Works Cited
Hooks, Bell. “The Significance of Feminist Movement.” A World of Ideas: Essential Reading for College Writers. Ed. Lee A Jacobus. 7th Ed. New York; Bedford St. Martins, 2006. Pp 821-831
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Blog 17 Bell Hooks
The Significance Of Feminist Movement pg 821
What does Hooks see as the mistakes of the early feminists?
-Bell Hooks did a very great job for women and men to understand the feminist movement. She mainly discussed “exploitation and oppression of women”, basically women struggles. Hooks make a good point that “ some feminist efforts actually pushed people away who might have had a stake in the movement”(pg822), which to me mean that women had opportunities and goals that could have been pushed away. Hooks said it defiantly happened to women of color than privileged white women, but white women as Hooks explained, there lives was still based on limited opportunity. I think that women in the modern society were afraid to express how they felt about never being equally to men. Women did want to go out and work in stead of being home all the time, but now in today’s society there are working independent women who do both work and take care of their household. I appreciate the women in the modern society because they went through so much that women today couldn’t even survive through some of the issues that women fought for or went through. Most women and men I think don’t appreciate the struggles the women had to come across so women in the next generation won’t suffer from the same causes. There is still a controversy between both sexes and I believe that there will always continue to be a major issue because men will still think they have control over everything and treat women as if they was below them and women will continue to be strong and speak up for what’s right.
What does Hooks see as the mistakes of the early feminists?
-Bell Hooks did a very great job for women and men to understand the feminist movement. She mainly discussed “exploitation and oppression of women”, basically women struggles. Hooks make a good point that “ some feminist efforts actually pushed people away who might have had a stake in the movement”(pg822), which to me mean that women had opportunities and goals that could have been pushed away. Hooks said it defiantly happened to women of color than privileged white women, but white women as Hooks explained, there lives was still based on limited opportunity. I think that women in the modern society were afraid to express how they felt about never being equally to men. Women did want to go out and work in stead of being home all the time, but now in today’s society there are working independent women who do both work and take care of their household. I appreciate the women in the modern society because they went through so much that women today couldn’t even survive through some of the issues that women fought for or went through. Most women and men I think don’t appreciate the struggles the women had to come across so women in the next generation won’t suffer from the same causes. There is still a controversy between both sexes and I believe that there will always continue to be a major issue because men will still think they have control over everything and treat women as if they was below them and women will continue to be strong and speak up for what’s right.
Monday, December 3, 2007
Blog 16 Carol Gilligan
Woman’s Place In Man’s life cycle pg 797
What are the difference between man and women in terms of the way they regard relationships?
-Gilligan reading I thought was a very easy and understandable reading. Gillian discussed issues regarding boys and girls of how people have these boy games that prepare boys for competition later in life and girls probably tend to be more girly and not having to do anything. Gilligan stated that “fair treatment of the sexes they thought demanded that the sexes be more alike than different.”(pg 798). I think that fair treatment would emphasis equality between both sexes , because men and women are always going to be different, however society sets it up as men are suppose to be dominant and competitive and women are suppose to be just housewives. Personally I think women would make a better president because a woman can handle situations better than a man because a man, not all are more likely to put the state a risk. Men always judge women like they think we don’t have any capabilities0 of doing anything. In Beauvoir view men tend to judge women as the “other” rather than a woman with than with their own nature and identities”. Gilligan stated growing up girls would prefer to be more like their mothers and boys like their fathers. I highly agree because boys do tend to want to be like their father while the girls want to be more like their mother because that’s how it always been. Even though they look up to both parents the boy may see his father being the man of the house going to work and having control of the relationship while the girl see’s her mother being a loving mother, raising children, cleaning, cooking, and being the best mother and wife there is. This shows how Gilligan explained how society separates people and made deviant in society.
What are the difference between man and women in terms of the way they regard relationships?
-Gilligan reading I thought was a very easy and understandable reading. Gillian discussed issues regarding boys and girls of how people have these boy games that prepare boys for competition later in life and girls probably tend to be more girly and not having to do anything. Gilligan stated that “fair treatment of the sexes they thought demanded that the sexes be more alike than different.”(pg 798). I think that fair treatment would emphasis equality between both sexes , because men and women are always going to be different, however society sets it up as men are suppose to be dominant and competitive and women are suppose to be just housewives. Personally I think women would make a better president because a woman can handle situations better than a man because a man, not all are more likely to put the state a risk. Men always judge women like they think we don’t have any capabilities0 of doing anything. In Beauvoir view men tend to judge women as the “other” rather than a woman with than with their own nature and identities”. Gilligan stated growing up girls would prefer to be more like their mothers and boys like their fathers. I highly agree because boys do tend to want to be like their father while the girls want to be more like their mother because that’s how it always been. Even though they look up to both parents the boy may see his father being the man of the house going to work and having control of the relationship while the girl see’s her mother being a loving mother, raising children, cleaning, cooking, and being the best mother and wife there is. This shows how Gilligan explained how society separates people and made deviant in society.
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