GWSS 200 Final: Critical Readings – Flashcards
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claiming and Education
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Adrienne Rich we musn't receive our education, we must claim it demand to be taken seriously as a student
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Feminine Politics: Where We Stand
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Bell Hooks feminism is a movement to end sexixsm, sexist exploitation and sexual oppression misunderstanding of feminism race wasn't always talked about within the feminist circle, therefore the sisterhood become non universal revolutionary, reformist, lifestyle feminism comes into play
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Still Needing the F Word
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Anna Quindlen FEMINISM! —> belief in social, political, and economic equality of the sexes postfeminist era? think again- this isn't over
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White Privilege and Male Privilege"
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McIntosh skin based "White privilege" PRIVILEGE—> power to create or become a social norm , ability to ignore the result of that power principle based on exclusion for the purpose of control privilege exists to help some at the expense of others women face pressure to conform to men without the benefits of privilege
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The Lowest difficulty setting
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Scalzi easy to play game at the lowest difficulty setting other people know your setting is low, you're more likely to get help
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"Our Grandmothers"
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Angelou patriarchy dominates the world black women transcend time in the US—> mother of slaves
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Levels of Racism: Theoretical Framework and Gardeners Tale
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Jones differing levels of racism: Institutionalized (social and cultural inequality created through a history of biased treatment justified by BIOLOGICAL differenced), Personally Mediated (interpersonal manifestation of systemic inequality), internalized (conrform personally and perceive as true
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How to be a Feminist
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Sarkeesian being a woman doesn't make you a feminist systems of oppression are self- perpetuating "choice" feminism assumes individual womens choices aww feminist choices are amenable to the patriarchy feel-good personal empowerment is not feminism
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Towards a New Vision"
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Collins a methodology for analyses across race, gender, and class binary logic of oppression —; "either" "or" language IT IS NO LONGER A SPECTRUM "both/ and" logic required for intersectional approach "race, class, gender function as a parallel interlocking systems" opression at institutional, symbolic, and individual levels: recommended that we recognize difference in power, make a common future, be empathetic instead of voyeuristic (wqatch passively @ the less privileged)
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"There is no Hierarchy of Oppression"
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membership of various different subcategories of humanism —; black, lesbian, female due to this intersectionality, each group is connected, and therefor none is greater than the other
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Feminist Men
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Hurt feminism cannot exclude a group because it would be hypocritical to fight for a sections rights without the intentions of inclusion "men silence females when they belittle them"
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Age Race Class Sex: Women Redefining Difference"
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Lorde we live in an incredibly linear society with and INSTITUTIONALIZED rejection of difference "mythical norm" of young, male, white, thin with WHITE women focusing on WOMEN and not all the other aspects of feminism—> ignore the innate privilege of whiteness forced to "pluck out one part of myself and present it as a meaningful whole" "not the differences between us, rather our refusal to recognize those differences"
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Intersectionality
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May calls for analytic methods, modes of political action, and ways of thinking about personas, rights, and liberation informed by a multiplicity consider: lived experience, politics of location, "both and thinking", no homogenous thinking, challenging false universals, exploring implications of privilege, identify liberation strategies
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Social Construction of Gender
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Lorber "men and women are unequal due to social norms' bred into genes and displayed through social behavior sex assigned at birth and gender imposed by culture
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Social Construction of Disabilities
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Wendell exclusion of those who are non normal in their functions
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Unraveling Hardwiring
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Fine environment, behavior, and thinking can all change what genes are expressed
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Trans indentities and Contigent Masculinities"
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Blackwood transnational focuses; non anglocentric "subjects are imbedded in multiple relations" masculinity and being a boy depends on social interaction and home life
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Wrestling With Gender"
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Brake Boys faith vs girl wanting equal wrestling opportunity and how the media perceived it
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Cisgender Privilege
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Taylor essentially, people whos sexuality lines up with their assigned gender have it very easy.
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Openning Pandora's Box
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Yeskel bridge the divide by opening conversation systematic affects of a society separated by class classist ideology—; those who don't move up the ladder lack motivation, rather than understand their limitations men equate self worth to what they produce while women remain unpaid for doing the same jobs consumer driven society perpetuates this societal mindset
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"Bodies and Bathrooms"
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Frosch topic of gender neutral bathrooms Trangender Legal Defense and Educational Fund—> protests regarding preferential treatment (use the bathroom you ID with or a gender neutral bathroom)
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What we Do for Love
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Weitz connected with race, class, and sex site of empowerment of source of violence argues that hair norms exist and they are pervasive —> prospect for male approval
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Hold That Nose
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Jarvis while feminine beauty is "typical" and achievable through plastic surgery biological essentialism evident here due to norming some female images while bothering deviants
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prosthetic Power
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" Mullins "don't stare at her legs" "super ability replaces disability" but we cant all be architects of our own IDs
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Ethnicity and Body Consciousness"
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Greenwood white, skinny is normed—; black women tend to conform less to this norm however usually instilled through media representation only perpetuated by availability of body morphing
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"If the Clothes Fit"
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Phram body policing: retail size constrictions that lead to sizeism—; which is differential across age, race, class "fat" is desexualized in the media, often comic relief+ encouraged by capitalism "Power Dressing" corporate promotion tactic whereby women dress more masculine to be taken seriously
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"Thinking About Shakespeare's Sister"
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Woolf systemic oppression block appearance of female genius challenges merit based on social analyses to picture social structures not allowed her to write
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"Enlightened Sexism"
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Douglas there is a large gap between how the general female population chooses to represent their sexuality and how it is perceived in the magazine like Cosmo we still do not live in a postfeminist reality, while much of media says we have made it enlightened sexism is a manufacturing process that is produced week in and out by the media. It is feminist in its outward appearance, but sexist in its intent
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"Vampires and Vixens"
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Happel through popular culture that people learn about themselves we are conditioned to believe certain norms based on pop culture sexualized violence within Twilight teaches society that it is acceptable to behave this way
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Beyonce, feminist Icon?
