Summary Of 'Who Is Feminist Now?'

The most prevalent and popular stereotype of the post World war II era in America is one filled with women abandoning their wartimes jobs and retreating into the home to fulfill their womanly duties. In Joanne Meyerowitz’s Beyond the Feminine Mystique: A reassessment of Postwar Mass Culture, she shows how far women departed from this one dimensional image. While Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique is reflexive and focused on the mainstream, Meyerowitz’s analysis is a broader and more inclusive exploration of media, as she draws upon multiple sources. Although Friedan effectively unveiled the thought process and reasoning behind society's belief that the message of media was to make women think that their place was to be the happy housewife, Meyerowitz expanded her media archives and found a differing message in analyzing both female responses to media and exploring their stories.

From reading the summary on “Why We Still Need Feminism”, the writer used the guidelines for writing summaries but missed a few key components. The writer cited the author and title of the text but rarely used any direct quotes or paraphrasing. The summary was more objective but the writer did put their personal opinion in some areas of the summary but overall, the writer conveyed what the author was trying to express in a very factual way. The writer does use author tags throughout the summary, for example, by saying “Cavanaugh asserts” or “Casey Cavanaugh argues”. It is very clear in the summary that the writer is giving the author the credit deserved. My interpretation of the summary was interested. I was very keen to read how the writer

In “Who Is a Feminist Now?” , Marisa Meltzer explains how most women view the term feminist. Meltzer used examples from well known actresses to develop a picture as to how feminism is viewed in society. Based off of this article I have gained a greater insight as to how feminism is viewed by others and myself. In Meltzer’s article she claims there two main problems with the term feminism, “celebrities do not know what the core values and goals of feminism are “and “cannot define the word properly”.

In his article, “Why Men Have a Problem with the Word ‘Feminism’”, author Martin Daubney explains how he doesn’t clearly like the word feminism. Though he believes in what the word stands for, equality and freedom of choice, irrespective of gender, sexuality or race, he is repulsed by the word feminists. This is because of how the word is perceived; the word feminism now tends to symbolize an aura of negativity. The reasons behind the negativity are the acts of the radical feminists. “All men are rapists”, that statement was supposedly said once but as is can’t be taken back it is all that the men tends to remember. What was supposed to be a positive message for the benefit of mankind became a word that gives people a personal bad attitude.

In “Who Is a Feminist Now?” Marissa Meltzer explores different female celebrities on their views of feminism. Meltzer starts off by asking Charlene Woodley’s , “whether or not she considers herself to be feminist.” To which she responded no , giving the reason that those who are feminist are taking the power away from the man. As the article progresses, Meltzer continues asking other female celebrities’ their opinion regarding whether or not they consider themselves to be feminist. As the article progresses Meltzer expresses her opinion on how different this generation is compared to those prior. Also stating that not all females see themselves as feminist due to the lack of knowledge regarding the topic. Meltzer continues by taking into

Today's feminist movement is in jeopardy of losing a following unless the woman at the forefront begin to identify with the fact that not every feminist is white, middle class, and cis-gendered. The modern idea of feminism has a fault in the way that its main idea seems to be fighting for equality of white women, this factor neglects every other woman in the world. This sets a double standard within the grouping of women as a whole just as women are fighting to abolish double standards set in place against sexes. This idea of white feminism simultaneously neglects the different problems of women of all demographics, while also grouping women together as a whole as if the struggles white women face are the same struggles all women face.

In the article Gender Role and Feminism Revisited: A Follow-Up Study, the authors, Elizabeth Suter and Paige Toller, are analyzing societies views on feminism. They first perform surveys, asking people if they would identify themselves as feminist. The results showing that only 16% of the woman and 3% of the men were willing to take on the label of feminist. These results led to the authors wondering what these people thought of feminism.

