Feminism Is For Everyone By Bell Hook

“If my generation was too naïve, the generations that have followed may be too practical. We knew too little, and now girls know too much.” (Sandberg. Pg. 646) In the past, the call for women’s rights was heated as much as it was alive; many women today believe that they no longer need feminism in their lives. The misconception that feminist ideals are outdated has lead modern women to fall short in their desire to accomplish more. Sheryl Sandberg refuels feminist goals in the article “Lean In: What Would You Do If You Weren’t Afraid.” She addresses lack of females in the work force, as well as, the way society prompts boys compared to girls. Bell Hook, in contrast, provides a deeper understanding of feminist ideals, along with, an in depth analysis of Sandberg’s work. The articles written by Bell Hook and Sheryl Sandberg express each woman’s perspective on modern feminism; although they both call for action, Sandberg focuses on the inequality between the sexes, while Hook broadens the overall argument to include topics such as race, sexuality and class equality.

Finally, hooks used the strategy of cause and effect in her writings. She writes “Since our society continues to be a primarily ‘Christian’ culture, masses of people continue to believe that God has ordained that women be subordinate to men in the domestic household.” (hooks, pg2) By writing this, she effectively analyzes the cause of the problems, and why our culture continues to be sexist. For those who have scientific minds, this statement carries

Through this book, the most important point she puts emphasis on is the acknowledgment of the complex interlocking of classism, racism and sexism. Bell Hooks is not a poor working-class any more,

In Feminism is for Everybody, hooks introduces a popular theory of feminism rooted in common sense and the wisdom of her own personal experience. In my opinion, hooks’ book is perfectly poised to become THE OFFICIAL “handbook” or “cliff notes” to feminism. Although it’s short, Feminism is for Everybody is powerful. It addresses all of the most prevalent issues facing the contemporary feminist movement, everything from where feminism stands, reproductive choice, beauty, violence, race, class, work, all the way to where feminism will go in the future. She uses simple, direct language to express complex issues. However, that is not to say that she “dumbs-down” such topics. Rather, she makes them more comprehensible to those not as familiar with feminism as a discipline. This book offers everyone (man or woman) a chance to explore feminism. It serves as an eye-opener to all those “would be” feminists who are afraid to label themselves as such for fear of being called a man hater or worse, a lesbian! She dispels these myths and others, forcing her audience

Within the excerpts of writing Sheryl Sandberg and bell hooks offer us, their focal point is feminism. Although this is the case, their reasonings for being a feminist are quite different. Sandberg focuses on rising in the career field as a woman, and hooks argues against her writing because she has a narrow definition of being a feminist. There are strong arguments for either side as to which is more correct.

Feminism offers the same things to a man as it does to a woman. After reading this article I have found out that feminism effects every aspect of our lives whether it be how we learn to the pay we get for the same work. It is just not a woman thing it is a social and human issue. According to Bell, feminism is aimed to end sexist oppression of all human regardless of what their race, gender and social status are.

Directions: Careful and critical reading of bell hooks’ Feminism is for Everybody. After reading your assigned chapters, answer the following questions thoroughly before your class presentation and submit through blackboard.

In the Feminist Theory, bell hooks provide vivid examples and assertions on how mainstream feminism exclude the issues of women of color. Mainstream feminism in America pertains to the ideals of “white, middle-class privileged woman” as they “reinforce white supremacy by negating the issue of race and class amongst woman of color” (hooks, 2000, pg. ). Due to not fulfilling the attempt to gain equality, as they may claim to do, it also can be an organization that displays “narcissism, insensitivity, sentimentality, and self-indulgence” (hooks, 2000, pg. 3). As mainstream feminism shuns the needs and interests of African-American women, it allows current social issues and inequalities to persist.

The question is: how do we make change to years, and year of conditioned notions? I feel, that as a male I can strive to provide equality in every day actions. These actions can take place at school, the work place, with family, etc. Similarly to this conversation, Bell Hooks believes that the way to make change is to not let it stop with academia. She feels that if feminist theory only lure’s to the academic world, then it won’t impact society the way that it should. Hook wants it to reach out to men, the poor, the rich, different races, and more. She wants it to be in the hands of the many. Again, as this conversation started about how philosophers viewed woman and how to make change, Hooks is suggesting that in order to make change with oppression of woman, then it is necessary to branch out this theory of feminism. Coincidently, Hook critiques Irigaray (or all French Feminist for that matter) for focusing too much on appealing to woman and not enough on the rest of the

It’s a movement to stop stereotypes and labels in this patriarchal system existing in our society, and the only way to do so is if both men and women fight for the feminist cause. Hooks also explains what feminism does not support. It does not support only privileged, upper-class women to succeed in the patriarchal society, but rather focuses on the improvement of all women despite their

In her book, Feminism is For Everybody Bell battles all presumptions of her faultfinders that she is against male by setting her contention in her title. for the most part in sections 10,11 and 12, she concentrates on race and sexual orientation alongside feminist masculinity. Although these perspectives assume a noteworthy part in tending to the genuine requirement for women 's liberation. There is an apparent, struggle in the way the state has conditioned society to think and how minorities and are so hesitant to ascend against the shunned thought of adding to their own oppression since they are centered around the name of "feminist theory" expecting that it is the embodiment of criticizing men.

According to Hooks (2000) as cited in Considine and Dukelow (2009:141) “Feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression”. It is necessary to explain the different types of feminism that are present in society first. Freedman

According to Bell Hooks, "Feminism is a struggle against sexist oppression. Therefore, it is necessarily a struggle

Feminism according to Hooks, “movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression.” Hooks likes her stated definition of feminism, because “it doesn’t imply that men were the enemy. by naming sexism as the problem it went directly to the heart of the matter”. If you have sexist thinking you have a problem both women and men can be sexist. According to Hooks many people believe feminism to be; anti-men, women seeking to be equal to men, equal pay for equal work, white and privileged. These people often learn about feminism through mass media and do not believe feminism to be a sexist problem, but to understand feminism “it implies one has to necessarily understand sexism” (Hooks,37) a majority of people do not understand what sexism

According to Bell Hooks, Feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation and oppression. Sexism refers to the unfair treatment of people due to their sex especially to women. Most women are facing the problem of sexism because there are no room for high- paying skilled labor opened to them due to the problem of gender socialization. It was not gender discrimination or sexist oppression that kept privileged women of all races from working outside the home, it was the fact that the jobs that would have been available to them would have been the same low-paying unskilled labor open to all working women. (Hooks, 2000). Women have been made default pursuers of unskillful labor which is a disadvantage for women but to the advantage of the “men” in the