“Feminism isn't about hating men. It's about challenging the absurd gender distinctions that boys and girls learn from childhood and carry into their adult lives.”
- Robert Webb
Throughout this unit, we have discussed diversity as it relates to gender. Instead of talking about it generally, we focused a bit more on the deliberate actions negatively displayed by society related to women, their identities, and the comfortability they have with their own views, bodies and sexuality by first calling them “sluts” and then shaming them in online platforms as well as in public. As Tate (2016) mentions in her article, “Feminists … use social media spaces to subvert traditional conceptions of gender and to present the dynamic self. The dynamic self represents the ability to have multiple and competing identities, allowing individuals to embody apparently contradictory positions such as strength and vulnerability.” (p. 38). This quote speaks to the importance that society needs to acknowledge the binaries that are evident in not only women, but all humans.
You also participated in a project where you had the opportunity to interview the campus community about their views on the term “slut”, what slut shaming is, how it manifests, and the ramifications of it if it continues. Nigerian author of novels, short stories, and nonfiction, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, speaks about us all being feminists in the TED Talk we watched in class. She brings some very appropriate topics to her discussion which focus on just how gender unequal our society still really is. Based on the article we read in class, the project you completed with your group, and this TED Talk,
· What are some of your personal definitions of feminism/feminists?
· Do you think that your definition is solely germane to women? Why or why not?
· Have you had experiences/instances (either personally or as an eyewitness) where you showed yourself to be a feminist (based on your own definition and the dictionary definition)? Describe that instance.
· Adichie tells the story of the inequality of gender in her classroom as a child where she wanted to be the class monitor. Have you ever experienced anything similar to her situation?
· How do you feel about women (and even minorities) being overlooked in society because of factors beyond their control (color of their skin, family heritage/background, gender, etc)?
· Do you feel there will ever be social justice for these marginalized groups?
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A feminist is a group of females that break societal norms. This definition is not solely to women because there are some men that are uncomfortable wearing a dress or being on a cheerleading team because society says men play football and girls cheerlead. I have showed myself to be a feminist because I grew up playing with boys. I would play football and basketball with boys. The boys I hanged around didn’t see me just as “a girl”. They just saw me as another kid to play with. I have experienced a similar situation as Adichie as I wanted to help an older woman take her groceries in her house but she would only let the boys in my neighborhood take them in. I feel as though women are not allowed to be their own individual unjudged.
A feminist is a group of females that break societal norms. This definition is not solely to women because there are some men that are uncomfortable wearing a dress or being on a cheerleading team because society says men play football and girls cheerlead. I have showed myself to be a feminist because I grew up playing with boys. I would play football and basketball with boys. The boys I hanged around didn’t see me just as “a girl”. They just saw me as another kid to play with. I have experienced a similar situation as Adichie as I wanted to help an older woman take her groceries in her house but she would only let the boys in my neighborhood take them in. I feel as though women are not allowed to be their own individual unjudged. You have to look at women as human beings that are as much capable of being an engineer as a man. It is really amazing how in the American society we see commercials encouraging equality for both girls in boys, but it is mostly sport commercials. You then walk down the street and see not one woman building a house or fixing a bridge. This is due to so many years of women being oppressed for wanting to have challenging but possible jobs that help communities grow such as being an engineer or wanting to be a nascar driver. Growing up running, I am constantly told that men are faster than women. But for me, I never really wanted to accept this and continually strive to be the best I can no matter if I run against a female or male. Being a feminist is being confident to stand up for something you want to achieve in life without worrying about how men perceive you.
The definition of feminism is the advocacy of women’s rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes. In my opinion, I feel as if that all women should be treated equally and also should not be looked at differently from others. There are a lot of females that are out there that do post things on social media that can make people look at them different from another female. With that being said it they should not get bashed just for posting something that they may be comfortable. Not everyone is comfortable about posting certain things on social media. I have not personally been in a position where I was a feminist. I have seen someone bash females on social media about what they post and comparing them differently from other females. In the world, today a lot of people tend to prefer men to be the head role which would make them be a feminist which is not right because everyone deserves a fair chance at whatever they may want to do. I feel that women are overlooked in a lot of areas. A lot of people don’t give them a chance to prove themselves to have a high leadership role or do certain things that men mostly do. A main reason why females are overlooked is just because of the type of society we are in and women are supposed to only have certain roles in today’s society. Also, women in today’s society are label only by their physical features. With women being label as what they look like on the outside really causes gender diversity because not everyone is shaped the same. With that being said most people tend to overlook the ones that shapes are not the best and aim straight for the one that may look good to them. Gender diversity plays a huge role in society today due to how people view each and every individual. They also look at the background of the person before they shame or judge them as well. I personally think that there should be social justice soon for groups because as previously stated that everyone deserves a fair chance at things that other people do that may look better than them get. With gender diversity in existence a lot of things In society isn’t very fair for a lot of people. Also everyone should have equally rights and should be able to do the same as all people. I do feel that eventually there will be social justice for gender diversity and all people will all come together and change things around and treat people the same. I do think that as time progresses that things will eventually get better for all people in today’s society.
In the video Ted Talk, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie talks about the word feminism. She talked about how her and her brother were arguing and he told her she was a feminist. In my opinion the word feminist is someone that doesn’t support any women rights and their equality in society. She talked about there was a time when a man parked her car. She paid this man but the crazy part was she looked at her brother Louis and said thank you. She said since there was a man with her, he came to the assumption that the money came from the man. This is a small part of being feminist. He did not say thank you to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie but towards her brother. There was another example of her saying when she walks into a Nigerian restaurant the waiters usually greet the male first and not really the woman. She felt disrespected in a way. I do think that the word feminist really goes towards women only because they had to fight get certain rights that men already had. So when women actually get a certain job or a career that they choose, some people look at them like there not fit enough for that job or career or they shouldn’t be doing that only because they are not males. I have done this before though. At one point in time, I did not feel like women should work in construction. I only thought of this in a way of, “There not big enough there to intelligent to settle for just choosing construction worker as the career that they are going to be in for a good time span of their life”. But as I got older I just thought, maybe thats what they wanted to do, Maybe its something they were actually interested in, Maybe this how they are getting by to feed their family of 4 and no husband to help. Women have the same right of getting that job that any other male can get. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie also said that she questioned the stereotype that women should be in the house and cook and clean while the man goes out and works. This is another type of feminism. You saw this a lot back in 18 hundreds, where the women would stay at home and clean and take care of the kids, and the man will be out working and come home. When he gets home there HAS to be something cooked. Whoever said that women had to be the one to stay in the house and cook and clean and take care of the kids. This was just how it worked out. But women started fighting for there rights and equality. This brought a lot to the table for women that really wanted to do something different with there lives. Women are now running businesses, teaching children, becoming doctors, etc. It’s more to it then just women working. It's the respect women deserve.
In the Ted Talk Adichie talks about feminism, before I watched this Ted Talk I did not have a clear understanding of feminism because everyone has their own personal definitions of the word. So, I did what any other person would do and I looked up the word “feminism” and the definition of feminism is “the advocacy of women’s rights based on the equality of the sexes”. After I got a clear definition of feminism, my personal definition of a feminist or feminism is “an advocate for gender equality”, I think that my personal definition of feminism isn’t germane to just women, I believe that my personal definition is germane to both males and females because we talk about gender equality but I feel as though it’s a double standard because females want equal pay but when they go out on a date they expect for the guy they are with to pay for everything but a relationship is 50/50. Based on my own definition of feminism I have not had a situation where I was a feminist, and I feel like this is because I did not really have a clear understanding of a feminist or feminism so I cannot recall a time where I was a feminist. When Adichie told that story of inequality in the classroom I could not relate but I felt her pain because I could not imagine trying your best only to get told your best is not good enough because of your gender. I feel as though we say we live in America home of the free and everyone is equal when in reality that is not true because every day a woman gets turned down for a position at her job because she is not a man or if she does get that position she is not respected so she has to act hard when in reality that is not her. I do not think it is okay for women or anyone to get overlooked because you do not know what they can bring and the changes they can make for the better. I do not think that there will ever be social justice for the marginalized groups because I personally believe that gender inequality is something that is taught in a child’s household. Until people change the things that they teach their kids it will never be social justice for those marginalized groups. Even if parents change what they teach their kids there are a lot of male dominated professions, on the work force it should be 50/50 because men and women make a good team and where one lacks the other can pick it up and get it done which means that men and women should get equal pay for equal work. However, when it comes to stuff like dates as I mentioned earlier females should split the cost 50/50 for example if a couple goes on a date to the movies the guy pays for the movie tickets and the woman pays for the snacks, or if they go out to dinner the guy pays for the food and the woman pays the tip. That is gender equality in my opinion.
Some of my personal definitions of feminism/feminists are advocating the rights of women based on the equality of sexes. In today’s world, many people view women as beneath men. One might say a woman can’t be president or “this is a man’s job,” and feminist are the people who stand up to people with sexist views like those. They advocate that women are equally capable and maybe even better suited for some jobs.
