Discussion 7

Overall, every topic we had cover in class has been much helpful to understand certain thing I was really unclear from feminist politics to patriarchy system. Many of the time we stand in the we are women point of view and doesn’t see the deepest of the situation. one of the topics that really cough my attention was oppression and privilege because at one point we have suffer from oppression but at some point, we have been privilege direct or indirect. it was one of my best lectures because I feel so relate to it since young at my household there always was the privilege one which was the oldest and my sister and me was the oppress one, so starting it from the house to then experience it at a country where I immigrate make me think on the inequality many goes through without realizing it and it honestly can go both way doesn’t really have a gender.

When I read the instructions for this discussion I thought it was going to be very easy, but not because I’m a bit stuck and I’m not sure what to talk about. But the past discussions post have helped me a lot since they have given me a lot of knowledge about different topics and concepts. One of my favorites was discussion #4, since that day I have always been super grateful for everything I have, and above all, I have tried to value everything I have. Something that makes me super happy is being able to share my privileges with those who also need it.

I enjoy writing freely. Id like to talk about the misogyny in the black/latina community. As an afro-latina, I have witnessed this first hand. There is is large amount of men who are disrespecting their own kind, and it is making it harder to stay unified. At first, I never thought that the lyrics in songs or how we speak matters, but it does. We are too comfortable with allowing men to degrade us in songs and treat us badly because it’s part of “culture”. Many people disregard this issue because it is something that has gone on for decades. Personally, i’m tired. An article from this class stated that many black men in relationships oppress women and are comfortable doing it. Women wont speak up against it because of the sexual and economic benefits they are receiving from the relationship.

Focusing on the misogny in black/latina families, we’re also being degraded in ways we don’t realize. Growing up, I have always been told to act a certain way so i’m not “trashy”, which actually just meant i’m here to please men. Its hard to be a free in my identity when latin families enjoy regulating who you are so a man can like us. If I was too underdressed in my own home and men were over, I would have to cover up so I don’t look too “sexy” or not lady like. My point to this is there is internalized misogny in our homes. The boys get to call us hoes, dress how they want, act how they want, and have sex with who they want. The girls though, have to be highly regulated from a young age to appear a certain way to men. In relationships and in our upbringing, we have to stand up for ourselves instead of normalizing it because of “culture”.

Writing freely I thought would be great until I’m stuck on whaat to write! Honestly this class has helped me learn what feminist, oppression and privilege is. Also I now know more gender terms that I didn’t know before. I still would love to learn more about it though. Another thing I would like to discuss is what our feelings are about schools teaching kids as young as 5 years old about gender identity. Also, I would like to discuss more about women’s rights because of what’s going on right now in Texas.

Ever since I watched “Girl Connected” it’s all I’ve been able to think about. I was so moved by how we as women take so much that we shouldn’t have to. Though I’ve completely detached myself from receiving news for more than a year now, I haven’t been totally cut off. Recently, I got the news that there was not going to be a ratification of the abortion law in Texas. Instead, the lawmakers of texas have not just criminalized abortion but they have made it to the extent that any woman that does, receives the death penalty. It does not matter if the woman was raped or if the baby is a product of incestual behavior. Just complete control over our bodies and for what. Another news I felt weirded out to hear was that an anti-abortion activist had five fetuses in her home. “The police said on Thursday that five fetuses had been removed from a home in Washington that, according to an anti-abortion group, belonged to an activist who was charged by the Justice Department this week with blocking access to an abortion clinic in October 2020.” (NYTimes). Honestly, everything just makes me sick.

Suffrage, labor rights, and equal rights revision are all related. They all influence for the most part ladies and have caused discussion all through history. Battling for labor rights is noteworthy since of the segregation of ladies within the working environment. The Triangle Shirtwaist Plant is an illustration of why labor rights cannot be neglected. The Triangle Shirtwaist Manufacturing plant was a sweatshop. Ladies would work there beneath destitute conditions and greatly long work hours. The notorious fire that happened is why labor rights matter. There were no security measures in put, and as it were two exits. One of the exits was blocked so the ladies couldn’t take or take breaks. Since of the need of security measures, the majority of ladies passed on within the building. In spite of the fact that this happened numerous a long time prior, the working environment is still hazardous and needs balance nowadays. Labor rights are required in order to guarantee ladies are being paid accurately and are treated decently. The Triangle catastrophe might have been maintained a strategic distance from in the event that individuals cared almost about the safety of those women. The Triangle catastrophe might have been maintained a strategic distance from on the off chance that individuals cared approximately the security of those ladies. This raises mindfulness for sexual orientation equity since till this day, compensation aren’t as tall for ladies as they are for men. Ladies are still being ignored. Sweatshops are still here, indeed exterior of America. The break even with rights alteration is comparative to labor rights since its reason is to ensure individuals from being separated against. Labor was a concern for the individuals since they accepted in the event that the Period was passed, the number of hours ladies can work would be restricted. Alice Paul, who composed the Time, too pushed for suffrage. She attempted to apply strategies from the British suffragist development, such as gracious noncompliance, on Americans to form a suffrage development within the states. In general, each of these components have one thing in common: uniformity. The purposeful behind needing to be able to vote and have superior work conditions as a lady comes from men having all these rights “naturally”, while ladies need to make an explanation in arrange for these components to be considered. Numerous may make the contention that this was something of the past and ladies are now not persecuted by the system. This would be wrong since these issues are still sanctioned nowadays in society. In spite of the fact that the normal working lady may not be in a sweatshop here within the states, ladies are battling to still be treated on the same level as men, indeed in the event that they’re within the same position of work.

