Feminism in the Real World!

My blog three post will be in response to the starter question posted- Have you seen any feminist concepts or issues at play in the “real world” recently? What is the significance of this? Recently, I was reading the New York Times.. Yes I know what your thinking- hard to believe! Ha And I came across this article that had the title “Where having it all doesn’t mean having equality”. I quickly skimmed through the title and was shocked to what I had read! French women seem to have it all, but in reality they don’t. France ranks 46^th in the 2010 gender equality report. “Eighty-two percent of French women aged 25-49 work, many of them full-time, but 82 percent of parliamentary seats are occupied by men. French women earn 26 percent less than men but spend twice as much time on domestic tasks,” stated Katrin Benholds author of the posted in the New York Times. I was outraged after reading this- having just spent several days in France this past summer I would have paid more attention to the details of femininity. It surprises me that France ranked 46^th! I would love to read some standpoint theory from someone who lives in France and what they think/cope with this idea. I couldn’t help but think back to the works from Susan Hartmann, and her thoughts on Feminism. Hartmann reintroduced the idea of “womanism” and that was coined by Alice Walker and I believe that it needs to be reintroduced to France! The pictures shown are from the article as well, I thought it was necessary to show these in the post because this is a picture of a French women dropping off her kids on her way to work- in Stilettos!

Here is a link to the New Paper Article if you are interested!
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/12/world/europe/12iht-fffrance.html?_r=1&scp=7&sq=Feminism%20Still%20In%20france&st=cse

wow... nothing like facebook to its max... how annoying

Joel Neace Feminism is a hate group

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    Lauren Gannon it can b...when men who try 2 beat u down r involved..i had a friend whos husband told her he would do everything he could 2 make sure she could go 2 school

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    Lauren Gannon when she said she wanted 2 go to school...sometimes its hard not to hate all men..but he was just a mean man w/o a mommy (HOOK). so why hate em all

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    Lauren Gannon unforunatly some women never understand that b c they r too scared of the damage that 1st experience with a man..dad,lover whoever did to them

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    Joel Neace 

    Feminism is a fancy term for "sexism towards men from women" and "female supremacy." It's not what it used to be (before the term was even invented--in the 1920s. When women genuinely wanted equality in the political and economic sector.)...See More

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    Joel Neace For the record. I LOVE WOMEN :) There is just a scary group of females out there, not true ladies, who are trying to hijack all of our wonderful women out there!
    
    A feminist would never say "I love men." ;)

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    Becca Oden Feminism by true definition is actually just the desire for women to be equal, under the law and equal consideration in society. If you think that is a hate group, then you hate equality.

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    Nick Marsh Way to back track to cover your ass

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    Becca Oden I'm a feminist and I LOVE men. :)

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    Kathryn Michelle Coon Why are you thinking all these negative things? Stop looking at the particulars of words or phrases or movements. Go make your own movement...maybe looking for a great woman? There are some out there. It is just a matter of finding one that has a wonderful spirit and makes you feel complete. Take things slow and make sure you match on most levels. It takes a while to truly get to know someone through and through. Take care and good luck!

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    Andrea Nicholas you're ridiculous

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    Lauren Gannon my english teacher is a feminist and she LOVES men and is married:) and they get it on haha and he wears the pants..it can happen....:) it does all the time..mustard seed faith joelly:) love you

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    Lauren Gannon dont worry about us really women being hijacked.spend some time in your spiritual closet, pray it up and get out there and save the women from the lies of the devil by being a good man no matter what it takes...then this select "cult" of scary women will never get any of the good ones:)

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    Lauren Gannon you may not be a masculinist but u r masculine haha

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    Paul Sapp What is going on here

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    Lauren Gannon haha...we dont hate men believe women should have rights...but if you have a husband who is submissive to God submit...whats the big deal lol as long as you have a sensitive husband who listens to you and u dont try to control or manipulate him i think u have a good thing going...until then im shooting sharks in my living room lol paul haha

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    Nick Marsh I've had enough berates by a certain Women's Studies Grad student to know that feminist teachings (and apparently a lot of suppressed minorities) want better than equal rights to counterbalance the injustices that are ingrained into the American psyche. Not what all who define themselves as feminists believe, but academically they do.

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    Jenn Schnaudt You're hopeless.

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    Julie Frazier the feminine mystique was actually written by betty friedan, not gloria steinem, and definitely not gloria "stymen" as you call her. i don't have enough time to correct all the other ignorant things you've said.