No, because there are also similar situations within race. For example, the Black Lives Matter movement in which they advocate that All lives do matter but more specifically black lives matter because people of color are being discriminated again because of their color. Another example is the LGBT community with Gay Pride movement. They advocate for the LGBT community and the rights for gay marriage and many other things.
In my weight training class last year, there were a lot of football players and they had an expectation that cheerleaders were much weaker than them and that we couldn’t lift nearly as much as them because “all we did is clap our hands and stomps our feet,” which is very false. Speaking statistically most women don’t lift as much as men, but it is possible. I personally lifted more or just as much as some of the JV football players from my high school. There was also one of the star Varsity football players in my class and he weighed about 365. I weigh 127 and power cleaned 115 pounds which is approximately the same amount of weight that he power cleans in relation to the body weight and the actual weights and that fact surprised a lot of the boys in the room. After that they changed their opinion on cheerleaders and treated us with more respect.
No, I don’t think I have experienced similar to that experience.
I understand why people view us as beneath men, because in history it is a fact that it was expectation to be the house wife which consist of having children, raising them, taking care of them, cooking for everyone in the house, and cleaning but the society needs to understand that many generations have passed and women are no longer the passive housewives as we once were in history. We are strong and very capable and in some instances even more capable then men. Woman are business owners, doctors, surgeons, lawyers, police officers, mothers, and many other things. Women are able to be providers for their children. They are able to raise and take care of them independently while also providing for them financially. Women can be mother and workers at the same time and in that way women should also be more respected, because a lot of men can’t do both or just simply don’t have patience to do both. Women have voices, opinions, and strength and they shouldn’t be looked at any differently than men just because of their gender. Men are not the leaders of the society, because without women, there wouldn’t even be men. There was a mother that carried the male so in that perspective women have all the power.
Feminism to me is women fighting to gain the same rights that men have. It's so that women who were back in the day seen as the weaker and dumber gender to be seen as equal as men and to be independent of males. Though i think feminism is really isn’t the same as it was in the past of western society and i think that there are a lot of people who take feminism to extreme in today's society i think it is really needed in a lot of middle eastern and african countries because i feel like those are women who are still be oppressed. Yeah i do think that my definition of feminism is mainly towards women because it's all about them fighting for their rights, yeah a man can fight for women's equality because you can’t make change by having other people fight your battle , only women can change how men think thats why i think my definition for feminism is mainly for women. Yes in school i’ve seen feminism taking place, in school you would hear that women belong in the kitchen and that they couldn’t do some of the same things that men do and there would always be either a boy or a girl that would argue with the person who made comments like that and try to change their opinion. I have actually never seen anything in school as to where the teachers would choose a boy over a girl just because he’s a male. It’s usually the girl who gets the benefits of certain activities because usually in most schools the teachers are female dominated. I think that when people are overlooked in certain societies it's unfair and and unjust but i can also see it from the oppressors side because imagine growing up in a society where you are seen as the greater and you’ve been raised like this for a long time, i'm not saying i agree with this way of thinking but i can understand this because this isn’t only in white or male dominated societies, this has been going on everywhere around the world for a long time. Like when a white male goes to an all black or Hispanic countries and gets looks, or when a black person goes to white country and gets looks. I feel like a lot of people are afraid of changing the way that they live because it's what they’ve always known. I don’t think there will ever be justice for discriminated groups all over the world because it's just how humans are. Some people can accept change and others can, a lot of people think that's its only white people who discriminate when its people all over the world, some people don’t like it when people of different heritage come to their country because they feel like they will change how they live and will change their culture.
To me feminism means a women fighting to gain her rights like men have. People consider women to be weak and having to depend on a man to do things for her. What people don't know is that women are independent and don't need nobody to do something for her unless she ask. Yes, I do think my definition is mainly towards women because its about them fighting for what is right/for their rights. Anybody can fight for these rights but it just wont be the same because if you want something bad then YOU have to fight for it yourself. Of course, they could use all the help that they need. Nobody is gonna stop you for fighting for what you believe in. Growing up, in school there were times where the teacher would need somebody to carry boxes here and there. They would say something like " I need about 4 boys to carry these boxes to room 206". Of course you would see about 4 boys jump up but you may also see that one girl that wants to help or just to get out of class. The boys would say something to that one girl like "You not strong enough" "This a man job" or something along those lines. Its simple things like that , that women couldn't do cause a boy will try to talk down on her and he will just do it himself. You never know what kind of things a women could do or their strength until she shows you. So the girl picked up that box and did it to show them what she can do. I never came across a situation where the teacher or anybody would pick a boy instead of a girl and it causes an argument. When women are overlooked in certain situations it is really unkind and unfair. Women can do anything a man can do when they put they mind to it. You can also be judged anywhere based off of looks or color. A black male walks into a white males party full of whites , yeah he gonna get stared at but it's just how society is. People could change they way things are but you really have to put effort into it which many people don't do. There is always going to be that one group of people that will keep things the way they are. And there is other groups that actually want to change the way things are. When you see a women and a man together and they are out on a activity, people automatically assume that the man paid or the man drove but they don't know what is really going on. Don't assume anything based off of what you see. Once again women can do anything that a man can do.
As a women I consider myself a feminist. A feminist to me is a person who believes that women should be treated the same way as a man. It means that a women should be able to be looked at the same as a man when it comes to trying to get a job. Most of all it means that a women can do anything in this world that a man can do, and all others will judge her on what she can do and not what’s between her legs. I think anyone can be a feminist, no matter if it is female or male. In the fight for equality women need all the allies we can get in order to change others minds. A lot of men I know do consider themselves as feminists because they believe that how society treats women isn’t okay, and that things need to change. I myself tend to stand up in certain situations where people will say or do that I would consider to be disrespectful. Though some people are just sexist and don’t feel women have the ability to do the same things as men, others are just ignorant to the subject. Normally when it comes to people if the issue doesn’t directly affect them then they will not know about it or understand it. So I feel as a women especially I should bring light on these issues to others who don’t realize it is a big problem. When I was younger in class and things would need to be moved around they would always ask for the “strongest boys” to move things and the girls would just sit and look. Though I don’t think this is necessarily sexist it think it’s not fair because girls can be strong too. Just because you are man doesn’t not mean you are born being strong. As women we have been taught at a young age that men are strong and women are weak and need men to help them. This to me is simply not true. This idea that people are being judged on things that they can’t control has been happening some the beginning or time. Though I believe this is wrong and should be changed. I don’t think it will happen anytime soon. As people for some reason we must always have a ranking system. Whether it is because of our skin color, social status, or anything else to create a “totem pole” amongst people. We have made steps in the right direction but we have a far way to go in order for everyone to be “equal.” We must all come to the realization that just because you are doing okay does not mean others around you are and we must look out for each other in order for this world to work. We must care about each other and make sure that we are all alright in order for everyone to get the chance to be successful and feel comfortable in the world.
A feminist is a women that fights for other women. They make other women feel empowered and they give voices to the women that have been silenced.They have no fear when it comes to men and their positions they defy the odds and they make new ones. They go the places that us as regular women would be afraid to go.The definition of a feminist is only applied to women because men already have the freedom that us as women want.The men of the world aren't being judged because they have hip,curves and a nice face. The do not even get judged by how many women they have had sexually they are praised.Men have a easy way in life they can be supporters of feminist but they will never be considered one in my opinion.Women are taught the basic roles of life to cook,clean and to have children roles have changed and we will not stand for it. Men are thought to be hard or masculine. In ways I could be considered a feminist because I feel that women have the strength of men. My first job was Chick-fil-A of Goldsboro the job was great I loved the people that showed me kindness and understanding,but I did not like how they women of the job were seen as the pretty faces of the restaurant. I made a change I started doing jobs that I did not have to do like cooking,taking out trash and preparing food.This was unique because my job description was a cashier. I set out to become for than a face and it made my hours shoot up and I gained a promotion. Women just have to stop being afraid of other people's thoughts and think of your own.Chick-fil-A showed me just how much strength and determination I had as a women and that I should never ignore it. In school I never had this problem I always have been the one to get picked for the job because I ask questions if i'm not sure and I am alert at least 85% of the time. I did not feel this was unfair because I work hard and I view life as a competition when it comes to my success. I work hard to get ahead in life and that is not going to stop because of my gender weight or size. If that makes me a feminist because I know where I should be in this world and believe that we as men and women should be equal then Shantelle is a proud feminist. I do not believe that the world will stay the same eventually it will come around women are finding new ways to evolve.They are balancing jobs,careers and family and sometimes on their own. It is a matter of time before we become a female dominated society. Hopefully we all become equal and can just live happily together just as people.
