In Kat Stoeffel’s “ Why becoming a dad makes you a feminist?” she is responding to an open letter from AllHipHop site owner Chuck Creekmur. Stoeffel’s main argument to Creekmur is that it shouldn’t take having a daughter in order for you to care about women. She's not against more people for feminism however it makes her skin crawl when she hears about a father talk about what having a daughter has taught him. The overall problem isn't about Creekmur judging Nicki Minaj, but really about the fact he’s only making this letter because he has a daughter and he doesn’t want her actions to rub off on his own lil’ girl. Stoeffel points out that a key part of Creekmur’s letter is him giving Nicki Minaj a lecture a Stoeffel then begins on focusing
on a statement that Creekmur had made. It stated “As a man, I can appreciate the virtues of your perfect posterior,” he wrote. “ The dad guy is not a happy camper, particularly now that his lil’ girl is transitioning into a young lady.” The biggest problem with this statement is it shows how there are two sides of a coin. One side with dads that have daughters and the other side without daughters. So Nicki Minaj is getting criticized by enraged people with daughters because she is trying to embrace the objectification of women. Then the other side of the coin men without their own daughters are perfectly fine with this. This is a double-edged sword that women have to deal with. One side of the sword you’re very attractive to those daughterless dudes or you’re a bad role model to their daughters. Then the other edge of the sword you could try not embrace your body or show it off then get called a good role model, however, you’ll have those daughterless dudes saying you’re not “ beautiful”. Women are held to this standard that is always almost impossible to reach. They’re expected to be beautiful while still Stoeffel points out how are we capable of controlling if women are objectified with all these daughterless dudes. Since you have a daughter that's the only time you care so if you don't have a daughter you don't have to care about all those other daughters who have fathers also. So if all women are someone's daughter why don't you give them the respect that you want other men to give your daughter even if didn’t have a daughter or not.
Erin George’s A Woman Doing Life: Notes from a Prison for Women sheds light on her life at the Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women (FCCW) where she was sentenced for the rest of her life for first-degree murder. It is one of the few books that take the reader on a journey of a lifer, from the day of sentencing to the day of hoping to being bunked adjacent to her best friend in the geriatric ward.
Within Megan H. Mackenzie’s essay, “Let Women Fight” she points out many facts about women serving in the U.S. military. She emphasizes the three central arguments that people have brought up about women fighting in the military. The arguments she states are that women cannot meet the physical requirements necessary to fight, they simply don’t belong in combat, and that their inclusion in fighting units would disrupt those units’ cohesion and battle readiness. The 1948 Women’s Armed Services Integration Act built a permanent corps of women in all the military departments, which was a big step forward at that time. Although there were many restrictions that were put on women, an increase of women in the U.S. armed forces happened during
In an article published to The Atlantic “Why Are All the Cartoon Mother’s dead?” by Sarah Boxer declares her point of why in a variety of kid’s movies the mother is deceased or missing and the father is present meanwhile in reality the stats are the opposite. She is coming off as a feminist questioning why mothers are not in a majority of Disney Movies and kid movies in general. In a matter of fact she addresses feminism in this article because she keeps throwing jabs about why fathers are the child’s only parent in the children’s movies. Such as, “Is the unconscious goal of these motherless movies to paper over reality? To hint that the world be better without mothers?”(Boxer). This explains my last thought of how she is addressing feminism
She illuminates the hidden causes of the harsh sexism in rap music lyrics and argues that one needs to look deeper to understand why the misogyny exists and how women in her culture need to respond and also start taking responsibility for its existence in order for changes to begin to take place. In the article “ From Fly -Girls to Bitches and Hos “ the dysfunction of our black men is evident, but somehow it’s seen and admired manliness and success. For example the life of Notorious BIG was one of the rap kings that live a life of jail, sex , drugs and murder that “ the seeming impenetrable wall of sexism in rap music is really the complex mask of American often wear both to hide “ . Joan Morgan was vivid as to show the pain men must be feeling so badly that they had to use disrespectful slurs and hateful comment says their music lyrics. I agree with the fact that in today’s society the "bitches and hos" have become the norm. From my perspective that many guys often believe that is how all women act and that they are all pimps and
Cyrus was the host 2015 VMAs and she did a racist performance of using black culture, a popular, trending culture in America, to promote herself as “wild and dangerous” by using black people as “props” for butt slapping and twerking (Makarechi 2013). Therefore, Manji turned her acceptance speech toward Cyrus by calling her out on her liberalist discussion about her on media a few days earlier. Cyrus had stated that Manji should blame herself for not being nominated as the best music video of the year along with Taylor Swift and other artists (Feeney 2015). Manji pointed out how the entertainment industry chose white artists to win awards and ignored nonwhite artists even though their music was also very popular and well-deserving to received awards as well. Furthermore, Manji pointed out that if Cyrus was going to enjoy black culture, she should care about the black people who created that culture as well. Cyrus, on the other hand, refused to give a response (Feeney 2015). Hence, in summary of what Wiley thinks, she stated, “’[White feminism] thinks twerking is a revolution on Miley but wants to know why Nicki just won’t respect herself though’” (Button Poetry
