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The first term “feminism” wasn’t used to refer to men being the target or in other words them being the enemy. All these three words “feminism”, “sexism”, and “Gender and women studies” are fighting for the same purpose but because of media individuals misunderstand the big picture behind it. According to the reading it states, “They know from mass media that women’s liberation focuses on the freedom to have abortions, to be lesbians, to challenge rape and domestic violence. Among these issues masses of people agree with the idea of gender equity in the workplace — equal pay for equal work.” This quote states that we are not seeking just for women’s equality but for everyone else whether your male, female, heterosexuals’, LGBDQ, etc…..
It was obvious that men wanted to lead and make women follow along but everything has an end to it. According to Bell Hook “famines” and “sexism” almost mean the same thing, but the overall idea is not to exceed man particularly but to be equal. While on the other hand, Audre Lord talks about how it’s not just about different sex, there more to it. Age, race, class, etc.. are also conflicted societies. I agree more with Lord than Bell because the majority of society is not aware that when we talk about the word “feminism” we are not just referring to one group but the whole community.
I am really glad I got to read the passage even though I am a little behind since I am getting used to this new system. But this got me thinking about the word, “feminism” even dipper. I quote that grab my attention was, “Even though individual black women were active in the contemporary feminist movement from its inception they were not the individuals who became the “stars” of the movement.” Since I started learning about the feminism movement they made us believe that it was mostly colored women who were fighting for equality but in reality, other groups were involved.