Feminism to me means a female who cares about the well being of her peers , both males and females , someone who takes responsibility for other females ,while keeping their beliefs and goals at the top of their priorities . Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie a speaker from Nigeria spoke on ted talk . the video shows a women who is strongly protesting for women rights. Her definition of feminism is a men or women who says yes their is a problem with the gender different in the world. She also spoke on how the males have an easier path way to a career path and marriage. for instance a men is raised to provide for a family , and to believe they are the head of the house hold. While a women is raised to take care of a family , to cook ,and clean for the family. Many women has felt this role only hender their growth as a professional in many career fields . Personally I feel a female can do anything that a men can do . in some case a lot better. Gender bias is very wrong and is one of the most under reported crimes in America history . For example a little girl playing basketball or playing roughly could be consider being " a tomboy " but if a males plays with females or dance he is consider to b e " just bored or learning what to do or not to do ". Gender difference can be associated with discrimination and racism. this has to be stopped in America
Feminism to me is basically women equal rights. Society teaches women that they have to be a certain way because they are women. Meaning they have to do the house work, cooking, cleaning, taking care of the kids, not to do any hard work. The world is very male dominated. The world has very high standard of women. They (society) feel as though women should wear certain things because they are women. Women really we just wanted to get treated the same way as the men. The boss of big companies see man as the top priority and they see women as though they suppose to do the light work but in reality some women can do the work better than the men in the same position. I feel as though the definition is solely germane to women because people see women as to soft. You will never see a man get turned down from a job because of the gender. But some women tend to. I have experienced myself to be feminism because I find myself at home cooking and cleaning after my brother and sisters. I’ve also witness women protesting outside of a job because the women came together and noticed that they didn’t get hired at the job because they were women and the men didn’t want the women to join the business. I have experienced inequality of gender in class in middle school. The teacher was a male teacher and he split the class in to two and I wanted to be the leader of the group but he choose a boy over me and I never understood why. I feel that it is messed up because we (women) being over looked for things we cannot control. For example we black women are beginning to wear our natural big and curly hair. And people looks at us as if we shouldn’t because our hair is “nappy” or it’s too much. That’s like saying a Caucasian hair shouldn’t be long or short. I do not feel as though social justice will ever be served for women when it comes to equal rights. Because people are so stuck on men being the leaders or the main priority to many things.
I thought feminism/feminist were just a bunch of girls trying to say, “Girls rule and boys drool.” As I got older, I began to realize that, that wasn’t the case at all. For as a black woman I see that things are equal, and that society was not fair and feminist are just trying to get their share of equality. Before the video, I did believe that only women could be feminist, and that the men who shared their views were just supporters. A personal situation I had when I was studying automotive systems and repair, people would always ask, ‘why do you want to work I a man’s field?’ I would always say there is no such thing as a “man’s field” it just that more men do it than women do. Just like male cheerleader, and dancers, they are not in a “women’s field”, there is just a lot of women doing that particular activity. I still love cars, and I hope I get to work with them again, but maybe on a different playing field. People are so stock in time and their own mindset that when someone thinks outside the box they judge them, (i.e. slut shaming). As a black woman in the American society, I see that we are greatly over looked. I wrote a paper a few years ago on how black women have it four times as hard as everyone else, because the men, (whether black are white) have some sort of superiority over the women, and then white women precede black women because of their skin.
With a strong feminist move, I believe women now are starting to support each other a little more than usual, I have no facts to support that, but I do see some form of unity in the women community. With all that’s going on in society now I don’t believe there will ever be true equality for everyone. I only hope that there will be some form of justice.
Before the unit regarding “slut shaming” I didn’t take feminism into perspective, I just looked at it like “why do females think men get paid more?” now when I did interviews and research regarding “slut shaming” or even the word “feminism” it literally changed my views on everything. I honestly thought that the word “Feminist” was females that were like “black power” but towards females. They created this term to show the world that females can also do that same jobs and can have the same skills as men. Throughout this unit, I learned that even men can be a feminist. Feminism to me is defined as a political movement or idea that share one goal and that is to show social equality of sexes.
My definition goes to bother male and female. Most people who say are feminist most likely fight for women social equality but you can also go for both genders depending on the situation of each sex. I have been in a situation in employment where most men were chosen than females to emasculation. They saw it as this is heavy so men should do it and make the females watch.
In the military, if higher ranks find out that you discriminating women regarding doing a task, than you can get in trouble. So when you ask for help, you better get ready for a female soldier to stand up and be up for the task. Doesn’t matter what it is, male or female, any task in the military can be done.
When I was in 6th grade, we had this thing called “safety patrol” where a student with the highest grade during the week and make sure the other students are behaving well. One day I was, I guess competing, with another student who was a different “skin tone” then me. I had the higher grade and per my teacher she chose him because they “matched” skin tone. At the time, I never understood racism or discrimination, but as I grew up and learned and even experienced more of it I became open to accept it due to if adults or teachers can get away with this then anyone can. I then got tired of the discrimination that I started standing up for myself.
Being a minority or Hispanic now a days can be difficult. I am a US citizen but because I have a Hispanic name and look Hispanic that all of a sudden I am an immigrant or even Mexican. Society now puts titles on every race. African Americans are thugs, Whites are racist, and Hispanics are illegal’s.
There will be social justices in my opinion once the old generation has died off. Back in the 40’s-80’s racism was a big thing. So I feel as though once that generation has done their part in this world that the new generation is much more intelligent than their ancestors and can actually get along with each other. Like I always tell people racism or discrimination is taught, you are not born a racist.
My personal definition of a feminist is someone who is advocating women's rights to be equal to men's. Also I believe that a feminist doesn't only have to be a woman because for myself for example, I believe that women are equally as important to men but I wouldn't call myself a feminist though. To be honest before this unit of gender diversity and slut shaming I knew about it but I didn't take it seriously enough to actually talk about. I do not believe my definition only fits the female agenda because even though women are more provocative to speak on the subject, you still have men in society to speak on their behalf. Another reason why I say that is because slut shaming has a lot to do with being sexist and looking at the female gender as inferior, so if a male is being told by a female about a certain situation the male may not listen as they would if another male was talking to them. So I do believe that males should help push the female agenda across. I've personally had an experience where I found myself a feminist because I was in a debate about a number of topics but someone had said females aren't important but when you look at it not only just from both perspectives but scientifically a woman is equally if not more important than a male. The story of Adichie and the class monitor I've had never gone through that personally based off my gender, but I have gone through something similar based of skin color as early of elementary facing some type of discrimination. I feel no woman nor minority should ever be overlooked in society because simply to the fact that everyone has something to offer/bring to the table. Some things might be similar but everything else will be different, nothing will be the same because we all are different in many ways. I feel that unless it is taught down by literally everyone in the world no one will ever be equal but the goal is too make sure the majority is teaching to promote social justice to overrule those who think otherwise.
Feminism, to me, means to take a stand for all women and to break the barriers that are usually placed in front of us to hold us back from being as equal as men. I do think my definition is germane to women because men don’t face the same treatment as we do. For example, men are expected to go out and work and bring the money home and provide for the family, while women are expected to stay at home, cook, clean, and take care of kids. Some may think women have it easy because that’s all they have to do, however, that is a job in itself. Nowadays, it’s important more than ever for a woman to have her own hustle. No woman should be overlooked. Everyone should have the same share of equality and opportunity. For example, A show named, “Insecure,” displayed a perfect example of how women get overlooked. A woman named Molly worked as a lawyer and she was one of the best. Her assistant passed out checks because it was payday and she received a check that had a very large amount. However, she analyzed the check and realized it wasn’t hers and it belonged to this man that also worked at her office. Immediately her facial expression changed because she felt as if she worked just as hard as that man, or maybe even a little more, yet his paycheck was larger than hers. She immediately tried to investigate and figure out as to how this came about and she took action. She started having meetings with men of higher authority and she basically tried to make herself feel like she could “fit in.” Even after all of her efforts, the men still didn’t think she was as equal to them. This is exactly how women are treated in this day in age. No matter how hard a woman works, a man will always find a way to make them feel like they aren’t good enough.
Today in class, I noticed the speaker, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, was featured in a Beyonce song named, “Flawless.” The quote that Beyonce used in her song automatically stood out to me. Adichie stated, “We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. We say to girls, you can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be successful, but not too successful. Otherwise, you will threaten the man. Because I am female, I am expected to aspire to marriage. I’m expected to make my life choices. Always keeping in mind that marriage is the most important. Now, marriage can be a source joy and love and mutual support. But why do we teach girls to aspire marriage and we don’t teach boys the same? We raise girls to see each other as competitors. Not for jobs or for accomplishments, which I think can be a good thing, but for the attention of men. We teach girls that they cannot be sexual beings in the way that boys are. Feminist, a person who believes in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes.” This quote didn’t stand out to me just because it’s in a Beyonce song, but because she speaks nothing but the absolute truth. It’s always a double standard for women when it shouldn’t be. Feminism isn’t about trying to be better than a man, but to show you can do whatever a man can do.
