Wednesday, February 6, 2013
First Blog Post!
In class we watched a documentary type video explaining how women appear in media and society. I thought the video was very eye opening. I had no idea men treated women so poorly, especially in politics. It was very ridiculous and shocking how superficial men are towards women, rather than listening to their ideas. Especially the women newscasters, men were commenting how much leg skin was showing. I also found it funny that advertisers know that men between the ages of 18 and 34 don't watch as much TV as women, so they try to use women, knowing that they appeal to men, to help sell their product. And the statistic seems somewhat true because I don't watch TV at all, unless you count Doctor Who on Netflix. I think many people should see this documentary because feminism seems to be a bigger issue than people realize.
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Great comments! What are some ways that we could encourage people to realize the importance of feminism to our society at large?
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DeleteI feel a way to to encourage people the importance of feminism is to try and get rid of this stereotype that feminists are crazy, psycho bitches. People need to understand that ANYBODY who believes in equal rights is a feminist. Maybe not as extreme as other feminists, but they're still grouped under that catagory. People need to know that feminism isn't about women gaining power; it's about everybody being equal. Though I'm not sure of a way to actually spread it except by word of mouth? Maybe? There are probably better ways, but just talking about it (like we do in class) makes people aware of what's happening in this world. Entering the class, I didn't really know what to expect, but after a few weeks, it's my favorite class to go to. It's amazing how many things about women are overlooked. I didn't realize the problem was much larger until we started talking about it in class and doing the readings.