Feminism has its roots
in every social, economic, and political vehicle. However, this does not mean that there is no oppression
in these categories. In Shiva's, Development, Ecology and Women', we see that during the
Industrial Revolution, development of cash crops, factories, and textile
industries destroyed women’s ability to creatively thrive in such linear
circumstances.
These labor intensive
jobs, although occupied by both men and women, devalue the work of women
because they are viewed as ‘male dominant positions’. This has not stopped courageous women who are
determined to show that they can do everything a man can do and more. In an online article titled, What It’s Like To Be One Of The Only Female
Construction Workers In America, we are introduced to Patricia Voly who is
a female construction worker. Patricia Voly describes her child hood passion of
becoming a construction worker as a job that she loved. However, once she got the job, she realized
that it is very sexist and that male workers are given preference in almost
every aspect of the job. Voly states, “If it weren’t for the harassment, I definitely think I would
have stayed, I loved it, I really did. I liked the changing workplace setting
as workers moved from project to project. The hours appealed to me not just
now, but if I were ever to become a mother, I think it would work out”. This statement describes the brutal truth
that men and women are still divided and harassment is evident.

Bryce Covert, What it’s like to be One of the only female construction workers in America. ThinkProgress, 11 June 2014. Web. 1 Dec. 2016.
Enloe, Cynthia H. Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990. Print.
Shiva, Vandana, and ana Shiva. Staying Alive: Women, Ecology, and Development. 2nd ed. London: Zed Books, 1989. Print.