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The essay “ Skeletons in the Closet” is a symbol of equality and natural during the period of eighteenth to ninetieth century. There is not only biological difference between men and female, many scientists put some stereotype mind to judge how the physical structure should a women being. Also, the limited resources and methods give some misunderstanding in sexism. The scientist only determines the physical part of body such as, pelvis, breast, and sacrum to give men or women identity. The lack of critical thinking and social development created lot arguments in the anatomy. Then, we can see stereotype between men and female that bone, muscles means a brain of human being. The Schiebinger describe struggle in equality not only in gender, but also on class and race. I believe there is another issue cause the argument that the value of color.

When scientists use social scale to evaluate how a human body weights, the way of scientific method is not accurate. The inequality among white men, white women and Black women. The symbolizing of women skeleton is physical weakness, but the man’s skeletal as intelligence and strong. These subjective ways of some evidence, even some medical manuals have some connections between nature and moral. Most of doctors are white male during that time, so the social status of women is still a housewife and do not have enough education. As we can see, the nature of science and society is connected together in author point of views. The unfairness of women is cause of how the science is affect moral and nature belief in ancient world.

In Schiebinger point of view, the research of anatomy became a critical project is cause of conflict between gender identify and moral of social. Most of people hold a judgment view in science, it cause inequality between different sex and race. The nature law is not given any space and changes to female because there is tag a label to them. It’s like a symbol of not being intelligence and strong. This essay shows the development of women’s equality during eighteenth century to now. Compare to the science method, we have more fair ideas and moral thinking about women now that help women has more power.

I think the convention is a link connects between women and race. Davis trying to tell us how the society status of women is developing during the Seneca Falls Convention. Not only argue women’s equality and rights, but also change people’s ideals and future. The women’s physical and psychological behavior is a topic, how the personality and emotion is controlling of them. We have to change the traditional mind and stereotype of women; they should not only stay at home and being a housewife. The marriage and birth child is not responsibility for them. We have to stay and built more freedom and chance. I love Davis use many examples and others statements to representing how others thinking about the issues, which helps tell us how the gender, class and race are influence each other. The background of Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady provide lot evidence to convention, how education, political and economic are effect women’s rights.

Although the convention is changing for the women’s right, some of issues still deny some group of women still in trouble. One of the major outcomes for the convention is the balance between white women and black women. Sojourner Truth is a woman who is inspiring and intelligent. She measuring that the sexuality and racism is not include in convention. The prejudices side of nation population is shown by her mind. After that, race becomes another issues bring out in the convention. The society less care about color people specialized in Black women, and their status of power. The political part and geography are also affecting equality and race that different opinions and discussion between North and South. He also measuring a lot negative argument about the convention, and brings more crime and violence to local community. Many politicians also realized the unfair relation between labor market and race; there is more black labor than white. The capitalism is also influence in race between white and black in the labor marketing. Color women struggle for equality, which they need more support and energy.

In conclusion, the convention is a symbolize meeting for women’s rights and different race in society, which give more fundamental laws and policy for women’s power in constitution. Davis trying to tell us the road of women’s right is contains full of passion and diff suffering. Compare the different generation, the women has much more power then before. He also wants to give more race and women some ideas about how we should be.

References:

Davis, Angela Y. Women, culture & politics. New York: Random House, 1989. Print.