I think during the first half of the twentieth century, the term “nuclear family” became quite popular in the sense that that was the ideal family that everyone should have and be like. As a result many women were discouraged and criticized from working outside the home. Due to this the transition from agriculture to modern industrial jobs typically requires men to leave their homes for work in another location. Which is why the emphasis of the nuclear family model, each woman, one per household, was often encouraged to stay at home and raise children. As a result of this is the reason why feminists are interested in why family and household arrangements are viewed as less than ideal in today’s world.
Author: Leilani
Leilani Loveless DB 8
When did the wage gap between gender and in the workplace start? (and) How has time/history evolved today?
Leilani Loveless DB 4
Throughout the texts from this week the one important major theme that has been brought up several times is the male supremacy and male individualism. How women were supposed to just rely on them for anything that was considered hard or too manly for a woman. After reading/analyzing a few of the many readings provided. According to Redstockings, all men oppress all women as a class, and this is the responsibility of men that they need to give up male supremacy rather than the responsibility of women to change themselves. Of course the timeline of these events took place during the 1970’s which was a time where women struggled to be their own individual. This manifesto and this time period where women were oppressed really reminds me of the book by Betty Fredan; The Feminine Mystique, where it not only talks about the “occupation” women had but the life they could not have during the 1960’s till 80’s. A quote from the book I would like to share and bring to light is, “Women’s political job is to ‘inspire in her home a vision of the meaning of life and freedom . . . to help her husband find values that will give purpose to his specialized daily chores’ . . .” This just proves to show that a woman’s occupation during the 20th century was staying at home being a housewife, having as many children as she can have, raising those children, and helping her husband stimulate unique ideas for his work.
DB Module 6
Quotes from “the sun and her flowers” by Rupi Kaur.
ENJOY !!
- “You do not just wake up and become the butterfly”
-Growth is a process.”
2. “what is the greatest lesson a woman should learn
that since day one
she’s already had everything she needs within herself
it’s the world that convinced her she did not”
3. “I hardened under the last loss. it took something human out of me. i used to be so deeply emotional I’d crumble on demand. but now the water has made its exit. of course i care about the ones around me. I’m just struggling to show it. a wall is getting in the way. i used to dream of being so strong nothing could shake me. now. I am. so strong. that nothing shakes me. and all I dream is to soften.”
4. “I have survived far too much to go quietly
let a meteor take me
call the thunder for backup
my death will be grand
the land will crack
the sun will eat itself
-the day I leave”
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DB Module 3
1. What do you see as the relationship between the women’s movements and abolition host movements?
The relationship I see between the women’s movement and the abolition movement is that since the women’s rights movement began to emerge around the 1830’s more and more recognition was found. And yet when long alliances were broken, old friends and those who were in the abolition women’s movement parted ways to join another company.
2. Discuss the two versions of the speech by Sojourner Truth. What do we see when we compare the two versions? What can this show us about the context of that time?
When comparing both speeches I see that they basically say and question the same thing which is a woman’s strength. For example; “I have as much muscle as any man … I have plowed, and reaped and husked and chopped and mowed.” This just goes to show that a woman’s strength is very much underestimated by men. Especially during their day and age where women were sort of looked down upon from doing a “man’s work” or “eating as much as a man”. Sojourner Truth states it loud and clear that; “…can eat as much, too … if women have a pint and man a quart – why can’t she have her little pint full?”
3. Pick a quote or two from one of the texts that spoke to you or that confused you. Describe and explain the quote(s) as best as you can and/or identify your questions about them.
“You need not be afraid to give us our rights for fear we will take too much, for we can’t take more than our pint’ll hold.” I find this quote very interesting because it was the first sentence I read while skimming through the speech. I don’t even know how to put my explanation into words because this quote for me says it all, and I don’t have anything more to say or add to it.