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    Lauren Gannon 

    we just wanna be equall lol...trust me after being a woman under rule at the mexican restaurant u may understand a little better..b/c women r low class and nothing..its a mans world there. maybe u would think differently i would say the hat...See More

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    Joel Neace haha! If everyone didn't interpret what Nick was saying, here it is in layman's terms:
    
    "I agree with what Joel said" (more than equal = sexist)

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    Nick Marsh hey hey hey I leave my statements with deniable. But yes, you can't correct for the past by over compensating you can only forget it and move on this time with a little less Animal Farm

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    Joel Neace 

    Interesting. No one has yet to counter my statement... because it's *reasonable, rational, logical, fair, and promotes equality!*
    
    I still hold my position "I'm against any and all hate groups. Especially those that try to disrupt equality...See More

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    Joel Neace Just like most men would not classify themselves as "chauvinists," most women don't classify themselves as "feminists." It's just a small group out there that do. And that is really scary. For those "special" women who are super proud of being sexists and admit it to others... on first dates and such. Why not just say "hello, glad to meet you; I'm a bigot..." Who in the world would want to identify themselves with such a hateful group?!

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    Joel Neace FYI
    
    These posts have nothing to do with Kristianna Brooke Peck. She is absolutely wonderful.
    
    These are purely random thoughts that I've had from some observations I've made.

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    Joel Neace 

    Kathryn,
    
    What you posted had nothing to do with my post "Feminism is a hate group." haha. Stick to the topic!
    
    Becca & Julie,
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    Emma Parker 

    Joel I am not going to lie... but your remarks to a feminism group being called a "hate group" is not true. A feminist is simply someone, it can be a male or female striving for equality amongst women. Not to suppress men but to simply equal men. And women still do not have the same privileges as men, an example would be pay rate scales. It wasn't even that long ago that women weren't allowed to vote- in France 1944 they finally were-
    Therefore I would like you to reconsider your statement- Maybe use different wording- because you are coming out as and ignorant asshole :)

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Post #2

               After discussing the missing links that can appear in one’s biography- I began to further understand the meaning at which one might write.  Following the works of other biographies it has interested me to see that some might not hold all the truths.  The “missing links” or “fissures” missing I feel have an underlying reason as to why they are incorrect or not posted.  After looking at some of the author’s works I can begin to understand why that can sometimes happen.  They might recall an event that might not have happened in that particular way, or as we get older we may lose the “detail”.  In bell hooks written biography she says this “the longer it took me to begin the process of writing autobiography, the father removed from those memories I was becoming.  Each year, a memory seemed less and less clear.  I wanted not to lose the vividness, the recall and felt an urgent need to begin the work and complete it.” The plot, characters, summary, and even purpose of the story can all change over time.  And it is important to understand this before you begin to read an autobiography.           

              To answer the question as to how someone might find promise or opportunity to one’s gapingly “holey” (not in a religious way) written autobiography, is that they might find hope, meaning, guidance, and support to their own problem.  Many people read autobiographies to understand that person, get their history, maybe they looked up to them, or maybe they just wanted to understand their own feelings. 

Blog Post #1

             After reading Pharr, “Homophobia: A weapon of Sexism”, Reagon, “Coalition Politics”, and the many other assigned to us in class, I feel that I can begin to understand the process that it took for women to finally be at today.  Our first day of class we were to define what we thought a feminist was/is, and here is what we came up with, “a person (actively) pursuing equality between the sexes.”  When asking myself if I still agree with that quote after all the reading that we have done- I must say that I do.  A feminist I feel has to take on a certain role that many women can find difficult at times, because it wasn’t always easy to be woman.  At one point a woman had no rights, “in the early 19th century women had no right to vote and limited opportunities for education.  Married women had no right… to their own earnings, to hold property of their own, to divorce, except in extreme cases, or to retain custody of their children,” stated Susan M. Hartmann in her article called Feminism and Women’s Movement.  See women never had such rights then that they do now, and it took a group of activist called Feminist, to set the record straight with the idea of equality.  Susan Pharr thinks that the whole reason of sexism first started with economics, “forced economic dependency puts women under male control and severely limits women’s options for self-determination and self-sufficiency.”  Among the many authors and works that I have read, I have come to the conclusion that I still back up my original quote/definition about what I think makes up a feminist.  It is important to look at how far we have come, and how much is still needed in the future.  Who knows, maybe we won’t need feminist then?