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"Educated" is the journey of a young woman, Tara Westover, and the many roadblocks put before her and just about every other young person in modern America today. In this beautiful piece, Tara Westover shows how women can break through the chains of patriarchy and create a life for themselves that only they could imagine. Tara Westover is an American essayist and historian. Her in-depth memoir, "Educated" (2018), debuted at #1 on The New York Times bestseller list and was a finalist for several national awards. Educated has been ranked by the New York Times as one of the top 10 books released in 2018. Because of her book, Westover is Time magazine's 100 most influential people of 2019. She's also received praise from Bill Gates for her groundbreaking work and her role as an advocate for educating disadvantaged females. "An education is not so much about making a living as making a person." ~ Tara Westover

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Women have been denied fundamental human rights for as long as society has existed

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For centuries, women have had to endure crushing oppression at the hands of men. The struggles of a woman growing up in a world that tells her how to live, what religion to follow, society's standards, and the patriarchy are made clear by Tara Westover through vivid examples and apt descriptive tools.

One of the struggles a woman has to face as she exists side by side with men is a lack of education. In some societies and cultures, it is a waste of resources to educate a female child as she would only grow to assume another man's last name or risk her becoming too rebellious. As such, to keep her in check, they believe it is best to stifle any exposure to knowledge.

This patriarchal act is theft of a basic necessity to survive and should not exist.

Education, being one of the basic needs of any human being, is essential because it gives knowledge of the world and how to change it into something better. It develops a perspective of looking at life.

Education arms one with the tools needed to form and express one's thoughts adequately about specific issues around them. It would seem logical that you'd want everyone around you to get an education and benefit from such a marvelous opportunity, right? Not if you wish to keep them in check, though, and keep them from forming their own opinions. This desire to control women is why they lack a sound education.
Knowledge is light, and it helps us see the world better. It arms us with the necessary skills we need to survive.
In many societies, men fear that education would render their control irrelevant once women realize their true worth and demand better treatment. In the following chapters of this summary, we shall get insight into survivalism, religion, and how all that can impact the life and adulthood of an individual. The place of education is also emphasized as it is a pillar of this summary.
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More often than not, women suffer physical abuse as a form of discipline

Depriving women of quality education is a form of abuse; it robs them of a fundamental human right. But this isn't the only form of abuse they endure. Cases and reports of physical abuse of women are widespread.
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Patriarchy is a system set up to favor men and put women in a disadvantaged position

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Often, religion is used as a tool for the propagation of hatred for the female population at large

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Misogyny greatly damages women everywhere

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To be truly free of the holds of religion and other enslaving social concepts, one must be armed with a healthy education

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