Many women feel like womanism is “purposeless”. This is because what started out to be, gaining equality has really lost all of its point because people who claim to be feminists often don't understand or accept other women and their choices., My personal opinion on feminism is that it is strong, respectful and essential. A feminist is someone who stands up for women who are going through situations where they feel like they can't be themself I feel like Amber Rose and her feminism journey is amazing. She is standing up for women and making all women feel important and beautiful around the nation. All people regardless of their gender or situations, are equal. I feel like the definition is for women only. I have experienced a situation where I was trying to be feminist or stand up for feminism. I posted a picture of myself wearing a scandalous outfit (because frankly I don't care what anybody thinks), and for the caption I put “be comfortable in your own skin”. I feel like a woman should not be afraid to wear skin showing clothes if they have the body for it. And if they don't have the body for it, then they still can. Basically women should be free to do whatever they want without being judged. Just because a woman is posing half naked doesn't mean she's a “hoe or whore”, maybe she's just super comfortable and confident with her body. Society makes it seem like women who are very confident with their body are whores, it's just not right because there are women who wish they could be as “sexy” and confident other women. I don't care because I know who I am as a person. I haven't had an experience like Adichie. As far as women and minorities being overlooked by society, I dont think its right. Being overlooked because of factors that one cannot control is simply sexist and racist. Overlooking someone because of race or gender is not okay, all people should be treated equally. Everyone is original and should not be judged just because of things they cannot control. What makes a white person better than a black person, especially when they have the same lifestyles and goals and vice versa. I will never understand why people still think that way today. I think it goes back to how you're being raised, and ancestry beliefs. I think one day minority groups with began to develop social justice groups for support by other people who are feeling this way and just can't stand up for themselves alone. I think some groups have already been created, they just don't have a lot of clout or support from others who may be scared to speak how they feel. I would be a supporter because it's simply not fair that black men and women, and also mexicans are always looked down on as “less or not as good as” white people. One day I hope there can be a change in how people think.
Some of my personal definitions of a feminist are women who basically fight for their rights in society or people who think that women and men should have equal opportunities. Yes, I do believe that my definition is solely germane to women because women are seen differently based off of society's standards. Based off of society women are suppose to cook, clean, and take care of the household, but women are more than just that. Women have actual lives out of those potential standards that some people considered women are in.While I was in high school I was in English class and we were required to read a book based off the 1800s called The Awakening. The book was based off a women who couldn’t live off the society's standards for women at the time. After reading the book we had to have a class discussion about the book and why we felt like the main character reacted the way she did. Overall the discussion turned into a big debate about the roles of women and men daily life. I have never experienced anything similar to Adichie’s story that I can remember, but I do have friends that have experienced some similar situations like Adichie. I have witnessed some situations where people have chosen men over women for certain tasks that need to be completed. I feel bad that women are being overlooked everyday because of factors beyond our control. No one should be overlooked because of those things, everyone should be praised and honored. Women today get judged and criticized for any and everything now whether it’s their clothing, hair styles, the color of their skin etc. By being on a college campus, I see women getting judged for things all the time whether it’s how they dress or their actions. I know we as women are getting tired of seeing how others view us differently as human beings. At the end of the day, women are the most powerful and strongest individuals and they have the confidence to do anything a man could do when they put their mind to it. In today’s society people are quick to judge and throw women in different type of categories or groups, we see this happening everyday. When women stand up for themselves they are automatically judged for what they believe in but at the end of the day, women just want to have the same advantages and rights like men. I believe that maybe one day more people will come to realize that women should not have a certain “title” because they are a women. If women and supporters would come together and fight this battle together yes there could be social justice in the future for women.
What are some of your personal definitions of feminism/feminists?
I would define a feminist as someone who believes in social , political and economic equality. And i would define feminism as the equality of the sexes.
Do you think that your definition is solely germane to women? Why or why not?
No i wouldn’t say that my definition is solely germane to women because a feminist can be anyone who believes in social , political and economic equality for not only the sexes, but also minorities and underrepresented groups.
Have you had experiences/instances (either personally or as an eyewitness) where you showed yourself to be a feminist (based on your own definition and the dictionary definition)? Describe that instance.
Yes i have had personal experiences , where i have proved myself to be a feminist . for instance in middle school when we held our class elections my best friend ran for class president against two boys and when we were campaigning ( handing out cookies ) our friends would ask her why she was running and tell her how she know she couldn’t compete against boys. Ultimately telling her that because she was girl she should not be running for class president and this came from a lot of our female friends.And i supported my best friend and i told her that she could be a girl president. Though we may have not paid it any mind because we were just middle schoolers, now when i look back at it i can see that even at the ages of 11/12 we thought that only men could hold positions of power.
Adichie tells the story of the inequality of gender in her classroom as a child where she wanted to be the class monitor. Have you ever experienced anything similar to her situation?
I have sort of experienced a situation similar to Adichie when i applied for a job position as a stock clerk and when i attended the interview the manager asked me if i wanted to be an cahier or a customer service clerk because he didn’t think i was “ built” enough to be a stocker.
How do you feel about women (and even minorities) being overlooked in society because of factors beyond their control (color of their skin, family heritage/background, gender, etc)?
I feel that it is not fair that women and even minorities are overlooked in society because of things they can not control such as their skin color, gender or heritage. And i don’t think it is fair that they are also stereotyped and stigmatized because they did not ask to be born male or female and they did not ask to be white, black or hispanic and they did not ask to be American or Canadian those were just the predicaments in which they were born and because of that they have to face being overlooked in society.
Do you feel there will ever be social justice for these marginalized groups?
No i don’t feel that there will ever be social justice for these marginalized groups because as a society that mean we would have to rid ourselves from some ‘ societal norms “ , beliefs and prejudices and i don’t think that that will ever happen in my lifetime maybe in the far away future, but i just can’t see social justice in my generation.
Feminism is the belief that women and men should have equal rights and opportunities. As the theory of the political economic and social equality of the sexes. It honestly does not mean that women should receive special treatment or men should be put down in order for women to rise above. No, I do not think the definition of feminism/ feminists is solely germane to women because it is normal for women to act or be feminist. It is unusual for men to be feminism because the "old values" teach men to be hard strong men. There is absolutely nothing wrong with being a feminism man, but it's usually not meant to be a norm. Based on my personal experience I would say that I'm a Feminist Women whenever I am around older adults, seniors, my dad, and my boyfriend. I really can be a tomboy, so I switch it up physically showing that by the clothes I wear. Especially whenever I am around my significant other. I am the type of female to try to fix things on my own because I like the fact that I can do something, and I take too much control in manly things. I had to finally realize that I may make him feel not as a man that he is becoming, so I stop taking control and he easily gets the job done. I have experienced inequality of gender roles. The experience that I have come across with that was that I wanted to be in the military as a Military Police in the Marines. My senior year of High School I was big on joining the military. When I told my Dad, he was supportive in my decision, but once I mentioned the Marines he quickly said, "NO, that wouldn’t be a good choice for you, women usually don’t join the Marines because that is more of a man job." That was not the first time I have heard someone say that to me. Most people I have told was like. "really? Why?" And I still think about joining because it's something I am really interested in, and I love to prove people wrong, and let them know that women can be a Marine. I feel as if women should continue being classy women, but, it is also ok to be able to fix a car, join cross-fit, pay bills, go to work, and even miss cooking a home cooked meal. Watching the clip in class today I noticed that Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie stated, "We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. We say to girls, you can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be successful, but not too successful. Otherwise, you will threaten the man." That statement really made me think and agree because I clearly came across a similar situation that I previously stated above. I honestly feel as if it's not right not to be a strong independent woman because it is a "man job" to be the strong one and take control of everything. I believe women are as strong as men or even stronger.
I once believed that feminism was the total support of just female rights in society. After our discussions and the TED Talk, I understand that feminism is not just for females—and not just females are feminists. Feminism is the support of equality for all voices unheard and those that refuse to bend to the gender stereotype of society. I do not think my definition is germane to women because men, women, children, transgender, anyone can be a feminist. Anyone can support a voice that wants to be heard, a voice that wants equality, a voice that wants to be seen as who they are and not how society expects them to be. With a deeper understanding of what it means to be a feminist, I believe I have showed myself to be a feminist. I have more male friends than female friends, and I chose to invite one of my guy friends to dinner in celebration of our graduation. Our waitress expected my friend to order for me, pay for the food, and even addressed him first throughout our time in the restaurant. I could tell that she was shocked when I reached to take the bill from her hands. I have not experienced anything similar to Adichie’s classroom experience, but I do feel women and minorities are overlooked in society because of things they cannot control. For example, my friend Priscilla is of Hispanic heritage. When she invited me over, her dad prepared all of the food, set the table, and made desert. I later asked Priscilla why her dad did all of the cooking in the house. She explained to me that it was a mutual agreement between her mom and her dad that he would do the cooking since it was his passion. Her mom had no objection to this idea, as long as she was to do all the cleaning and laundry. I was use to my mom doing all of the cooking and cleaning—and laundry. My dad just worked, came home, and entertained us while my mom ran around the house doing all the work. My friend informed me that this was how her family has always functioned. I loved the idea considering her father loved to cook. I think that once more compromises similar to that of my friend’s parents start to happen, societal expectations will change. I do feel there would be justice for marginalized groups if the effort and the determination to change our current situation stays strong and gets stronger.
