In my Gender Studies tutorial we were asked to raise our hand if we considered ourselves a feminist. Only two people raised their hands. I was not one of them, even though technically I am a feminist - as in, equal rights for men and women - an "equalist" if you will.
One of our tasks for the class each week is writing two questions that relate to the course reading, last week I submitted this question:
1. "[The] media depict feminists as puritanical, man-hating, obsessed with harassment and victimization, taking unfair advantage of men in the workplace and controlling men in their home." (Page 29 of the Gender Studies Reader).
Do you think that the media representation of feminists influenced the students' responses in last week's tutorial when asked if they considered themselves feminists?
Do you think that the negative stigma that Lindsey describes above is accurate?
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People like the original poster are one of the reasons why only two people in my class of about 20 students (in a Gender Studies course which is pretty much all pro-feminism) would admit to being a feminist.
Grrr... you've got me angry now too. You've left this public, but are we allowed to link to it? (I've posted enough today, but I might later).
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One of our tasks for the class each week is writing two questions that relate to the course reading, last week I submitted this question:
1. "[The] media depict feminists as puritanical, man-hating, obsessed with harassment and victimization, taking unfair advantage of men in the workplace and controlling men in their home." (Page 29 of the Gender Studies Reader).
Do you think that the media representation of feminists influenced the students' responses in last week's tutorial when asked if they considered themselves feminists?
Do you think that the negative stigma that Lindsey describes above is accurate?
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People like the original poster are one of the reasons why only two people in my class of about 20 students (in a Gender Studies course which is pretty much all pro-feminism) would admit to being a feminist.
Grrr... you've got me angry now too. You've left this public, but are we allowed to link to it? (I've posted enough today, but I might later).