It is always much easier to write when you have a prompt telling you exactly what direction you’re going in..

So, I decided to write about the prevalence of gender stereotypes in famous children’s media. We see children’s shows start to teach the construct of gender and assign certain behaviors to the genders, so as to make it impossible to reach outside of these constructs (otherwise defying the norm and being persecuted for it or discriminated against). Male characters are often depicted as strong, emotionally restrained individuals while females are agreeable, virtuous, and obsessively concerned with their physical appearance. This allows our children to grow up and think that boys cannot cry and saying things like “don’t be a little girl” because they see a young boy crying. At gender reveals and in nurseries we see the color pink correlated with the arrival of a baby girl and blue with the arrival of a boy, and then teach kids that boys cannot wear pink because it’s a “girl color”. In princess movies, we see the princess’ purpose is mostly always to find true love in a heterosexual relationship, and going to the extent of sacrificing many things to be with said man. We teach girls that they have to marry a man and be pure and beautiful for men, but then shame them for being promiscuous and wearing revealing clothing or too much makeup. There are so many double standards in our society and it just makes everyone kind of the same person with the same values and same goals in life and no one can truly be themselves.

The main focus and theme of the article What’s In A Name on Writing the History of Feminism, written by Moses Claire Goldberg in 2012, is the origin and history of feminism. She also highlights the scope of feminism and how the word feminism has been used among people. To most people, feminism means belief and activism towards political, social, and economic equity among different gender groups. Still, to Goldberg, the word has many different definitions. Moses says that how historians use the word feminism to refer to the collective actions of women in the past when the term did not exist back then (Moses, 769). She elaborates that the word feminism has different meanings at different times. However, one cannot deny the fact that the word feminism is used towards or in matters dealing with women empowerment, whether it is a fight against lack of equality at work or sexual violence against women.The article was written in 2006 by Katz Jackson Guilty Pleasures Pornography, Prostitution, and Stripping addresses the issues of sexual violence and how the sexual world has affected the male or men’s sexuality. He further addresses the use of the words pimps and hoes. Katz says that fight between porn feminists and anti-porn feminists is as clear as daylight. The anti-porn feminists objectify women as male property and promote toxic masculinity among males in the sex industry. How is pornography a female issue when it is male who produces, distributes, and benefits from the sex industry? Jackson illustrates that men have been given the power to use the word hoe to refer to women and treat women badly and even influence people to mistreat women.The work of Tina Vasquez back in 2014, It’s Time to End the Long History of Feminism Failing Transgender Women, addresses the fight between those who consider themselves the TERFs and the transgender women. Transphobia is now a word in the renowned oxford university dictionary. The TERFs are a group of people that think that transgender women should not be given the privileges of women born women. Why would somebody born a man identify themselves as a woman? one of the TERFs says. Tina illustrates that transgender women are saying that feminist activism has failed them. Transgender women have undergone a lot of discrimination and have fallen victims to homicide too many times. Tina also provides that approximately 41% of transgender women have attempted suicide in their lifetime due to discrimination in society (Vasquez, 5). The TERFs are a small group of people but are very influential in society.

The reading by E. Susan Barber gives a preview of major events that happened in the United States Suffrage Movement from 1776 to 1923. Her reading reveals a large and factual timeline of activist who fought women’s struggles for decades to win the right to vote. This timeline of Women’s Suffrage Movement ended after the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1923 with the first proposal of the Equal Rights Amendment. Women continuously fought for their rights and equal involvement in society that proved their capabilities. Women raised the awareness of inequities and reached out to form international coalition with other women’s suffrage groups. As women lengthened their educational opportunities the more Women’s suffrage groups started to trend. E. Susan Barber provides real stories in the decades leading up to and following that day. One hundred years ago women’s voices and their consistent motions were seen and heard, and their opinions finally mattered. This opened equal opportunity and their priorities were able to be viewed by the world on a whole. This was a significant moment in history and how the nineteenth amendment shaped our political and social system.

I would think that this discussion board would be easier to write but honestly found myself having a difficult time deciding on what to write. I always wanted to study social sciences and even plan on becoming a forensic psychologist so when I saw this class I was so eager to take it because I am a feminist. This class has taught me a lot and shifted my perspective. Every reading that we have done so far in this class have been very interesting and informative and have even recommended them to friends of mine that have similar interests like me. However my favorite weeks are when we have to watch something. For example my favorite was last week when we were given different documentaries and had to choose between which we would want to watch and explain what it was about. Ive found multiple of the readings interesting because it has opened my eye to a lot of different perspectives. Even though I am a woman I do not experience the same hardships from a black woman. I find it interesting to read writing that explain from different perspectives because I can learn about a different woman’s life. This made me realize I have way more privilege than I think I do. Even though women have come so far we still are suffering from set backs that our governments do to us.