Journal 3 - Oppression

Excessive oppression in countries lead to revolution. Sadly, many types of oppression exist in this world. However, some kinds of oppression does not lead to revolution. There is oppression in China, North Korea, Myanmar as well as the United States. It could be said that oppression is global. There is a lot of oppression in Myanmar. There is a lot of gender inequality in Myanmar and females are oppressed. More oppression is directed towards poor people. Beggars, are ignored, sent away or sometimes even insulted. However, oppression is not continuous. Most of the people will give donations and be kind to the beggars as well. The big event that occurred due to oppression is the Civil War. The Civil War helped stopped oppression and Abraham Lincoln took the side of the slaves. Oppression is usually presented by one group or person or thing showing inferiority to the other. The characteristics are very evident in racism, sexism and many others as well. Basically, the inferior ones are pushed down by the powerful ones. Sometimes, there are no limits to oppression, causing both mental and physical damage to the victims. I think that when I was young, I was oppressed by my parents a lot. Everything such as time to eat, time to play and grades to get are set by my parents. Now that I do most of my own things, I feel like I was oppressed in the past. I usually don't have a say in what happens at home. I feel kind of bad and it would depress me at times when this happens. I just have to make myself feel better and that was it. I was once the oppressor. I once oppressed my younger cousins by making them stay still by hitting them with an empty water bottle. It didn't hurt that much but I feel bad for them after it happened. I did it because we were out in the countryside, where water is hard to get and they were still sweating, not ready for the shower. After the thirty minutes, they went and took a bath. I believe I would not do this kind of action to them again.