This event shows about a Ted Talk video of a woman called Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who talks about feminism and explains if people should be fairer in a world that men and women are truer to themselves. During the Ted Talk video, I was quite fascinating about the argument of women being called feminists for wearing unique clothes to look nice, but that's not all. When Adichie was called feminist for the first time she did not know what feminists is, so she searched up the word to see what it means. When she finally realize what the word meant she started to describe herself to be a “happy african feminist”, which is a joke for her. Also, Adichie mention about females show “respect” to males so that they can have a peaceful relationship, but for males they don’t show too much “respect” to females when the couple is married. In other words, feminist have the role to speak or protest on things that people decide on their

Feminists are people who fight for gender equality, not for women’s supremacy over men, but because the word “Feminist” comes from “Fem” or “Female”, people are too quick to assume. Female feminists are often seen as loud, angry women protesting on the

“I am so sick of being placed into a little box based upon people’s inability to think beyond stereotypes” (All Diva Media, 2009, p.9). Throughout the various waves of feminism, feminists everywhere have unintentionally accumulated a negative connotation for themselves. When a feminist is mentioned in conversation, some people tend to picture a man-hating, angry, lesbian with hairy legs who employs a sadistic attitude towards the rest of the world. While this might be true for a small percentage of the feminist population, feminism can benefit and support both genders, as it has for quite some time now. Activists have made great achievements starting in the 19th century, allowing women to become better integrated into society emotionally

Of the definitions of feminism presented in the readings/videos, the one that occurred most often was “Feminist: someone who believes in social, political, and economic equality of the sexes.” This definition came up in the TED talk by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. She states that this is the first definition of feminism she encountered, when she was told by her childhood friend that she was a feminist. This definition is also brought up in Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg. She presents statists regarding this definition. She says that when women are asked if they are feminists, 24% say that they are, but when they are presented with the definition, the percent jumps to 65%. She says that our success lies in understanding what we are for and against, and not applying labels to ourselves. This same concept is presented in the article by Andi Zeisler, “The VMAs Cemented Feminism as Beyoncé 's Brand. What Comes Next?” The article talks about Bjork, another musician, who states that she does not consider herself a feminist because, she said, “I think it would isolate me.” Actress Melissa Leo stated “as soon as we start labeling and categorizing ourselves and others, that’s going to shut down the world.”

By definition, feminism is “the social, political, and economic equality between the sexes.” When the first wave began, proclaiming oneself as a feminist was radical. However, people knew the real meaning at that time, that is, the actual definition. In the new wave of feminism, people have come to see this word as an ugly and undesirable title. The word itself has become skewed and twisted by the people who are against the movement, giving it a negative connotation. Instead of imagining a brave and courageous woman who is fighting for equal treatment for all women of the world, they see a man-hating, ugly, masculine, hysterical woman. Thinking this way, they falsely display women and criticize the movement and all involved. The media negatively affects society’s view of the feminist movement and harms the image of women in general.

In “Bad Feminist,” Roxane Gay deliberates on feminism and how it is categorized as there being “good” feminism, and “bad” feminism. Feminism as a whole is described by Gay as, “”women who don’t want to be treated like shit”” (169). The “good” feminism is described closely to essential feminism, a social constructs of what “defines” a feminist. Pop culture such as Twitter and Facebook reiterate this stereotype by hyping up these rude molds of how feminists are. The needs of dismantling gendered stereotypes is prominent, specifically for such a stereotype defined in essential feminism.

In 2015, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed women to half his federal cabinet positions. When asked to explain the gender parity, he gave a simple but sufficient answer: “Because it’s 2015” (Chartland, 2015). This response caused a media stir, a response that was both enlightening and frustrating. While Trudeau’s response pointed to the fact that gender parity should be an obvious goal, the question and the need for a response indicated that society still does not accept it as obvious. How can such deep sexism continue to exist in a supposedly enlightened and progressive country like Canada? How far has society actually progressed when it comes

No one was more surprised than long-time advocates of feminist thinking and practice to learn via mass media that a new high priestess of feminist movement was on the rise. Suddenly, as if by magic, mass media brought into public consciousness conversations about feminism, reframing the scope and politics through an