Feminism, as I see it, is seen as an act to stop discrimination towards women or anyone under feminism. Before this reading, I was made to believe that feminism was an act of fighting for equality, or some made it seem like women were to be better than men. I never really liked the idea before because I didn’t understand it due to how others represented it. Now that I get it, I am considered to be a feminist because I have always been discriminated against for being a woman of color, and I’m not too fond of it. Feminism is a critical movement because we are fighting for a basic need for survival which we are not given. As a woman of color, I am discriminated against consistently, and even though we are fighting against it, it feels like it’s never-ending hate towards us.
We should have equity because it is just a basic necessity for humankind. “ For example, girls in many developing countries are not allowed to go to school, because some cultures only view boys’ education as valuable.” (Sex & Gender 101) These are basic things every human should know. We shouldn’t have to fight for it.
I did learn a lot when I was reading Sex and Gender 101. I didn’t know that there were variants of Intersex, and I had even looked it up online to see how it would affect a person’s everyday life. Gladly, it doesn’t affect them as severely or at all for most. I knew that when it came to biological sex, Intersex was definitely a thing, but I didn’t know anything in detail about it, only that a person can be born with two sexual organs. But reading and learning about the human body at birth and also how they grow was very interesting. When it comes to gender, I didn’t really understand it because I always assumed the terms girl/boy/man/woman came from their biological sex and what they are assigned at birth, not anything else. I did know about the cultural effects of gender, i.e., “girl” toys, “boy” colors, and the way we are categorized if we are either girl or boy. I wouldn’t say I like that colors are given gender because they are meant for everyone. The idea of chores, something essential as knowing how to clean or cook a meal, should be considered a woman’s duty because everyone needs to know that for basic survival.
Jade,
Yes, I agree with and appreciate your input as someone who feels discriminated against as much as you’ve expressed. I love how you brought both readings together. You are absolutely right in stating that chores are a basic essential for survival no matter biological sex and that education is a perfect example where sexism imposes on a basic right that should be given to everyone. I can’t stand some of these random rules that were created by fellow human beings!
Good Afternoon Arianda,
I really enjoyed reading your response and I can also relate to you with some things that you mentioned. I never considered myself to be a feminist and I think it mainly had to do with not being informed well enough. I was always split down the middle because I would see how people would describe feminism and then there would be the way the internet would portray it. Even so, I would always hear positive and negative responses about feminists. Like everything in life, you will see the good and bad. I used to think feminism was simply a battle to make men and women equal but the readings we did in class helped me to see that it isn’t just simply that. It’s a movement to end the continuous discrimination that many have to face and deal with.
(reposting my comment since I accidentally wrote the wrong name I am so sorry)
Good Afternoon Jade,
I really enjoyed reading your response and I can also relate to you with some things that you mentioned. I never considered myself to be a feminist and I think it mainly had to do with not being informed well enough. I was always split down the middle because I would see how people would describe feminism and then there would be the way the internet would portray it. Even so, I would always hear positive and negative responses about feminists. Like everything in life, you will see the good and bad. I used to think feminism was simply a battle to make men and women equal but the readings we did in class helped me to see that it isn’t just simply that. It’s a movement to end the continuous discrimination that many have to face and deal with.
Hi Jade
I love your response and I feel related to you with that “girl” toy examples. But I strongly can see that especially in the states. People would choose red, pink, purple as gift if they hear of the newborn baby is a girl and green, blue for boys! I never thought about color would be related to gender since I grew up wear dark color like black or navy most time just because my family thought kids are always messy so dark color won’t make the stains that obviously!
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Hello Jade I like you response about the Sex and Gender 101 because society catalog the games of colors of children because they want to create divisions without knowing that we are all the same human beings, the only different between genders is their private parts, but they are worth the same and no one is more than anyone else. For example, un my dad’s family there still a taboo about whether women can dye their hair or men can leave their hair long when they are things that do not make you bad or good. I agree with you.
Hey, someone else mentioned something similar to how you view feminism. I felt the same way when I didn’t know what feminism truly meant. I feel like a lot of people express feminism in an extreme way which gives the movement a bad reputation.