I just wanted to speak my mind about one of the ideas that I’m
struggling with coming to terms with. It goes back to one of the first days of
class when we started talking about gender bias to children. We talked about
how we give little girls pink toys and dolls and stuff and boys trucks and
stuff. We said that this from the very beginning is basically telling a girl
she has to grow up and be a mom, and I just have to disagree with that. As a
little girl, I loved to get outfits for my dolls and dress them up and play
games, like play out real life situations. I can recall pretending with my
sister that we were teenagers and playing with them. That bring me to my point
that there is a FINE line in my head between equality and not equality. I feel
like some of the feminist ideas want us to be more like men and I think that’s wrong.
I think that women should celebrate the fact that we are unique. I think that
its important for us to dress a certain way to make ourselves happy whether its
sneakers or heals. I for one enjoy dressing up and putting makeup on because I think
it makes me look good. I just am having a hard time, because I feel like in a
way feminists instead of working for equal respect between the two gender kind
of want each gender to be the same. I hope this is making sense. I guess what I’m
saying is it’s a blessing that we are all different, and If I want to grow up
and raise my kids and dress up pretty that my own choice. If I want to have a
career that my own choice. But I feel like instead of making it so that women
and men are alike we should work to maintain the differences, but STRIVE for
equality in treatment, pay, and rights. That’s what’s important.
I completely agree. I think people sometimes are confused on what feminism is trying to accomplish its not always about women getting treated the way men are. YES! I TOTES AGREE!
ReplyDeleteIn my eyes the real goal of feminism is equal opportunity which is often perceived differently. Feminism doesn't want little girls to stop playing with dolls and to start playing with Tonka trucks, it instead wants little girls who would rather play with Tonka trucks to have that right or opportunity without being judged. The whole idea of equal rights is that no one has opinions or lifestyles forced upon them, rather that they have the ability to choose the lifestyle they want. As feminists fight for the right to do 'manly' or 'boyish' things without judgement, people often lose sight of the fact that they merely want all women to have that opportunity, not that they want all women to start taking advantage of and utilizing every opportunity or right that they have.
ReplyDeleteI think the point of feminism is that people should have the choice to express their gender whichever way they want, having that choice is the important part. Also, I think feminism emphasizes that no one should face discrimination based on how they should to identify and express their gender.
ReplyDeleteI also think that equality is the mean issue.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a good point, and i have been struggling with this idea some too. However, feminists aren't saying that being different is bad they are just saying that it is okay if women don't want to be different.
ReplyDeleteFor me I think that part of the issue is that toys for girls never emphasize any career path other than homemaker. I myself too enjoyed playing with dolls and dressing up, but it would have been nice to have toys that were geared toward girls that promoted career paths such as engineering, etc. I think that their needs to be a shift in the types of toys that are marketed towards girls.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I understand what your saying and I'm happy we have a class where we can say our reservations with the idea of feminism without judgement. I also loved dolls etc. when growing up, and I dont want to see that go away, I just feel like the choice for children to not express themselves however they want is kind of real. For instance, when I was younger I loved dolls, but I remember one year I asked for a skateboard for christmas, then quickly told my parents I was joking because of how much my sisters made fun of me for being a "tom boy" or boyish. Also, I remember the concern my friends family felt when her younger brother enjoyed playing dolls with his sisters. Its just kind of funny and something to consider, especially the lack of career encouragment in girls toys.
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