My personal definition of a feminist is someone who believe in the social and financial equality if the sexes. After watching Ted Talk, I understood that feminism is not for females only. I also noticed that feminist are not just for females either. Now feminism on the other hand, is the support of equality for all the voices to be heard and those who decides no to take part in believing equality, tries to make the stereotype of society be looked a different way. I do not think my definition is germane to women because not only can females be feminist, men, transgender, gays, anyone can be feminist. I actually have a friend that attends WSSU and he is a feminist so with that being said females aren't the only ones who are feminist. I have never experienced or even witnessed anything where as though it had to do with feminism or such in that nature. Based on Adichie's story in her classroom I have actually experienced the same exact story. Teacher told us specifically, "whoever places high on their test you will be able to patrol the class and record all noisemakers." I wanted that position so bad especially when I knew I would be the perfect fit. I so happened to place high but I was not picked sadly. She wanted a male because they were more "tougher" than females, as she said. I didn't quite believe in that statement. Maybe that's when I knew I became a feminist. I feel as though it is discriminatory and overwhelming especially for women in corporate America. I believe there will be justice for marginalized groups if the effort is being put into the group. If there determination does not diminish they would be able to change the world on how persons perspective look at females and males.
According to the past project and the ted talk. Feminism is thought of as females being a strong role model such as maya angelou. Another things is as the nigerian novelists was saying,that when she was growing up was that the women would say that in order for you to stand for something and portray a good woman, you had to be covered up, you could not show any skin or if you had done that, then you would have been shamed and you would have not been called a woman, and she said that this had to place or happened whenever she was little, and I am pretty sure that this was over at least ten years ago. But it is still happening today, as I was sitting in class some of my classmates were saying that amber rose could not be a feminist because she has all of her butt and boobs hanging out trying to stand up for women and tell them not to be scared to show off their bodies because no matter what size or shape we are all beautiful women. They said that feminist were like maya angelou and oprah winfrey, because they don't have to be half naked to stand up for women or to get the point across to women not to be body shamed, and that oprah winfrey did it just by losing weight. But another way that I think that amber rose encouraged women, was whenever she did the slut walk , she was letting the women really know, that it is not okay to be slut shamed, but even though you are as women, that you can wear it proudly and to keep your head up. She made us realize that men and women will never be treated the same way. Some things that a woman would do, and she would be shamed for, a man can do and get praised for. Such as if a woman goes out and fight, people would say, that is so not ladylike. But let a man go out and fight, people would go and throw a party. As the nigerian novelists, was speaking in the ted talk she told us a story about a situation that had happened in primary school. She said that one day she was in class and that there was a test that she had to take and that her teacher had told the class that who ever scored the highest on the test, would become the class monitor. So the class took the test and the results came back, and she had the highest test score and she was so exciting to become the class monitor, so just because she was a girl, she did not get to be class monitor, so happen that the next highest score was a boy and he didn't even want to the class monitor, she said that the teacher did not even make it clear that only a boy could be class monitor.
What are some of your personal definitions of feminism/feminist ? If you look up the definition of a feminist on vocabulary.com it says it is "someone who supports equal rights for women." As it says for example, "if your brother objects strongly to women being paid less than men for doing the same job, he's probably a feminist." If someone was to ask me what my definition of a feminist was id say something along the lines of what vocabulary.com said. A feminist to me is indeed a person, male or female, that advocates the equality of women's rights whether it is socially, politically or economically.
Do you think that your definition is solely germane to women ? why or why not ? Most people categorize feminist with only women, but for me I say it can be a male or female. I say that because there are men in the world along with women that advocate for women, therefore I say a feminist is a person not just a female. For example, for me I'd say that Martin Luther King Jr was indeed a feminist in a sense. I say that because not only was he advocating equality of race he was advocating about sexes as well. Therefore that being said I do not feel that my definition of a feminist is solely germane to women.
Have you had experiences/instances where you showed yourself to be a feminist ? describe that instance. Now that I think about it I really can't think of an instance where I showed myself to be a feminist. There have been times where I'd stick up for the women, but I wouldn’t go out calling myself a feminist. There are people out in the world who really put their selves out there to advocate their voice and what they believe in with the equality of women, where me it would just be a petty argument with friends.
Have you ever experienced anything similar to Adichie's situation ? The situation that happened to Adichie was that her teacher said the person who was to receive the highest grade on a test would be able to be the class monitor, to patrol noise makers, but when she received the highest grade she was told that the class monitor had to be a boy. I personally don’t think I've ever been in a situation such as hers where I was ineligible to do something because of my sex.
How do you feel about women being overlooked in society because of factors beyond their control ? In society people in general, male or female, will judge by the color of your skin, the way you talk, the way you walk, and most importantly by race and that’s just the generation that we live in today. In a females perspective I am very much so upset that women are overlooked in society by all these things. For example, my senior year in high school I was picked to be drum major, because we didn't try out at my school. Nobody really took me serious and I had to really fight for respect to show people that I can be do this. Me being drum major people used to talk a lot of mess about me, tell me I sucked and I couldn’t keep up with the other boys, there was four of us and I was the only girl, but I didn’t let that stop me and just showed them different. I had a lot on my back trying to prove myself to people to show them that being drum major is not just for males but females as well. Also, the fact that I am not a guy and I say I am in the band people will always assume that I am in auxiliary, band dancer. So, I just feel that the sterotypes that people put on race saying males always has the upper hand needs to stop, because we as females can do just what guys do and sometimes even better. You shouldn’t judge people on their race but on what they have to offer as a human being.
Do you feel there will ever be social justice for these marginalized groups ? In my opinion I don’t feel that there will ever be social justice. I say that because as long as it has been happening and for it to still be going on today is ridiculous. Unless my generation really puts forth the effort I honestly can't see it.
My personal definition of feminism or a feminist would be a person that advocates for women's rights weather its political, social, or economic equality to men. I do not believe that my definition is only women related because I made it gender neutral when I stated, “a person”. In all honesty, I believe that society labels the title “feminism” or “feminist” as a woman based term when that shouldn’t even be the case because there are male feminist for example Matt McGorry or Will Smith. I Have had experiences where I showed myself to be a feminist especially being a female in marching band. When people ask me if I am in the band they automatically assume that I am a dancer or flag girl I have never had anyone ask me what instrument I play, I had to tell them what I play because further in the conversation they assume I am a dancer. Then that’s when the feminist in me comes out, I proceed to tell them that just because I am a female does not automatically make me an auxiliary girl there are plenty of female instrumentalists in the band or even drum majors. Inequality for women and minorities has been an issue for ever we are only over looked because of what we are capable of and society is scared of it. Women have always had stipulations put against them the military even had stipulations on what women could and could not do in the military. To be black and to be female is probably one the hardest things to be in today’s society because you will always have to prove yourself in the work place, school, and even socially. This is why I’m so pressed to go to school get my degree and become a black female dentist because this field is heavily dominated by white males. BET is doing wonderful things with empowering us black females with an award show titled “Black girls rock” where they honor powerful women of color. The situation that happened to Adichie was her teacher said the person whoever receives the highest grade on a test would be able to be the class monitor, to patrol noise making, but when she received the highest grade she was told that the class monitor had to be a boy. I personally have never been in a situation such as Adichie where I was ineligible to do something because of my sex. I believe that there will not be any social justice soon but in the future I have faith that it will get better because we have improved since Dr.Kings time and the 1840s when women where really struggling with their rights. I say this because as long as the generations continue to push forward, make history and make positive changes then society should not have the ways that they use to. After watching this ted talks I feel that fighting for women’s rights is really important and not just on the sexual level as in women should be able to wear whatever they want but on the level of jobs and gaining respect from men.
This project with my group has taught me a lot about how men view women and how women can view another female weather its positive or negative. My personal definition of feminism is when a woman fights for the better of women either if that is change or to improve how women are viewed or gain more rights so that they can be treated equal. I do believe that my definition is relevant to women because the main reason that this was created was to help women in society. I have seen feminist happen in the world with a celebrity by the name of Amber Rose. The way that she shows feminism is by her having an annual “Slut walk”. This walk unites women from all over the world to show that men should not have a say in what women wear and how that should feel when they decide to wear a dress. This march gives women power and teaches them about self-respect and gives them confidence to face the world. Yes, I have experience inequality as a male. I have expiernced this when I worked at Bo jangles and all of the women work in the front and all of the males worked in the back this was mainly because the females didn’t want to have to the “dirty work” or sweat in the back. This also brought more customers because they said when they saw a cute girl in the front they would be more likely to order. The way that I feel that about how minorities being overlooked in society because of race is that it is what is wrong with America. I believe this because originally people who moved to the early America stole their culture and food from the people and changed how they viewed themselves and their original culture. I don’t believe that they will ever have social justice because America is designed for them to fail.
