Author and Current event

"All-female Kenyan village houses abused women", is an article about a group of women who have united and built a village. This village is only made up of women who have been victims of male abuse including girls escaping from arrange marriages. They all contribute to cover the expenses of the village by selling handicrafts. The leaders of the camp focus on women empowerment, they even have their own school so they can learn to read and write. If Kate Chopin was to be alive today, she would respond to this event in a positive way. First, she would be disgusted at the fact that men till this day abuse women and them being forced to be with a man due to an arranged marriage. Overall she would be proud of these women for standing up for their rights. Chopin was a feminist, so knowing that women are becoming independent, educated, and have united among each other would satisfy her. Kate herself as well as the women of her family had to become independent of men in order to support their family. Chopin would also be able to relate to them, because the women in her house united and supported each other after their husbands’ deaths. In the situation the women from the village had to make handicrafts to sell so they could make money, and Chopin began to write. Both the women and Chopin had to develop a talent they already had to be able to support themselves. In conclusion Kate Chopin could relate to them in many ways; therefore, she would be right along with the women supporting them.


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