Analysis Of Aunt Donna's Poem
The person I chose to interview is my Aunt Donna. She grew up during the mid-1960s, coming from a family of five. She graduated Rutgers University with a BA in Psychology and a minor in Women’s and Gender Studies. She then pursued her master degree at Hunter College concentrating in Group Work Metal Health. She was the ideal person to interview because of the way she applied what she studied during her undergrad and grad school to the questions and how she formulated her answers based on her unique experiences growing up till now. For question one, Aunt Donna said that she does not really have a formal definition of a feminine woman in American society. She argues that she cannot even begin to define what it means to be feminine at this point
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However, there are certain setbacks that lead her to question if what she said is true, like when women are constantly being sexually harassed at work, or when women aren’t being paid as much as the men in the same role, or when women constantly have to adapt to society’s expectations. Her response reminds me of reading #17 not a pretty girl. This poem is actually a song by Ani Difranco, where Ani is saying that she isn’t a damsel in distress and that she doesn’t need to be rescued. She is strong and she isn’t an angry girl. My Aunt doesn’t need to be rescued, she went through tough times, battling discrimination and being raised to be independent, not needing anybody including her father. Ani, finishes up the song by saying “ i am not a pretty girl i don’t really want to be a pretty girl i want to be more than a pretty girl.” This is stands out to me because my Aunt responded to my questions without any anger or hatred towards males. She simply answered and responded truthfully and by that, she is already better than those who want to preserve the traditional gender roles. Lastly, my Aunt says that she has very different beliefs about the roles of women than the generations before her. Her mother was a stay at home mom before the divorce. While growing up, she was raised with very confusing messages. These messages included that she was encouraged to go to college, but at the same time, she was raised to serve the men in her
However, there are certain setbacks that lead her to question if what she said is true, like when women are constantly being sexually harassed at work, or when women aren’t being paid as much as the men in the same role, or when women constantly have to adapt to society’s expectations. Her response reminds me of reading #17 not a pretty girl. This poem is actually a song by Ani Difranco, where Ani is saying that she isn’t a damsel in distress and that she doesn’t need to be rescued. She is strong and she isn’t an angry girl. My Aunt doesn’t need to be rescued, she went through tough times, battling discrimination and being raised to be independent, not needing anybody including her father. Ani, finishes up the song by saying “ i am not a pretty girl i don’t really want to be a pretty girl i want to be more than a pretty girl.” This is stands out to me because my Aunt responded to my questions without any anger or hatred towards males. She simply answered and responded truthfully and by that, she is already better than those who want to preserve the traditional gender roles. Lastly, my Aunt says that she has very different beliefs about the roles of women than the generations before her. Her mother was a stay at home mom before the divorce. While growing up, she was raised with very confusing messages. These messages included that she was encouraged to go to college, but at the same time, she was raised to serve the men in her