A feminist or feminism is the advocacy of women’s rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes. Furthermore, in my own opinion when I think about the word feminism I think of someone who believes in the power of women and our rights and equality just as much as anyone else. It’s the belief that men AND women should have equal rights and opportunities. I think both my definition and the actual definition includes both men and women (gay or straight) because there are some men that believe women should be treated equally and shouldn’t be deprived or belittled because of their sex. Also the definition begins off by saying “A person” not “A women”. I myself have never showed the traits to be a feminists simply because I’ve never been in a situation where I felt like I wasn’t receiving my equal rights as a citizen and women. However, I do recall in high school where there was this girl named Trixie in my English class that was very peculiar amongst the 500+ students that attended. She was different in the way she dressed, the way she carried herself, the way she maintenance herself, and the way she responded to negative feedback. For starters, she had a rock star/ hippie type of style that no one could mimic and probably would never want to because in everyone’s eyes she was just weird. Her wardrobe consisted of what looked like a combination of Spencer’s, Tilly’s, and Goodwill that she put her own twist to. She wore her hair in crazy colors and childish pixie hair styles with lots of different hair accessories every day and she didn’t care about who looked, who laughed and who said what. She strongly believed in expressing herself and taking pride in being a women and not having to live up to society’s standards, because of this one major thing she took strong pride in was not shaving. She didn’t shave her legs, arms, armpits, or anything in that nature and she was perfectly okay with telling whoever asked that because she was a feminist and she believed that just like men, women shouldn’t mutilate the natural state of their body in order to be accepted by society. Like I expressed before, I have never been in a situation where I didn’t receive my equal rights as a women but what I can share is that when I was 11 years old I played tackle football for my city league team and I was the only girl and I made it in the newspaper. If anything I set goals for women equality because according to society football always has been and always will be a male dominant sport that girls shouldn’t be allowed to participate in. I feel like women and minorities should be treated equally because when it all comes down to it, nobody has the authority higher than the man who created the heavens and the earth to place judgement upon anyone and decide what treatment people can get based off of who they are, what they are, and where they come from. For as long as this social injustice phenomena has been going on, I know it will never be put to rest. We still to this day face racism and Martin Luther King Jr. died for that 49 years ago.
A few of my personal definitions of feminism, would be a person, male or female, basically wanting equal wants for both genders. An individual who cares to fight for the right of other beings, or someone who wants justice for everyone. I do not think my definition directly relates to women by themselves. Feminism can be anyone, no matter the race, gender, sexual orientation and so on. When people think of the one feminist/feminism, they automatically think of a woman, no one ever really think that a guy can be one also, or whatever you classify as. Women are not seen as the dominant gender, so they are expected to do more to play the role society gives them. In a way, yes and no, as far as being a feminist, but as I can recall one of my formers class had debates on the rights of women and should they change laws, or revoke more. I just believe a woman should be able to earn the same amount a guy would make, although when it comes to certain jobs, all of them are not fit for a woman. As far as political views go, Hillary Clinton for example, if she was voted for President, some countries do not agree that a woman should be in charge, or given the ability to obtain power. Either way, despite who won, we could have been doomed no matter which way it went. No, I have not had the experience relating to hers as a child, my teachers usually did not care who would have been the monitor for the week. Adichie’s teacher believed that a man should be able to uphold power instead of a woman. Males are seen as dominant, as I said before. Some people may want power to be in the hands of a woman, some others do not. Everyone is entitling to their own opinion, it is just a matter of who is willing to listen as to why they have that reasoning, but not many do. I feel as if women will always be looked at a funny way or disrespected
, especially by their race. Although males have been “targets” lately, it is just hard out there for them. Even though women have been overlooked for all these years, I do not think they will ever get the respect they rightfully deserve, nobody will, if you really think about it. Everyone is a human being, but respect is not given until it is earned, as some say. No, I do not think social justice will ever be for the groups, the world will never know how to treat each of because of repeated history. People will always have their own views, opinions, anything. Women may be thought of highly, but they may never be seen as a gender who will be dominate as to having the power in their hands. Who knows if males may ever seem as a non-dominate group. Views of others may change, political views may finally change, nobody really knows.
My personal definition of a feminist is anyone who is underserved, treated unjustly, and is given unfair opportunities/expectations and they are advocating for an overall equality in our society. Feminism is not just about gaining equality for women, instead it is about obtaining equality for all and any minority groups. I believe this is the true definition of feminism because women are not the only people treated unfairly, and it isn’t about solely for equality to women but to all races, sexualities, and other groups discriminated against. An example of when I acted as a feminist is when I took up for my best friend because everyone kept calling her dirty names such as a whore, slut, tramp, etc. Girls especially called her this for no reason other than she is very bottom heavy. She dressed modest and had nothing to do with boys (even if she did it is still unacceptable to slut shame her) and girls were jealous of her. My last job had owners who have very sexist views and enforced them into the workplace. I worked at Little Caesar’s and only girls could work the registers and the window. Men were the only ones allowed to cook and work in the back. The women were the only ones allowed to fold boxes and work up front. Even on horribly busy days the women were understaffed at the front with a line of cars backed up into the highway and a lobby full of customers and only one girl to handle both while men were just standing in the back on playing their phones not allowed to help because “it’s a woman’s job.” I think it is so unfair and unfortunate that women are underserved for anything such as race, ethnicity, and their gender in general. I personally am rooting for equality for all women and men against any discrimination and unfair standards in our current society. I think that everyone should be equal. Women should make the same starting salary as men because we can offer anything that a man can do. Women are strong, just as intelligent, and offer more to the table than some men. Race and ethnicity should never be a reason to treated unfairly because we are all the same, and we are all humans. No color has a disadvantage or any superiority therefore color and heritage shouldn’t matter and result in someone getting the underhand in any situation. I believe the world should be an equal place with no judgement of sexuality, race, heritage, sexuality, religion, and many more personal attributes. I feel like the upcoming generation will help better the situation of the injustices for the marginalized groups and maybe some forms will completely stop but I do not think all injustices will stop altogether because people are never going to stop judging, feeling superior, feeling entitled which leads to these inequities. It would be a perfect world if every person were equal but I personally don’t see it happening.
I think feminism/feminists have several type of meanings and the definition depends on how you use it. I personally think that the main definition for a feminist would be someone to want equality when it comes to someones sex/gender. I do not think that my definition is solely germane to women because their are some men out their that get treated differently because they are not women. I also think it depends on what is happening because just like women get treated differently by some people men do also. For example when many people go to the hospital they usually think that a nurse would be female when in reality their isn't a gender to match any position. I have experienced something like this because I am going to be a nurse and when i would tell people in high school they would laugh and say "thats a women's job." Some people would also expect me to say " I am going to become a male nurse" when their shouldn't be a gender related to nursing.I would just have to learn on how to not pay any attention to people with negative comments. I also have experienced something similar to what Adichie mentioned in her story for example their was this one time where i applied for a job and when i went for an interview they mentioned they wanted a female worker but they would let me know if things changed. No one should have to be a certain gender to be able to get a job. I think this is not right because no matter how hard you work or how much you dedicate yourself to your job something as small as gender can ruin it. Their was also this one time where I applied for a manager position at a restaurant I had been working for a while and they said the reason they could not hire me as a manager was because they already had enough males and they needed a female but their wasn't any females that wanted that position. So I truly think it is unfair because someone who can not have the job might really need it but can not be given the job because of their sex/gender. I do not feel good at all about women or anyone being overlooked by society because of the factors beyond their control. This is something that is not right and is something that has been here for a long time but is something that could change with everyone putting effort for it to change. At the time I do not think that there will ever be social justice for marginalized groups because their are always people getting into other peoples heads and making them think wrong. I especially don't think that our president is helping any on stopping this. I believe he sometimes promotes this non equal treatment of sexes. Although the things I said are true many people have different opinions on this topic and I think we should at least try to change things and end this unequal treatment.
