America's
Dominant
Culture
Problems with American Ideology?
Perhaps it is the ideology of the United States that is part of the problem…America, and Americans have a thirst for being seen as the strongest, most dominant power in the world. Strength is power, just as having the biggest military, the strongest currency and the most dominant economic platform is a value held dear in America. Make America Great Again. Perhaps now it is America itself that is standing in its way of becoming great...
The dominant culture in America is power. It is strength and if you are someone who doesn’t match up to those abilities then how could you be strong enough to run for office? It can be incredibly difficult for women to take on “strong, power positions” as frequently that results in their being called “bitchy” and “bossy”. Yet we are seeing America go through an epidemic right now. It is a country that still has immense incarceration rates, a general public that only 27% of whom have a college degree or more and a country that had more military expenditures in 2015 than the next 29 countries combined with room to spare. As of March 1st 2017 America ranks 100th in the world for women’s political representation, behind the likes of Zimbabwe, Nepal, Sudan, Burundi and the United Arab Emirates. For a country that claims to be the pillars of democracy, prosperity, hope and freedom does that not seem alarming...?
