What Is Feminism

Recent news on women and culture Family structure Anne Marie Slater wrote article about working mothers Obama wants to make sure women have equal wages Pakistan little girl got shot on a bus – outbreak because of women education Women were just allowed to go on submarines in the Navy What standards do we use to see if a person is right for a particular job?
• Men were being favored for jobs What is feminism? Girl power
• Spice Girls
• Beyonce o “Who run the world” song
 Women can manipulate men with their sexuality
 Men become subdued by women’s sexuality
 Women’s power is not physical ¬– sexual power
 Women have the power to give birth to a child and go back to business (work or sex?)
 Equality: sameness
 The women don’t go through the riot shields (held by the men)
 Female support (backup dancers are female)
• Sex and the City o Post-feminism o You can’t have love and be powerful? o Men can put emotions aside and women have attached emotions that keep them from having success o Samantha: can sleep and use a man and be fine with it
 Equality o Wealthy-ish, sophisticated, pretty, white, all of a certain age o Minna Salami” wrote “Sex and the City and the Post-Feminist Myth”
 “…even if this type of post-feminism were a reality, it would only apply to women with enough purchasing power to buy equality”
 small amount of people can fit into this post-feminism sex and the city stereotype What is a feminist? Extreme: Someone who looks proper and rags on men Rosie the Riveter: We can do it PCU: movie that has a feminist sorority (army clothes, Birkenstocks, etc.) Fights for liberal causes Marching, in your face about ideas Bra burning Suffragists Ashley Judge, actress Radical feminist: no penis The “F” Word (feminist) Katy Perry: believes in strength of women, social revolution of feminism of the 70s (source is cosmopolitan) Taylor Swift: thinks feminism is guys