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" Weiner perpetuation of the post feminist idea—> that the revolution is over media representation and social actualities differ for feminism whats wrong with the fantasies of female power? Because it is lifestyle feminism, and represent the feminine europa through an androcentric lense
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"Cult of Virginity"
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Valenti "women celebrated for remaining pure = "purity myth" abstenance movement focuses on concept of virginity which shows sexist oppression virginity as gendered construct supplying worth in terms of what our bodies can do for men economic power ties virginity to marriageability essentially virgins are valuable breeding stocks women become shamed for selfish sex
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"Dismantling Hierarchy and Queering Society"
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mith address how heteropatriarchy (the way out society is based on male dominance) structures white supremacy, capitalism, and settler colonialism assumption that the traditional heterosexual family is the building block of society this patriarchy in the family and in politics rests on the foundation of a binary logic oriented culture regardless of sexual/ gender ID one can become make as inherently perverse and hence unworthy of social concern (prisoners, terrorists) queer politics offer both politics and a method for furthering social transformation politics in the patriarchy of the nation and method that organizes the critique of "normal"
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"New Orientations: Asexuality"
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Cerankowski constructs asexuality as a separate sexual orientation sexuality is tied to love, intimacy and even adulthood
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"Some Like Indians Endure"
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Allen likens Native American plight of being kicked off their own land to that of homosexual populations talks a lot about how both groups have been subject to structural oppression and kicked out of homes, and refused basic human rights in some cases
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"A World of Difference"
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Rupp across different cultures, there are different constraints on showing sexuality people cross dressing in order to marry each other in the public eye
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Queering Black Female Heterosexuality
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Springer black women sexuality in all facets of life in criminalized in a slave society- black women were present as the Mammi—; desexualized now she is a Jezebel, over sexualized especially in the music industry and media we must reform our use of language but also about listening
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Martin, Emily. "The Egg and the Sperm: How Science has Constructed a Romance Based on Stereotypical Male-Female Roles."
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Female cycle = productive, menstruation = failure · Egg is feminine and passive while sperm is masculine and active - In-Class videos on sperm
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Our Grandmothers
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angelou ." · Poem à "she stands before the abortion clinic, confounded by the lack of choices" - Who is she? What choices does she face? Why are they lacking? · Intersectionality and women around the world
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"From Rights to Justice."
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Luna, Z. · Sistersong à The law is not enough to guarantee reproductive justice. Civil rights alone will not guarantee access to human rights.
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M. et al. "Freedom to Choose? Three Essays on Abortion Rights"
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Koerth-Baker, · Koerth-Baker, The Only Good Abortion is My Abortion: Her fetus is going to die; having an abortion would get the miscarriage over quickly. · Ginty, Treatment Denied: Woman's amniotic sac tore; because her doctor detected a heartbeat, and the hospital had recently merged with a church, he could not help her complete her miscarriage. · Joyce, The Anti-Abortion Clinic Across the Street: crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) and how they use deceptive tactics to convince women to not have abortions
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'Marriage and Love." ·
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Goldman, E. Marriage is primarily an economic arrangement. · Goldman is completely against marriage - "makes a parasite of women, an absolute dependent."
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"Who Wants to Marry a Feminist?"
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Miya-Jervis, L. · Ability and necessity to form a new vision of marriage as a feminist act · To reject marriage simply because of its history is to give in to that history
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"Family Way."
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Warner, J. · The state does not support American motherhood through multiple focus. · The US is the only country in the advanced industrialized world not to offer any guaranteed paid leave for newborn care and where paid sick days aren't required by law.
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"Marriage Equality"
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65 Bilger · Bilger, Marriage Equality Is a Feminist Issue: Gay marriage productively queers heterosexual marriage by presenting a revolutionary picture of marriage under law as a union of equals. · D'Addario, The Wrong Fight: marriage equality is not a solution to all the LGBT communities' problems; it may make things worse. · Vijayakumar, Marriage Equality and Beyond: intersectional analysis in Indian contexts shows persistent oppression based on race and gender and sexualities; marriage equality will not alleviate these concerns.
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"Singled Out."
