Saturday, December 13, 2008

Journal Entry #8

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  • Advocating for education took place during 1790 by Judith Sargent Steve.
  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton supported the women rights movement and even published a book which criticized the role defined for women.
  • Even in 2000, the Second Feminist Expo was held in Baltimore, Maryland.
  • There are many different types of feminism such "Cultural Feminist" who celebrate women differences from men.
  • Men can too be feminists!
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  • What makes a person become a feminist?
  • How were feminists treated before women had rights?
  • What happened if a women married a women?
  • If a women becomes a feminist, how do they know what type of feminist they are?
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  • Exploitation (164): use for profit
  • Patriarchy (168): a society, community based on social organization
  • Pragmatic (168): treating historical people with special reference to their causes
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  • "Feminists come in all shapes and sizes, all races, creeds, and colors" (161). Personification.
  • "Opportunities that are the result of the efforts of women and men who have lived before them" (166). Person vs. Society.
  • "Women are still the most universal and direct victims of our patriarchy" (167). Women vs. Society.
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  • Even though women fought to own their rights and freedom from men there were some men that helped them move on, too.

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