Feminism

=Feminism=

Directions: Locate two items to upload to our class wiki dealing with the idea of feminism yesterday and today. One item must be a written source (article or blog), and the other must be a different kind of media (video, picture, cartoon, podcast, news program). For each source, write a small summary/analysis discussing what it is and why it is important, and add the MLA citation. This is due Friday 10/10 and is worth 20 points.


 * Articles and Blog Posts**

Walsh, Joan. "Feminism after Friedan." Salon. Salon Media Group, Inc. 9 Oct. 2008 . > . Chancey. "LAF promoting beautiful womanhood." Ladies against feminism. Oct. 6, 2008 .
 * [|This website] show's Betty Friedan's views on feminism; Mrs. Friedan believes that women should not stay home and take care of household chores, but she feels that all women should go out and have high powered jobs. The ironic part that I found was that after all these years of trying to make women's rights equal to men's rights, the problems we face still come down to the same issues. It comes down to women staying home all day, and women not having as much power; this article is showing that we ultimately haven't improved very much with women's rights.
 * This site has all the information you need on Feminism. It came straight from the Stanford Encyclopedia. CITATION: "Topics in Feminism." __seop.leed.ac.uk__. 2004. Stanford Encyclopedia. 9 Oct. 2008
 * This is an [|article] written by some women that believe women are indeed different from men and not equal. This shows that some women do not believe feminism is good for society.

"The Triumph of Feminism." Economist.com. 11 Sept. 2008. 6 Oct. 2008 . > __Truth__. 6 Oct. 2008  feminism-is-an-economic-bubble/>. Noble, Laurie C. "Abigail Adams." __Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography__. 2008. Unitarian Universalist Historical Society. 7 Oct. 2008 . Sullivan, Andrew. "Palin vs Feminism." __The Atlantic__ 8 Oct. 2008. 9 Oct. 2008 . Dhaliwal, Nirpal. "How feminism destroyed real men." __Daily Mail__. 2008. 9 Oct. 2008
 * This news[| article] uses powerful words and a cartoon to demonstrate how still, to this day, women are still fighting for equality. Though this article deals with feminist issues today, they are ultimately identical to the ones that the women faced during the progressive era. In this article, feminist problems are brought up through current political issues.
 * This [|article] talks about Charles Gibson and his 'Gibson Girl' drawings. It describes the meaning behind the drawings and the time period in which they were drawn.
 * This is an interesting [|article] about how woman's freedoms are dwindling in these modern times and how the economy is negatively affecting woman's rights. The article is well written and provides a different point of view about feminism then you would normal read about.
 * Rw_man. "Feminism is an Economic Bubble." Weblog post. __Russian Women: the Real__
 * This [|Website] is a bibliography about Abigail Adams. She was a famous feminist that was married to president John Adams. She believed that women had a right to an education and jobs. She also thought that all women should be recognized for their intellectual capabilities and wrote many letters to the government asking for them to change laws. This website shows many of her accomplishments and talks about her famous letter, " Remember The Ladies."
 * A [|article] written by a writer for the Atlantic. It discusses Palin's thoughts on feminism, and it also posts a you-tube video of Betty Boop. In the video they liken her to Sarah Palin.
 * This [|article] is talking about how women and their 'feminist' beliefs are hypocritical and negatively affect the men of today's society.


 * Photos, Cartoons, and Advertisements**

"Sainty Squad." Cartoon. Dr. Sanity. 9 Oct. 2008. Blogger. 9 Oct. 2008 .
 * [|This political cartoon] looks fairly modern, and I immediately made a connection that a lot of women today have a traditional household, so they stay home, cook, clean, and take care of the children, while the father comes home from work tired and gets to relax. I realized that we still need to fix main problems that still exist from when women first started fighting for their rights.

> . This picture is showing how its hard for women to get to the top of a corporation. The ladder shows that virtually no women can ever reach the top because there ladder is to short, and it shows that only men can rule the jobs.Thompson, Robert. "Corporate Ladders for Men and Women." Cartoon. CSL CartoonStock. 06 Oct. 2008 .
 * [[image:feminism.gif]]This picture how women of America __found__ their power which is the hammer. They should call it the Feminist Age. CITATION: Cartoon. __www.swingingfromthevine.com__. 9 Oct. 2008
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 * This picture represented the millions of women that worked in the work force during World War II.They took over the mens jobs as they went to fight the war. Many women wound up in manufacturing plants to create munitions and materials. This Cartoon helps show that women were tough enough to help out in a time of need. Miller, Howard J. "We Can Do It!" Cartoon. __Rosie The Riveter__. 1 Nov. 2007. The Learning Resource Center at the County College of Morris. 7 Oct. 2008 < http://archive.ccm.edu/rosie/ >.
 * This [|cartoon] portrays how women are still looked at as something to use; this case is most prevalent wh
 * This cartoon shows the unfair treatment we still see today between men and women. Women are still not treated the same, especially with a wage gap. Bennet, Clay. "Wage Gap." Cartoon. __Clay Bennet__. 6 Oct. 2008

Nicholson, Peter. "Great Wall of Feminism." Cartoon. __Nicholson__. 2 Sept. 1995. 7 Oct. 2008 .
 * This is a [|cartoon] that shows how the feminists are taking for granted what they already have and how other people in the world have it much harder. The two different cultures are separated by a large wall and that the feminists should take a look over the wall to better appreciate what they have.

M.K. "Parliament Seats." Cartoon. Oct. 2008 
 * This is a cartoon showing how women were, and perhaps are still, at the bottom of society. "Beti" does not get to "eat" because all of her brothers, males, got to "eat" before she could. This relates to how women are not treated fairly in society.


 * A League Of Their Own Clip showing what was to happen to the female ball players after the men returned from the war. media type="youtube" key="A1cIYOq9FnU&hl=en&fs=1" height="344" width="425"


 * Another League of Their Own clip that proves my opinion that women were/still are seen as nothing but sex symbols and pretty faces. media type="youtube" key="x9pQQu5oN5c&hl=en&fs=1" height="344" width="425"


 * Socratic Seminar Questions**


 * What are examples from the short story that show the oppression women traditionally faced (face)?
 * What is the 'rest' cure and how does that show male dominance in a society?
 * How does the woman change her mood in day compared to night?
 * How have attitudes towards woman changed in our contemporary lives?
 * How has the changing of women's clothing helped advance women's progress? Let's discuss Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin.
 * How do advertisements affect the progress of women today? We will use your comments and links in the discussion section.
 * What are some interesting links you have found on our class wiki and how do they add to your understanding of feminism
 * How did things change between the writing of The Yellow Wallpaper and the writing of The Feminine Mystique? Use the story and the chapter to prove your ideas.
 * Having some of the 'feminine' magazines linked to on my delicious page, how do you think they work to promote the individual woman?
 * Would a woman in The Whitehouse bring a more modernist perspective? Would a woman in The Whitehouse bring a more moralistic approach to politics (as was believed in the movie when President Wilson said giving women the right to vote would bring morals back)? In the Harper's Bazaar article on our schoolwires page, it reads, "The natural aim of women is towards the best good of the community and to secure the highest social conditions." Speaking from a contemporary mindset - how you do you read that statement?
 * What are the next battles for the right to vote? Do you see the country giving that right soon to those individuals?
 * In the movie, our own country (poiticians, jails, judges, etc.) was portrayed as being brutal and even torturous to its own citizens. Were you surprised by that at all? Why or why not?
 * What was meant when women were called, "social housekeepers"? Is that still the case today? Would Oprah fit that identity?