Mrs Quasimodo is drawn to the bells but not by the man who rings them:
In Margaret Matlin’s textbook The Psychology of Women, the first consistent theme discussed is in regards to gender differences. Contrary to popular belief, psychological gender differences are typically small and inconsistent. Throughout the text, there are numerous situations, examples, and statistical data to support these findings. One example is the lack of gender differences in cognitive abilities. Matlin (2012) states, “Unfortunately, however, when people who are not experts discuss gender comparisons in thinking, they almost always emphasize gender differences. Meanwhile, they ignore the substantial evidence for gender similarities” (143). When people who
In “A Defense of Abortion”, Judith Jarvis Thomson states the wrong of preventing mothers to abort their unwanted babies by giving multiple analogies that responds to prolife arguments. She begins with how the wrong of abortion lies heavily on how a fetus is a person from the moment of contraception. It is argued that a human’s life is continuous, beginning from contraception to adulthood, thus stating that a fetus is a person 47). Thomson then responds that this argument is a “slippery slope argument”; once we allow something, another will follow. Thomson both agrees and disagrees that a fetus is a person from the moment of contraception. She states that, “a clump of cells is not more a person than an acorn is an oak tree,” and that this statement
The Scarlet Letter can easily be seen as an early feminist piece of work. Nathaniel Hawthorne created a story that exemplifies Hester as a strong female character living with her choices, whether they were good or bad, and also as the protagonist. He also presents the daughter of Hester, Pearl, as an intelligent female, especially for her age. He goes on to prove man as imperfect through both the characters of Dimmesdale and of Chillingworth. With the situation that all the characters face, Hawthorne establishes the female as the triumphant one, accomplishing something that, during Nathaniel Hawthorne’s time, authors did not attempt.
Feminism is known as an organized movement that aims to achieve equality a most women and men in society. Feminism within American history can be categorized into 3 phases; Women Suffrage, Social and Civil Rights, and the current wave which appeal to a number of different social and political avenues. The ideology of equality of amongst women in America had become enormously popular in the 19th century which helped assist the start of the Women 's Suffrage movement; this movement main objective was getting women the right to vote and a number of other things. As feminism continued to grow people within society began to come to the realization that women across America and around the world were being oppressed. The second wave of Feminism is
Feminism, an issue that has been on the rise for a vast amount of time but didn’t make an official appearance until 1828. There were three different movements spread out from 1828 until present day. The second feminism movement which challenged historical attitudes not only increased opportunities for women, but also helped to expand their legal rights.
Feminist theory is the extension of feminism into theoretical, fictional or philosophical dissertation. It helps to explain the main nature of gender inequality. It further explains the social roles of women in the society such as education, communication, philosophy, sociology and so on (Chodrow, Nancy 1991).
The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotype of females instantly begins as soon as the doctor says “it’s a girl”. Feminist theory mostly focuses on gender roles, gender inequalities and women equal rights. Therefore, one can relate the feminist theory to the family, in the sense that a family is consisted of individuals, and for that particular family to function, each entity as a certain role to play. The feminist theory determines that gender roles are socially cultivated which are most taught by one’s family. In other words, the theory views that the gender roles one adopts are what are taught in one’s household to fit in a particular society, rather than letting the individual to assert the role they would want to play by how they identify themselves. There are three main types of feminists, which include the Liberal, Radical, and Marxist feminists. According to Beasley (1999), The Liberal feminist focuses on the unequal rights of women and
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian author who has received numerous awards and distinctions. Her main argument is that everyone should be a feminist not because of our gender, but because it is what is right. Adichie has been featured in Beyonce’s song, “Flawless”, spreading awareness to the idea of feminism. “We Should All Be Feminists” is a book about her experiences in Nigeria, where men are more powerful than women. The intended audience of the passage is each and every person residing in heavily patriarchal societies. Hesr thesis is “we should all be feminists”.
In the 19th century, there was an up rise in feminism for their social role in life. Women were expected to be an average house wife, to take orders from their husbands without questioning them. The woman did not have privileges such as right to vote, to be educated, be free spirited and hold jobs. They lived in patriarchal society where man made all the decision in the household and his wife followed them. The inequality between the genders created frustration amongst females, of which after a prolonged mental impact they revolted. It can be said that the ambition for women to fight for their rights sparked the feminist movement. This movement was based on set of viewpoints, political ideologies, cultural and moral beliefs where women felt compelled to obtain their given rights. The feminist movement was a multi-facet of waves, each of which left an impression to the issues in relation to social status, legal inequalities, and liberation.