work offices because mostly men run large corporations. Although things continue to change for the better, like women gaining powerful position in corporations, women are still given unequal treatment. In this image we can see that a man is throwing papers in a woman's face. This is not professional and is considered to be degrading to women. Many women accept this behavior in order to keep their jobs during a hard time in our country like the recession. In order to provide for the family or pay expenses, actions like the one in the image are done, but they are not just. It's a shame that this exists, but like the author states, people do what they have to do for 'survival or feeding your family'.
Frederique Delacoste, Priscilla Alexander, Sex Work (San Francisco: Cleis Press, 1987), page 147.
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