Reflection Paper On Feminism

The most prevalent and popular stereotype of the post World war II era in America is one filled with women abandoning their wartimes jobs and retreating into the home to fulfill their womanly duties. In Joanne Meyerowitz’s Beyond the Feminine Mystique: A reassessment of Postwar Mass Culture, she shows how far women departed from this one dimensional image. While Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique is reflexive and focused on the mainstream, Meyerowitz’s analysis is a broader and more inclusive exploration of media, as she draws upon multiple sources. Although Friedan effectively unveiled the thought process and reasoning behind society's belief that the message of media was to make women think that their place was to be the happy housewife, Meyerowitz expanded her media archives and found a differing message in analyzing both female responses to media and exploring their stories.

The next issue I am going to talk about is why females become feminists. Anna Quindlen states in her article On Being

The definition of feminism is very elusive. Maybe because of its ever-changing historical meaning, it’s not for certain whether there is any coherence to the term feminism or if there is a definition that will live up to the movement’s variety of adherents and ideas. In the book “No Turning Back,” author Estelle Freedman gives an accurate four-part definition of the very active movement: “Feminism is a belief that women and men are inherently part of equal worth. Because most societies privilege men as a group, social movements are necessary to achieve equality between women and men, with the understanding that gender always intersects with other social hierarchies” (Freedman 7).

REPORTER: The reporter/niece (Terita) called to report neglect for the victim, Mattie. Mattie’s is blind, and needs assistance with her ADL’s. The reporter stated that Netasha (daughter) and Rick (boyfriend) are neglecting the victim. According to the reporter, Mattie ahs been blind for 5 or 6 years, and the home has been in horrible conditions for a while. The reporter said her brother (unknown) spoke with Natasha, a year ago, about her mother’s living conditions. The reporter said the house has cob webs, spider webs, and animals (unknown type) inside. The reporter said the ceiling is caving in near the back of the home. The tub is not being used, and the victim is not bathing. “You can see the dirt on her/victim”. The kitchen is in horrible

Being large isn’t just a women’s issue furthermore, most ladies don’t ask to be heavy, yet it turns into an unconscious struggle that conflicts with society’s expectations of perfection in a woman’s body. In recent talks of fat being a feminist problem, a sketchy subject has been whether eating impulsively is a lady’s problem signifying it relates to her experience of being a female in society. From one perspective, some argue that a female’s body is the most important thing about her, that it’s an indication to the world about who she is. From this point of view, women are taught to occupy themselves apparently with a self-image that others will find satisfying and attractive rather than being classified as an overweight woman; shunned by what society considers a perfect body. On the other hand, however, others argue that it is thoroughly up to women to make themselves healthy and to avoid becoming overweight for which they ae shunned. In the words of Susie Orbach (2015), one of this view’s main advocates, “You are your body, you have to take care of it! You’re the individual, you’re responsible. It has nothing to do with what’s going on in the wider society.”

Feminism is a body of social theory and political movement primarily based on and motivated by the experiences of women. While generally providing a critique of social relations, many proponents of feminism also focus on analyzing gender inequality and the promotion of women's rights, interests, and issues.

The feminist movement came to fruition during the early 20th century. Over all, the push for women 's suffrage and rights was strong, but further enhanced by leaders like Alice Paul and Jane Addams. The idea of equal rights for all was further scrutinized and contested after civil rights were granted to former slaves. Women began to push for similar equality as illustrated through the feminist movement.

The article consisted of criticising 20th century western societal pedagogy in respect to the female reproductive system and its role in scientific studies. In retrospect for the reader, the article's purpose was to find the negative implications within scientific discoveries and societal views of gender roles. The article surprised me by illustrating how the scientific community had a misogynistic perspective on describing the female reproductive system and how it furthered skewed information. By the same token, the article was somewhat objective in noting the degrading terms found in those articles, yet gave off a subjective form of criticism that seemed to stem of a personal agenda. The article shared relevant and accurate information that

I am writing to recommend Dr. Anam Rajput for your residency program. I have known her for about three years. She shadowed my radiology team staff and me on our radiology unit for a month to help hone her skills in radiology.

