When talking about the feministy theory, there are many factors that go into this theory. Some being the studies of women’s roles in society, being their rights, privileges, interests and concerns in society. The feminist theory studies women in society everywhere in the world. In such countries, like the one I am studying, being Haiti, as I talked about last week, there are several issues with women in society such as severe inequality and most serious being their overall well being which is proven to be very poor in haiti. The women, because of their conditions in which they live, are more likely to contract chronic diseases than men are because they are treated very poorly. The femenist theory explores the conditions of women in Haiti. Studies showed that “feminism is a dirty word in Haiti” (Chery 2017). In Haiti, there is great and severer inequality. It is so severe that saying the word femenist or feminism can put you in danger or you can get hurt. The president of Haiti, recently, threatened a protestor with sexual assault and publically insulted a female journalist. This is the issue with women in society in Haiti. No matter what they do, marches, parades, riots, strikes, no justice will be made because the government is against this whole idea of women being just as equal as men in society. When a woman gets abused or assaulted by her husband or significant other at home ,nothing is done even by emergency services if called. This is why women are so much more prone to illnesses such as chronic respiratory illnesses and diseases, which is becoming a very severe epidemic in Haiti. They are left untreated with the illness and are forced to work, cook, and clean even if they are severely sick. In Haiti, “the country’s governmental instability, combined with enduring gender roles and violence, has prevented the potential of women’s organization and full political participation as well as social inclusion on a national scale” (Sacks 2018). As mentioned above, we can understand that nothing is being done in Haiti for women to gain more equality. The government refuses to make such a change in their society. 

Despite the challenges women have in Haiti being that no matter what they do, nothing will be done, “women have gathered together to start clubs and organizations to help each other achieve a higher level of well being” (Azor 2017). The women of Haiti reached out and told local sources of how they would be lucky enough to even have the right to receive vaccinations where they are ill. The women of Haiti are getting sicker and sicker because they are being left untreated with these chronic respiratory infections and diseases. The feminist theory is very relevat to the women in sociery in Haiti becuase of these issues. Hopefully one day, the women of Haiti can come together and find a way to make great changes to the society. No one should be left treated this way just because of their gender.

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“Documenting Spaces of Liberation in Haiti.” Taylor & Francis, www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0740770X.2017.1315223.

Gender in Haiti, 4 May 2018, genderinhaiti.wordpress.com/womens-rights/.

“‘Feminist’ Is a Dirty Word in Haiti.” Woy Magazine, 1 Feb. 2017, woymagazine.com/2017/01/31/feminist-dirty-word-haiti/.