At first, I thought that feminism meant to fight the equality of women’s rights. After watching Ted Talk it changed my mindset, now my personal definition of feminism is a woman or man that want to improve the equality of sexes. I do not think my definition is solely germane to women because I stated that it’s for both females and males in my definition. I have had an experience where I showed myself to be a feminist. For example, my senior year of high school I took a weight lifting class and most of the students in that class were males. This one class day we had to max out basically to lift the maximum weight we could, so it was my turn and one of the males in the class told the teacher that I was most likely not going to lift that certain weight because I was female that didn’t look fit enough to lift it. I quickly turned and told him to not underestimate someone’s ability especially to a female, because he doesn’t know what we can do. At the end of the day, I lifted the weight the guy in my class thought I couldn’t lift. My mindset in that class was “to achieve it, you have to put to work for it” because later it would totally pay off. During my k-12 school years, I did experience a similar situation as Adichie. Every time teachers would ask occasionally if there were any males that were able to carry boxes to a classroom. I always wonder why teachers never ask for females to help because most of the time I wanted to help, but they would always call out for males. Females can do the same job as males. I always felt some type of way. Speaking about feeling some type of way, also comes in when not only gender is being overlooked in society but minorities are as well. Base on factors that are beyond their control. I feel as society should underestimate people in general because we all human beings even with differences such as skin color, backgrounds, or gender. We all human beings have a purpose in this world that despite the differences we shouldn’t be overlooked. I feel that there would be some social justice for these marginalized groups, but it wouldn’t be much done because that’s how society works. Where something is being started and it makes few changings, but it does not make much of a difference. Hopefully down the line we humans start to at least try to change things and put an end to unequal treatment.
The meaning of feminism is the backing of ladies' rights on the premise of the uniformity of the genders. As I would like to think, I feel as though that all ladies ought to be dealt with similarly and furthermore ought not be taken a gander at uniquely in contrast to others. There are a ton of females that are out there that do post things via web-based networking media that can influence individuals to take a gander at them unique in relation to another female. All things considered it they ought not get bashed only to post something that they might be agreeable. Not every person is agreeable about posting certain things via web-based networking media. I have not by and by been in a position where I was a women's activist. I have seen somebody bash females via web-based networking media about what they post and looking at them uniquely in contrast to different females. On the planet, today many individuals have a tendency to lean toward men to be the head part which would influence them to be a women's activist which isn't right on the grounds that everybody merits a reasonable shot at whatever they might need to do. I feel that ladies are neglected in a considerable measure of ranges. Many individuals don't allow them to substantiate themselves to have a high position of authority or do certain things that men generally do. A primary motivation behind why females are neglected is a direct result of the sort of society we are in and ladies should just have certain parts in the present society. Additionally, ladies in the present society are name just by their physical highlights. With ladies being name as what they look like outwardly truly causes sex assorted variety on the grounds that not every person is molded the same. All things considered the vast majority tend to neglect the ones that shapes are not the best and point straight for the one that may look great to them. Sex assorted variety assumes a colossal part in the public eye today because of how individuals see every single person. They additionally take a gander at the foundation of the individual under the steady gaze of they disgrace or judge them too. I for one surmise that there ought to be social equity soon for bunches in light of the fact that as beforehand expressed that everybody merits a reasonable shot at things that other individuals show improvement over them get. With sex assorted variety in presence a great deal of things in the public arena isn't reasonable for many people. Likewise everybody ought to have similarly rights and ought to have the capacity to do likewise as all individuals. I do feel that in the long run there will be social equity for sexual orientation assorted variety and all individuals will all meet up and change things around and treat individuals the same. I do surmise that as time advances that things will in the end improve for all individuals in this current civilization.
My personal definition of feminists is that they usually one way or another does not fit society’s view of a woman or man should be or act and they (women) do not usually hate men but usually want traditional manners for a man to do or a woman to accept such as a man walking on the outside of the sidewalk, holding the door open, paying for a meal, and getting married and taking the man’s last name. I think the definition of feminism changes in different generations. I do not think it is solely germane to women because the word feminist gets put into race or LGBTQ issues. I got called acting like a feminist because I hate wearing skirts, does not care whether I have kids in the future, and hate wearing heels. I grew up playing video games on the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo, going to arcades, and playing with dolls. I have not experienced anything similar to her situation but I imagine I will in the future because my major is computer science and there is a lot of articles about women inequality in my future field. I feel that women and minorities being overlooked in society beyond their control is not right or unfair. When it comes to a woman, her sexual appeal is usually the first thing people judge. Someone can be very modest or wearing little clothes and both will be judged. It does not matter what a woman does, she is almost always guaranteed to be judge trying to be this or that. It is 2017 and women are still dealing with gender inequality such as a man thinking she cannot do her job or is not qualified because she is a woman. When a woman does get a leadership role, I always noticed that she must act cold or mean to be taken seriously among men and other women. I believe we can change how our society thinks about women starts with parents as they are usually enforcing these traditions or culture. A woman should not have to act a certain way other than professional to be taken seriously. This also affects “labels” because some women want or change their gender to a man and vice versa or just does not act like society thinks their gender should act like. In some parts of the world, I believe it will be social justice, but for others no because a lot of cultures and traditions involve belittling women. Society often perceives woman and minorities when they do certain things compared to how men specifically white men are perceived for that exact same reason are usually different. Cam Newton recently been in the news for making a comment about how it is funny that a female is talking to him about routes. A lot of criticism has been made by people who are perceived to be a feminist. I personally feel like he was just pointing out the gender differences and didn’t mean to make her degraded or insulted.
A feminist is a person who breaks the social norms. No, I don’t think my definition is germane to just women, because it could m very well be a male fighting for the equality of the sexes. Women are always overlooked by the other traits they carry, for example, skin color and appearance. So, it is assumed that women are not as capable for completing a challenging task. As far as the future goes, I don’t know if I will see much social gender equality. Yes, many women are now doing the “guy” jobs and that is the first step.
My personal definition of feminism is being equal between both of the sexes. Women deserve the same rights as men do and I feel there is no such thing as “a man’s job”. Yes, men should take care of the manlier business like cutting grass and washing the cars but women should and can know how to do these things too because we don’t need to rely on them. People think that men can only do certain things. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie gave a lot of examples of feminist and a few that stood out to me were that when she goes to a Nigerian restaurant with a male, they greet him but ignore her. I understand that is their culture, but at the same time that is rude in my eyes and sexes. Another example was when she said she went to tip the man and after she gave him the money he told the man that was with her thank you because some people think the household gets all their money from the man anyway so he should thank him. I feel as though that is wrong too because a woman has the same amount of rights as a man when it comes to making money. I feel my definition is solely germane towards women because it is all talking about women’s rights and being equal. I have witness someone be feminist towards a situation at work. Sometimes co-workers talk about women and things they can and cannot do but one of the girls always stands up for woman and say that’s not fair and explains herself. When Adichie explained her situation about wanting to be a hall monitor but she didn’t because some guy got picked because he was a guy I felt really bad and thought about if that has happened to me. When I was younger, we used to play games outside and make our own teams. People wouldn’t pick the girls because they were girls and all the boys would be on teams and leave us behind. I feel like that isn’t fair because they didn’t even know if we were good or not but because we were girls we “sucked”. I think no one should be looked over for nothing they can’t control. People should be judged on their abilities and skills, not their race, skin color, sex, or gender. I feel like there will not ever be social justice for these groups because we have had all the movements for certain topics such as equality and it still isn’t there. Things have gotten a lot better from those times but I feel as though there will never fully be justice for these groups.
A feminist is a person who advocates for equal gender rights. This definition says “a person” because it does not exclude any gender or race. How hypocritical would it be for a feminist to dislike any gender or race when they too are being oppressed. My brothers have showed me they are true feminist by always making sure I'm treated equally. Although we don’t normally like to admit that even the fathers, uncles and men close to a female in life have the tendency to down grade them and expect something from woman that they're supposed to magically know. Even the moms and grandmothers tell their daughters to “close their legs” or something always is not “lady like”. Girls should not be told not to wear something because they might be looked at. When I play basketball at the local YMCA in my home town, I either get chosen first since I'm a “pretty” girl or last since I'm a “pretty” girl even though looks have nothing to do with my ability to play basketball. I always have to prove I'm not a terrible player just because I'm usually the only girl there. Although men are biologically built to be stronger than women , that does not mean women do not have other abilities to help themselves succeed. Personally, being biracial and both my mother and father are minorities of different races and being a female has definitely had its ups and downs. I personally do not understand how any race or gender or group of individuals who are being oppressed could participate in the oppression of others. I believe in giving everyone an equal opportunity. Now, what people do with their chances is on them. Some people like to take advantage of the opportunities they are given and when they fail or become disappointed they blame it on oppression. That is a load of crap because if someone wants something bad enough, they will do what they have to in order to get that. I think social just could come if everyone became hippies. The truth in reality is that jealousy is a very real thing that causes people to hate beyond what their heart should be able to stand. Honestly, I do not even know how I would react if I woke up one morning and there was world peace. Maybe I would cry tears of joy because I would never think I would live to see that day. I believe oppression goes further than the problems within our country. People have found reasons to hate other people since the beginning of time. I also love feminist but right now I am not to the point where I need to protest and become involved. I have never really been the girl that wants to be seen or heard, I prefer to do my own work and achieve my own goals first before I worry about other people. Sure this seems selfish, or it can be viewed as determination. Maybe if something significant happens in the world, I will step out of my comfort zone.