“We need a leader, not a creepy tweeter!” This is one of the many chants that echoed through streets of New York City during the 2018 Women’s March on Saturday January 20th. Signs were held high and pink hats went as far as the eye could see. Men and women from all over the east coast came together to show unity for the fight for women’s equality. And there I was right in the middle of it. One of the most inspiring parts of this march is that it brings together a range of women’s issues and injustices against minority groups into one protest. It was diverse and yet it all screamed of solidarity.

Based on what I've seen in traditional media and social media, it's clear that feminists don't care about male victims of domestic abuse. That's a fact.. #notall.

I think we must always be feminism for several reason, "Because that may be dishonest. Feminism is, of course, part of human rights in general- but to settle on to use the imprecise expression human rights (or egalitarians) is to deny the specific} and particular problem of gender”. or not it's the way of simulation that it had been not ladies United Nations agency have, for hundreds of years, been omitted. it'd be the way of gainsaying that the quandary of gender targets ladies. That the quandary wasn't concerning being human, however flatly concerning being a feminine human for hundreds of years, the planet divided masses into two groups and so proceeded to exclude and oppress one

I never really understood the term “feminism”. I will admit at first, I was very hesitant to identify as a feminist and that was due to the negative view the media put on it. I believed it to be an anti-men movement made by females. In all seriousness I would laugh at people who identified as one, I often thought how can you hate men? How can you think one gender is superior to another? and how can you think creating issues out of non-issues will solve all of your problems? As a society, we need to bring awareness to the uncomfortableness of the term feminism and why it is now being used as a synonym to “man-hating”. According to Bustle “82% of both genders say they do believe that men and women should be social, political, and economic

When I was in Kindergarten I would play in the mud with all of the critters that called it home. I especially loved trying to fit as many earth worms on my arms as possible, telling them I’d take them home as pets. One day, when my Mom and my Grandma were picking me up from school, I still had the earth worms all over my arms when I got into the car. When my Grandma looked at me she shrieked and said, “What are you doing! Girls do not play in the mud and especially not with bugs, that’s for a little boy to do, not a little girl!” This is one of my first explicit memories of being taught gender roles.

We like to believe that as a society we have come so far and that we have begun to shed our prejudice ways and make the world a better place. However, gender roles and assumptions still have significant influences over individuals, and particularly youth in school. Dictating their belief in themselves, until assumptions and stereotypes become self-fulfilling prophesies (Elliot 2009). To me, gender has always been a defining factor in my life, it has shaped how capable people thought I was, the way I dress and the way I value different components of my life. However, for me, my gender has also been a place of defiance and I have always taken great pleasure in pushing the boundaries of what was expected. I worked to have people see me as ‘atypical’ within my gender category, taking positions of power on our student council, playing rough sports like rugby and hockey, and taking a science heavy course load. But more then anything I liked being the girl who could keep up with the boys while wearing a dress. In doing this, I learned that no matter how many times I proved myself capable, everyone would still assume that because I was female I needed help and that my abilities could not stack up to my male counterparts. Even though the education system has developed since I was in High School and Elementary school, the root of the programs, structure and curriculum of schools is still deeply rooted in binary ideas about gender. Society considers gender and sex as the same concept that dictates the focus and support provided to individuals throughout their educational careers (Elliot 2009). In my own practice I see the effects of this gendered approach throughout my institution. One of the most troubling aspects has been how we address gender equality and the methods that schools take to try to close the gap. I have found that many traditional educational approaches run into the same issues that feminist movements have, where in an attempt to counter gendered beliefs, they utilize the same essentialist ideas (Petersen 2000). In this paper, I will dissect the binary ideals that surround schools and school support systems to analyze the ways in which we can account for all genders, while still address the stereotypes