Revised Annotation 2

Revised Annotation (2)

November 3, 2011

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1. I change the title of the article for the sake of explaining the annotation directly.

2. I rewrite the introduction of male chauvinism into a simple way.

3. I read the comments and try to explain more completely.

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Male Chauvinism Makes General People Think Males Are Superior to Females

Male Chauvinism influences people’s concept of thinking about different gender of singles. The terms we call the single man is eligible bachelor. However, when it comes to single women, people may think of the terms like the old maid and spinsters. The former gives us such an attractive impression of male, and the latter, however, make us think of an old lady who is odd and lonely. Compare these two impression, male seems to be better than female, and that is an outcome which cause by the concept of Male Chauvinism.

The idea of male chauvinism is that males have the sense that they are superior to females. It used to be described a person’s extreme patriotism, and later turned to be a negative description that men think their status is higher than women in the society. In the past, our society is dominated by the concept of male chauvinism that women are thought to be subordinate of men. Because in most of the family, it is always the father who goes out and works hard for earning his family. The one who owns the economic power of the family plays the dominated character in it. As time goes by, people get used to this pattern.

Take this mother’s feeling as an example, she says that she feels strange when she receives a post from her daughter’s school, mentioned that parents should accompany their children to school for the first day of the classes. The school also says that both parents should come and if it is not possible, at least the father should come. Therefore, she calls into question “Why is the father so superior when it comes to choose between mother and father?”

(Online Source: Why is Male Chauvinism so Prevalent? By K. reddy http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/860137/why_is_male_chauvinism_so_prevalent.html?cat=41)

(a) They also said that both parents should come and if it is not possible, at least the father should come. It appeared perfectly normal at first but after a bit of thinking I started to find some hidden meaning in it. At least father should come- is the only thing harassing me for the past week. Why is the father so superior when it comes to choose between mother and father?

In Taiwan, parent-teacher meeting is thought to be a meeting that mothers should attend. That is because our society thinks that mother is responsible for the family cares, and it is their duty to take care of children. People may have the idea that it is men who have enough ability to go to work and raise the family. However, nowadays lots of women are going out and also work hard to increase the income of family.

The concept of male chauvinism is also challenged in the issue of singles. Nowadays women have the right to receive high education as men do, and they can be independent because they have the ability to earn for living. As a result, when it comes to look for women’s mates, their targets may be higher than before. They would rather be single than marry the men who do not fit their standards. On the other hand, when males are seeking for their mates, most of them will not prefer the ladies who have better capability than they do, because they are unwilling to admit the higher and higher status and ability of women. Under this condition, modern women who especially with higher achievement will find that it is harder to search out an ideal partner. And while they are finding and waiting for their Mr. Right, their ages are also increasing at the same time. 

In conclusion, people should get rid of the negative feeling of unmarried women which trigger by the male chauvinism and respect the choice of women whether they want to get married or not.