- Coming into this class, what are some of your initial impressions of the terms “feminism,” “sexism” and “gender and women’s studies?” How do this week’s readings define or explain these terms? Use specific quotes or examples in your response.
My initial impression of the terms “feminism”, “sexism” and “gender women’s studies” coming into this class was that feminism is a belief of economic, social, and political equality for women. Which is not only an issue but a right that we are still fighting for today. Sexism on the other hand to me is a discussion on a persons sex or gender that inflicts limits on what men and women should and can do, a simple example would be for everyman to be masculine and strong and every female feminine and weak. As for gender women’s studies I thought of it as a study of women throughout the years.
In this weeks reading I found out that gender women’s studies is much more than what I thought. In the article “The Evolution Of American Women’s Studies” Alice E. Ginsberg states, “The whole idea of women’s studies is to make visible what has been invisible and to make conscious what has been overlooked or silenced.”. There are a lot of things, and injustices most of us aren’t aware of, that’s why I hope that throughout this semester I learn more about women studies that I would be able to pass on to others.