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66 Harris, T. W. · Incredible cultural pressure on marriage (particularly for black women) results in dystopic cultural power structures.
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. "Constitutional Argument" ·
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Anthony, S.B Susan B. Anthony voted illegally in a presidential election -"I not only committed no crime, but instead simply exercised my citizen's rights."
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The Feminist Factor"
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Smeal, E. " · The measurable distance between the voting behavior and political attitudes of women and men - full equality and full respect is needed within the state.
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"Looking Beyond the Wall"
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Neustadt, R. · Students take a trip to experience immigrants and border control between the US and Mexico - Are you a person in the eyes of the state?
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"Delinquent Girls"
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Hugmeyer, A.D. · According to Hugmeyer, the current US criminal justice system has a greater negative effect on girls than boys.
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"First Morning in Exile"
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Djajic-Horváth, A. · Women at passport check-in - she is questioned because of her race and seen as less than human.
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"Being Poor." (
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Scalzi, J. · Poem that talks about how being poor has much more to it than people who are not in that position understand.
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"Structural Violence." PDF.
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Mazurana and McKay, · Forms of gendered violence: sexual assault, domestic abuse or battering, and incest.
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Duluth Wheel and Chart (link) (link)
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Duluth Wheel and Chart (link) (link) · Power and control wheel and chart - emotional abuse, intimidation, male privelage, isolation, etc.
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"Sex Trafficking in the U.S."
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Chinapen, R. · Trying to figure out how to abolish sex trafficking and how serious a problem it really is in the US.
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"How Some Men Harass Women Online and What Other Men Can Do to Stop It"
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Atherton-Zeman, B. · Literally what the title says... how men are rude online and hide behind screens but also how other men can help.
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"Betrayed by the Angel"
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Davis, D.A. · The transformation of a girl who used to yearn for compliments from men, reread Woolf's Angel in the House, and came to realize that that's not all that matters in the world.
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"Lisa's Ritual, Age 10"
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Bridges, G.C. · Poem about a girl who is sexually abused by her father
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"Anti-LGBTQ Violence"
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Hobday, T. et al. · Hobday, Anti-LGBT Violence Spreads Throughout Russian Regians: Homophobia in Russian regions is growing stronger and more violent. · Signorile, Equality's Brutal Backlash: Getting laws passed is the easy part, there is still violence and uncertainty when it comes to LGBT peoples. · Gillette, Violence Against Transgender Women in Latin America: high percentage of transgender women in sex work directly relates to high incidence of HIV among that population.
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"Thanksgiving is a Story of Survival."
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Alexie, S. (link) · Interview with Sherman Alexie on Thanksgiving with the family.
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Tough Guise.
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· I honestly don't know... but I think I'm gonna watch it this weekend!
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"Will Marriage Equality Lead to Equal Sharing of Housework?"
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Heath, T. · Marriage has changed from a utilitarian model to an egalitarian life journey with a partner. Gay marriage undermines the cultural norm of gender division of labor.
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The Triumph of the Working Mother"
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Coontz, S. " · We need to start implementing the social policies and working conditions that will allow families to take full advantage of the benefits of women's employment.
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"A Brief History of Working Women"
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Hesse-Biber, S. and G. L. Carter. · Working women of all race and classes and their different levels of oppression.
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"Maid to Order"
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Ehrenreich, B. · The Politics of Other Women's Work: how women who hire maids treat them as lower beings because they are working for you - Invisible work.
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China Blue.
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· She said that we never watched this in class so idk if we have to know it.
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"Fundamentalism and the Control of Women"
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Karen McCarthy Brown, · Fundamentalism in the Pro-Life / Pro-Choice debate - fundamentalists must limit their religions' responsiveness to its social environment.
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"Women's Rights and Religon"
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Joy, M. · In religion, women are still seen as inferior, are excluded from participation and leadership, and have strict regulations of sexual expression. But there is still a sense of connection and self-worth.
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"Standing Again at Sinai"
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Plaskow, "Standing Again at Sinai" · Plaskow is engaged in the reinterpretation and reconstruction of women in the Torah.
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"The Prophet's Daughters"
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An Interview with Syafa Almirzanah, · Women in the Qur'an, women's positions in the Muslim world, and issues between Christian and Muslim Women.
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"Feminist Questions of Christianity"
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Riswold, C.D. · Why should feminists care about Christianity? How has Christianity been a problem for women? Has Christianity been oppressive based on gender?
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"The Non-Religious Patriarchy"
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Miller, A. F. · Idea that a male God ruled over men who ruled over women, race and gender in the atheist movement, how to move forward.
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"A Day without Feminism."
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Baumgardner, J. and Richards, A. · We still need feminism in our everyday life, even if some of the issues like suffrage have been won.
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"To Love Again: The Heart of Feminism." (PDF)
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hooks, b. · How it is so hard to picture a world where love is the go-to feeling, and how it is so easy to picture a world full of hate and despair.
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"We Should All Be Feminists."
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Chimanande Ngochi Adichie, · Feminism has a bad rep, but it is necessary throughout the world and has been present throughout history without people even knowing what feminism itself meant.
