“a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression.” Explain what you understand this definition to mean.

In the introduction of the book “Feminism is for Everybody,” the author kept preparing this phrase and even went into detail about what she meant. feminism is often looked at as a group of angry females who want to act like men and overall view men as the enemy. However, not everybody takes the time to go in-depth about what a true feminist wants or try to understand what the issue is. This relates to the article “sex and Gender 101” because society believes that gender must play a “social and cultural role based on your biological sex”. That’s where the issue begins because not every female wants to be a stay-at-home mom or be what is known as “wife material”, women want to work as well and want to be respected. There should be nothing wrong with a woman asking to work in the same field as a man. There should be equal pay if both females and males are doing the same job. 

How does this definition compare with what you thought “feminism” meant before you did this reading?

Honestly, I was in that small percent group that didn’t really know much about feminism, I knew maybe that it had to do with women fighting for equal rights. I didn’t want to agree with the concept of feminism without knowing the true meaning behind it, but I believe it is more than just rights, its equality, and respect towards one another. In the article” sex and Gender 101″ what caught my attention was that women in the U.S. were earning more college degrees than men however its own country didn’t value women’s equal education. It is frustrating knowing that a female can go to school, spend hours studying, get a degree, and still get looked upon by the single fact that they’re a female. It took females a long way to get the right to work, to vote, and be heard yet you see that not every job would want a female instead a male because they’re stronger.

How does the reading Sex and Gender 101 compare with what you thought about gender before you did this reading?

The reading clarified a lot of things that I was always confused about but never had the courage to ask anybody simple fact that I dint want to sound ignorant. I have a friend who uses the pronouns they/them, this article helped me understand a little bit more about gender. I had no idea how deep a gender can be and I’m sure there are still a lot of people who confuse sex & gender and think they’re the same thing when they’re not. gender assignment can be an individual who identifies themselves as female or male based on their genitals, but parents play a big role here when a baby is born and their private parts don’t look “normal”. Keep in mind there is no such thing as a correct “normal” way external genitals should look. keep in mind as well that there is no such thing as a correct way to act for either a female or a male.

The Vision was to fight for women’s rights however there was still racism 

Women of color would be put last 

When that march of women fighting for their right to vote, black women were put all the way in the back of the line

There was a black female who became really important to the women’s movement 

That was Ida B wells she was a leader in the civil rights movement. She fought for African American equality, especially for women. 

Ida B Wells knew what she was arguing about because she grew up surrounded by it, slavery, inequality, and racism

1896 there was a national association of colored women it became the largest federation

Susan B Anthony did agree and contribute to the idea to end slavery but stated that African American men shouldn’t have been granted the liberty to vote but it should’ve been women instead. 

A women’s convention took place in Seneca falls NY hosted by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. Women from different parts of the U.S.A joined the march however there was an issue, Mary Turkish Terrel allowed African American women to the march but all the way in the back. B WELLS did not agree with the idea of being held in the back so she ran with her crew to the front of the line. As women, there shouldn’t be conflict within the team because of race if anything fighting for their rights should unite women more 

There were wealthy women who were against women getting their rights were rich women because they didn’t want women who were poor to have a say. 

When it comes to equality that would mean women would have more opportunities to work at any job and this would affect those females who depend on men to take care of them.

Women have made progress hoverer there are still people in power who make decisions for us and push us back 

Take abortions for example where they were banned from states and a lot of young females were affected by this decision