A feminist to most people are a group of females who fights for womens equality and rights. I feel that male or females can fight fir the same thing if its apart of their beliefs. There are some women who fit the stereotypes such as housewives but ithers feel the need to be independent. I personally agree woth feminism because a women can be who she wants. I like independent women because i feel relationships should be half and half its okay for a female to pay for dinner. But I only agree a little there are still things i could never let a girl do like hold the door or pump gas but thas because of the respect i have for them. I strongly dislike when men bash females or expose them or treat them like trash because they are no less of a human. A way to fix this is that everyone just need to except the diversity of others no matter what. Women voices need to be heard just as much as men ideas religion and opinions. America supposed to stand for justice for all women included
My personal definition of a feminist is someone, man or woman, who takes a stand for women’s rights, wants social equality between men and women and supports women through whatever. Yes, I think my definition is solely germane to women because feminists stand up for women. They feel that women are just as important as men. Women can do just as much as men can and more. I have had multiple encounters where I found myself to be a feminist. Males talk down on females all the time and I always find myself taking up for them. In high school, there was always a boy saying a girl is a hoe just because of their body shape. You can’t judge a female just because of her body. She can’t help the body she was born with and grown into. Doing things like that can really bring down a female’s self esteem and change their life. Some females don’t take those things lightly. I have had a personal experience of gender inequality multiple times also. There was a time when, in elementary school, I had PE and when would play a game with two teams. The two captains were boys. They both took turns choosing players and they chose the girls last. Prime example of, just because we are females, doesn’t mean we can’t do what boys do. Some girls were better than the boys. You can’t judge a book by it’s cover. Women are overlooked all the time just because of their gender. Some female situations are worst because of the color of their skin or their race. Those others go through tough obstacles everyday and it isn’t fair because they can’t help the skin they were born in. Racial inequality is an issue in many different ways. One example is through employment. Women all together already have a hard time trying to get a certain job because they are a female, and being a certain color or race makes the process even harder. I feel like there will never be social justice for these marginalized groups because feminists have been trying to have gender equality since forever and we haven’t gotten it yet. Women are overlooked for a lot of things and it isn’t fair. They miss many opportunities because they’re not given a fair chance to do things because of their gender. I can say we have gotten somewhere but at the end of the day, women will never get the equality they deserve because people have so much hatred towards females. I think it’s because they fear what they can do. Women are very powerful creatures but they can’t express it because others hold them back from great opportunities. As time passes, hopefully a time comes when women can show what they’re really made of.
My definition of a feminist is someone who is fighting for the equal rights of women, and making sure they are getting the same opportunities as men. I also think that a feminist is someone who is trying to eliminate the “double standard” and change societies views on women. I do not believe my definition of a feminist is germane, because feminists can be male or female, as long as they are fighting for equality for women, sticking up for them, and changing societies outlook about women. I have never had any situations where I acted like a feminist and stood up for a girls rights, but I do believe in equality between men and women. I have had an experience similar to Adichie’s story. I have been overlooked before because of my height. I am very passionate about basketball, so I decided to try out for my high school basketball team. I performed better than some of the other guys trying out, but because I was short I was cut first, meanwhile the people I performed better than moved on to the next tryout. I believe that women and minorities should be treated equal, because we are all human beings, we just have different characteristics. If a woman, African American, or homosexual person has the intelligence and the willingness to do something, they should be allowed to do it, and if it is a job they should receive the same pay. I hope that women and minorities are treated equal in the future but I honestly do not believe it will happen. There is always someone who is sexist, prejudice, and homophobic and some of those people are in positions to hold women, gays, and African Americans down, and keep them from progressing in their lives.
In the video Ted Talk, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie discusses the word women's liberation. She discussed how her and her sibling were contending and he disclosed to her she was a women's activist. As I would see it the word women's activist is somebody that doesn't bolster any ladies rights and their balance in the public arena. She discussed sometime in the past a man stopped her auto. She paid this man yet the insane part was she took a gander at her sibling Louis and said much obliged. She said since there was a man with her, he went to the suspicion that the cash originated from the man. This is a little piece of being women's activist. He didn't state thank you to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie however towards her sibling. There was another case of her adage when she strolls into a Nigerian eatery the servers typically welcome the male first and not by any stretch of the imagination the lady. She felt slighted as it were. I do imagine that the word women's activist truly goes towards ladies simply because they needed to battle get certain rights that men as of now had. So when ladies really land a specific position or a vocation that they pick, a few people take a gander at them like there not sufficiently fit for that activity or profession or they shouldn't do that simply because they are not guys. I have done this earlier however. At a certain point in time, I didn't feel like ladies should work in development. I just idea of this in a method for, "There not sufficiently enormous there to astute to make due with simply picking development laborer as the profession that they will be in for a decent time traverse of their life". Be that as it may, as I got more established I just idea, possibly that is the thing that they needed to do, Maybe its something they were really inspired by, Maybe this how they are getting by to bolster their group of 4 and no spouse to offer assistance. Ladies have a similar right of landing that position that some other male can get. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie additionally said that she doubted the generalization that ladies ought to be in the house and cook and clean while the man goes out and works. This is another sort of women's liberation. You saw this a great deal in 18 hundreds, where the ladies would remain at home and clean and deal with the children, and the man will be out working and get back home. When he returns home there HAS to be something cooked. Whoever said that ladies must be the one to remain in the house and cook and clean and deal with the children. This was exactly how it worked out. Be that as it may, ladies began battling for there rights and correspondence. This conveyed a ton to the table for ladies that truly needed to accomplish something else with there lives. Ladies are presently running organizations, showing youngsters, getting to be specialists, and so on. It's more to it then just ladies working. It's the regard ladies merit.
My definition of feminist is a person fighting for women's rights and fighting to make them equal in the world. My definition is germane because it's talking about standing up for women and their rights. For example, women should be able to make the same as a man in the work place if they are doing the same job. I also think that a feminist is someone who is trying to eliminate the “double standard” and change how men think of women in general. Deletions of stereotypes put upon women carries social stigma of needness, helpless, and oppression. I have not had any situations where I acted like a feminist and stood up for a female rights, but I do believe in equal opportunity between men and women.I have had an experience similar to Adichie’s story. I have been overlooked in middle school when I used to play football nobody wanted me on they team because I was the shortest person out there. I really enjoyed playing football but after that day I had to work harder to let them everyone know height is not that important I can do the same thing as somebody taller than me. It's harder because they have more against them being a minority. For example if your a male running for CEO positions they feel you are more of a candidate to hire for the job than an African American female. I feel as though being a female of color you should be able to have the same right as a male in the work place no matter race or the color of your skin. I feel as though they will never have social justice because the world we live in today.I hope that women and minorities are treated equal in the future.There is always people who is sexist, prejudice, and homophobic and some of those people are in positions to hold women, gays, and African Americans down, and keep them from progressing in their lives. I just hope one day people realize we all the same in GOD eyes.
My definition of feminism/feminist would be the someone who strives for and supports women's equal rights and treatment in every aspect. This includes treatment, expectation, respect, and pay being the same as men in home, workplace, etc. The reason for not being able to do what you want or not be taken seriously would never be “because you are women”. Someone who is feminist would not limit or regulate, themselves or anyone the way society does for women. A male can be feminist too, in a way of supporting the views of feminism and by applying these views to their own life while standing up for women and helping educate others who may be ignorant or accepting to gender inequality. I do believe in gender equality and I would say that I am feminist. I have personally had many experiences with displaying feminism myself. I’m the second oldest of 4 and the only girl. Being the only girl alone caused me to have to stand up for myself when it came to gender inequality and the gender roles of a household. An example would be when me and my brothers would have our disagreements, no matter if I was right or wrong whenever I spoke up no one took it seriously because whatever I said was blamed on or had to relate back to attitude, pms or emotions. Other personal experiences with gender stereotyping would be the difference in how me and brothers were treated around the house. Both me and my brothers room could be junky but only my room was acknowledged because I was a girl and I’m supposed to always be neat and clean. Also, household duties like cleaning and cooking were always thrown on me. Sometimes if my brothers were hungry and my mom wasn’t there they would not eat. My mom would ask me why didn’t I make anything and I would ask if there was something wrong with their hands, because I believe if a person is hungry they should eat. I thought it was crazy how common sense was disregarded because of these stereotypical gender roles. I had always hated the conformities and stereotypes expected of women. I think it is wrong that women, or even anyone, can get overlooked by a factor they can’t control like gender, looks, heritage, etc. I believe that if someone has the qualifications needed and intelligence the gender, race and where you come from should not be put in the same boat as your work ability. All that should matter is that you can do what is needed efficiently. I feel like some day there will be justice if the issue keeps being presented and pressed for change. Little by little there will changed made for the better in order to work towards equality for marginalized the groups.
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