The word womanhood is conveyed with many different definitions across the world. In most Eastern countries, womanhood is defined as only giving birth to the future generations, cleaning, cooking, doing chores, and eventually obeying their husbands because the cultures and traditions have been like this for more than hundred years. On the other hand, in Western countries, womanhood is defined according to the media as a person who has a slim body and physique, is fortunate to have an attractive appearance, and has a flawless skin. Having to look a certain way with certain weight have created a great competition among the women especially adolescents in today’s society because they see popularity from this perspective. Also, if anyone does not…show more content… Society has always disintegrated woman, have it be hundreds of generations ago or this generation, there has always been certain standards that limit women to less than what they're truly capable of, which is humiliatingly demeaning. Society has always belittled woman, from criticizing actions made by woman to objectifying woman for nothing more than just their physical appearance. Women have always been made to seem that all they have to offer is their body and nothing more. Instead of portraying women with potential as those who are intellectually intelligent and accomplish things that relate to education or politics, the media rather chooses to show the world that woman who expose their body to the public are rather the ones who are worthy. The media attempts to lure more and more woman into choosing their physical appearance over their education which is awfully disturbing. In order for women to develop substantially, they need to believe they have the ability to fulfill their dreams & goals. According to (Langer 2015), she stated that " sustainable development needs women's social, economic, and environmental contributions, which will increase when women are healthy, valued, enabled, and empowered to reach their full potential in all aspects of their lives, including their roles as providers of health care" . Therefore, if society continuously degrades…show more content… Despite the advances toward gender equality, women are often subjected to double standards. Women make up half of the population and workforce, yet they are still bound to their traditional norm. The outlook about a girl’s marital status has not changed much. Regardless of her cultural background if a woman is not married by her thirties society will frown upon her. Society equates marriage with maturity and often single women with or without children are stereotyped negatively. According to DePaula among other stereotyping “Singles were viewed as lower in self-esteem, more lonely, more neurotic” (2010). The rejection and ridicule may alter a woman’s behavior to choose a mate less suitable for her. Indeed, in William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily,” the character Emily from a noble southern family is past thirty years of age and still single. Her townspeople keep gossiping about her being not married. Emily falls in love with a common man from the north who himself confesses, “He like[s] men and that he [is] not a marrying man” (Faulkner 228). A woman may be single by choice or by her circumstances, but she faces obstacles in her life. When a girl decides to stay single, then the word “girl” itself implies that she is immature. She finds difficulty climbing up the corporate ladder. In his article “Love and Marriage” Dentzer points out that, “Few bosses admit it, but many scrutinize worker
