Women have been facing different forms of oppression within various societies, which has created a social change within them over time. This oppression through power brought about resistance within these women and the idea of thinking for themselves and challenging the misuse of power. ‘The Romance of Resistance’ and ‘Uses of the Erotic: the Erotic as Power’ both showcase a different type of power and resistance both portrayed by women. The readings by Abu Lughod and Audre Lorde respectively share a common ground as both are explaining the patriarchy and oppression which women face as they both differ on the main topics being addressed. Lughod speaks mainly on the resistance of women in a patriarchal society and the ways they went about it while Lorde focuses on the power women have within themselves but is being suppressed because of a patriarchal society. …show more content…
In this article she emphasis on how the Bedouin women resisted the decision of their fathers, uncles, and older brother, and how they resisted the sexually segregation, and sexually irreverent discourse brought upon them by male figures. The way these women resisted would be to have secret meetings without the men in the segregated areas or smoking within these areas easily defying the patriarchy. In the terms of marriage, the mother would often protest the marriage of her young daughter if she thought it unfair and would go against the wishes of the father. These are only a couple examples yet Lughod writes “all forms of resistance as signs of the ineffectiveness of systems of power and of the resilience and creativity of the human spirit in its refusal to be dominated” thus describing resistance will be created if there is a misuse in power of the oppressor and the