Ivan De Los Santos

Prof. Hollis Glaser

GWS 100-1300

Discussion 6

Think about your relationship to capitalism in the United States.

I never really had a relationship with capitalism in the United States because I’ve never worked in this country, but I have noticed that in some workplaces, the difference between how women and men are treated is gradual; usually, the men on the top of the chain and the woman are generally towards the bottom an example is how most movies depict women in the workplace they are usually assistance to the boss. Capitalism has been a significant factor in women’s bodies being objectified and used as labor. For example, Instagram, a part of capitalism, is a false narrative of the “perfect woman.” And this issue makes it so that men judge women if they don’t look a certain way.

What are your goals for your career? Are you confident you will reach those goals?

I have many goals in my career because I don’t just want to do one thing; I want to make sure that I experience all avenues given to me. For example, my first career is becoming a basketball coach, and my goal, if we come up basketball coach, is to become the youngest NBA head coach in the league’s history. Another career I want to get into is filmmaking. To be more precise becoming a YouTuber because ever since I was little, I’ve Loved YouTube, and I’ve always wanted to try it out and see if it works; now it’s the best time for that, so I started like month ago with my friends, and my goal with you to is to entertain people mainly but also if it goes well it is a good paying job. Now the last career that I want to achieve is acting. I like working because it takes you out of your comfort zone and helps you think faster and better. My goal with acting is to say that I had an outstanding performance and whatever job I do. 

Finally, what would a feminist economy look like so that nobody is exploited? 

A feminist economy that has no exploitation would be that everybody is treated equally no matter what they identify as when it comes to race, gender, and sexual orientation. Still, according to the article, one way for a feminist economy to not be exploited is by fixing the wages they should be the same and the gender pay gap that happens between men and women. One example is the NBA versus WNBA debate that has been going on for years. For example, The average WNBA salary is $100,000, and the average NBA salary is  9 million dollars, so the pay gap between these two professions is huge; enough feminist economy, it should be equal and fair.