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I believe what she was saying is so true and important for individuals to understand.  Every individual should try and be in a healthy relationship. it is necessary and well significant that you both partners make it work by working together as a team, you have my back and I have yours. Both need to care about one another problems and happiness, Their problem is your problem their happiness is yours as well. Numerous relationships out there have filled because when there’s a problem people tend to run away from it by breaking up instead of finding a solution to fix it. It takes a while for a person’s heart to heal from their past relationship and you guys breaking up is damaging both of you guy’s hearts. love is not just a feeling it’s commitment, and above all sacrifice. 

Coming into this class, my initial impression about “feminism” was just women who fight for rights and equality and just wore feminism shirts, and pins, and protested so that they can be equal to men. My impression of “sexism” is men being superior and the lack of equality and rights towards women. I believed “gender and women’s studies” was based on the role women play in society and their history and elevation.  One quote that tries to imply what feminism is “Simply put feminism is a movement to end sexism. This was a definition of feminism I offered in Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center more than ten years ago. It was my hope at the time that it would become a common definition everyone would use. I liked this definition because it did not imply that men were the enemy. By naming sexism as the problem, it went directly to the heart of the matter.” A line that indicates some type of evolution is “Women’s studies programs, now common, were rare on campuses just a few generations ago. The evolution of the discipline, and its status in academe today, are the subjects of the essays in The Evolution…” 

When did the wage gap start getting noticed as a problem? 

How much time does It take to compare all the information and numbers for the statistic on the wage gap? 

Something I noticed/ experiences was when I used to work in a supermarket. I was a cashier, and another position was to be a “stock boy.” Notice how the position has the word boy at the end and only males worked in that position. All of the cashiers were females and the men worked longer hours than the cashiers which means they were paid more as well. 

In the text Seneca Falls Convention, “Declaration of Sentiments” (1848), one quote that stood out to me was “The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.” This line stood out to me because I felt this sentence as it shook me to my core. That quote states that we are still living the same unfortunate reality. The “history” is not really history if us women never stopped getting hurt by men whether that is politically, socially, emotionally, etc. That men have a horrid oppressive rule over women and it is not new, but it is definitely old. It has been going on for fat too long. Another quote that stood out to me was “He has endeavored, in every way that he could, to destroy her conficence in her own powers, to lessen her self-respect, and to make her willing to lead a dependent and abject life.” This line stood out to me because I have encountered and seen this happen to so many women on Tv, social media, and real life. Men crush women’s dream and potentials so that they can be under their wing and not surpass them. So that they can be dominant, in control and superior. 

I think what they were talking bout was very interesting and very important. Every person should be in a healthy relationship, whether it’s platonic or romantic, or familial. For romantic it’s important and well helpful that you both work together to make it work and that you both can help form each other no matter how you are feeling. Needs to be someone that cares and loves you unconditionally for you and will be there and support you in every way you could ever think of. There are o many relationships out there that are filled with hurt and negative energy, and with that, a lot of those just end up broken relationships in the sense of it does more damage staying together than it is to break apart. We need some who gonna be there to help us, to help us carry the load if we aren’t strong enough and sees it as no effort or burden. Someone who will help motivate us and keeps us on our toes. Someone you can fall in love with over and over again. Love is beyond a beautiful thing and even more amazing to experience, whether it is romantic, platonic, or anything else. With that, there is so much to learn and put into practice.