Oppression The oppression of women in Saudi Arabia and the treatment of Japanese- Americans in World War II.

Jean Sasson’s Bias  Women’s side  Cruel to women  Horrible  Unfair

Our Bias  Sympathy  Cruel to women  Unfair  No freedom  Men think of women of Inferior

Conflict in PRINCESS  Oppressing women of Saudi Arabia:  Punishment/death  Strict laws on women  Favoring men  Manipulation  Propaganda

Continue…  Disrespected  No freedom  Men ruled  sexism

Evidence  “From an early age, the male child is taught that women are of little value” (page 22)  “to the head of the household, the secondary status of women indicated in the Koran was understood to be slavery. Any women who is not Muslim was considered a prostitute.

Conflict on Japanese- Americans  Oppressing Japanese- Americans  Think of them as spies  Isolation  Japanese Americans plus harsh conditions in “internment camp”

Continue…  Death  Lost everything  racism

Similarities between the two Issues  Manipulation  Propaganda  Oppressing a group of people  Lost of Innocence  Cruelty  Harsh punishments  Separation

Differences between the two conflicts:  PRINCESS:  Men twisting the Koran  Japanese oppression ends, but women oppression in Saudi Arabia didn’t

Continue…  Japanese- Americans:  Manipulated Americans with posters and advertisement

Patterns We See…  Manipulation leads to oppression  Death loss  Lost of freedom  Oppress people to get more power and control  When people hate some group of people  When they’re scared of group of people rebelling  To be in control