Suggestion/Thoughts

Ok, I know I'm going to get a lot of feedback for saying this but, I feel like this class is just a hate group sometimes. It really bothers me to hear everyone complain about how womens rights are so bad. I honestly don't feel like I'm less than men right now. It's like everyone is complaining about how things were so bad instead of looking at the positive side, and how we are treated now. In some ways right now we have more rights than men. I know this class is supposed to look at the past and discuss how women were treated, but maybe we could do it in a more upbeat kind of way so it doesn't sound like complaining. I'm not trying to be rude or anything but I think it would be easier to listen to discussion if it didn't sound so much like complaining.Thanks!

Response to "A Day Without Feminism"

When I first read "A Day Without Feminism," I was pretty shocked by some of the things I read about.  The first  point that caught my eye was the difference between boys and girls in junior high. "Girls do read mystery stories about Nancy Drew, for whom there is no sex, only her blue roadster and having 'luncheon'...Boys read about the Hardy Boys, for whom there are no girls." (Baumgardner & Richards, 28). I thought it was interesting how kids were segregated by what they read. Also girls had to take classes that dealt with home-making, such as home ec, sewing, and cooking. Boys took classes on how to fix cars, and do manly things. Girls could only play certain sports, that didn't exert much energy. I would have hated to not be able to take math or science classes.  Kids were taught from an early age what was expected of them depending on which gender they were. Women were supposed to be raised to be good home-makers, and mothers; while boys were taught to fix things and take care of business. It was like kids were being streamlined to only know about the socially acceptable forms of entertainment, which is all good and fine, but that's not necessarily real life. Life isn't always perfect, and bad things happen sometimes.
Second, I laughed out loud when I read the paragraph about The Miss America Pageant, and what college was like for women. The expectations that girls had back in the day was crazy. I would have hated to live during that time, I would not be very happy having people tell me what I could and couldn't do.

I found a short paragraph about what the President of Harvard University said about women at the university during the 1970's.Women's Education in the 1970's