Thursday, April 8, 2010

3 Women about Feminism

Mother-age 54-Believed that feminism is womens idea of being equal to men and being able to think for themselves. Based on her definition of feminism, yes, she considers herself a feminist, because she believes women should have equal rights and not be under the control of men. Voting is one issue she remembers happening in history that related to feminism. Man-haters is a stereotype that she categorized femimists in. She believes feiminsm is needed today because men still think it is a mans world.
Friend-age 27-Believed feminism is a movement lead by women to get equal rights. She doesn't consider herself a feminist. She believes there is still a need for feminist but doesn't see where it is personal to her. She has most commonly heard the stereotype of dikes for feminists. She also recognizes the movement of abortion from feminism.
Neice-age 16-Not to sure what feminism is but linked it to women and an action they take. She did not consider herself a feminist because she didn't fully know what it was and after I tried to explain it to her she also did not see where it was a personal enough issue to her to consider herself a feminist. She could not link feminim to any particular movement other than voting. She did not see the need for feminism today and thinks we have equal rights.

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  1. I got the same kind of reaction. Not a lot of people have a lot of knowledge on feminism and a lot of women (especially the younger ones), do not see how it effects them. I think the older generation of women have had a major experience with feminism.

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