Thursday, June 2, 2011

Gender Inequality

As I was watching one of my favorite shows, "Chelsea Lately," tonight, she brought up a recent controversial story. Nobel Prize winner V.S. Naipaul made some very sexist remarks in a recent interview about how women could never write as well as he can, and that they have a "narrow view of the world." It's important to note that he is around 80 years old, so he was brought up in a different time, but is what he says socially acceptable by today's standards? His remarks reminded me a lot of our final essay prompt, so in case anybody is doing the final through the lens of gender, this might be a good "gravy" source. 
Here's a link to an article right HERE

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