Reflection 1

The readings provided this week defined terms and explained how gender and sex is seen throughout the structure of our society and what being a feminist means by “Bell Hooks”. The first reading broke down the meaning of every term tied to gender and sex identity and gave us an insight of how they can affect one’s life. The term Gender is explained in Sex and Gender 101 as who we identify ourselves as and being authentic and true to how we identify ourselves. Sex is explained to be identified at birth which is the biological features we are borne with that tell us apart, masculine, or feminine.  A major part of sex is our chromosomes and hormones. Bell Hooks define Feminism as “A movement to end sexism, sexiest exploitation and oppression. Bell hooks generalize that statement to not only focus on women but men. She recognizes that there are issues that men suffers from because of sexism well because most of the ideas around feminism is that it is anti-men and that has been perpetrated by mainstream media. She spoke about reform being gender equalized, having the same opportunities as men and revolutionary, making a change in system so that all will have a fair chance in equity in our society. All should have equal rights to justice, equity, and inclusion. Bell Hooks believes that gender inequality is a major oppression in our society today. Bell hooks allowed every reader to understand that feminism is a movement to end sexism.

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