By Lisa Maria Hogeland
The author, Lisa Maria Hogeland, argues that young women today have been affected by feminism. She says that the idea instills fear into their minds, which I will completely agree with. I could definitely see what she was getting at. Hogeland talked about how suggesting feminism to young women can be a lot to ask of them. She goes on to say that young women may be a afraid of being feminists because they will be judged and called names. But she also explains that being a feminist takes work. You will be mocked but you must persevere. Her point is to encourage feminism but to also tell the younger generation that the work of feminism is for the greater good.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-JcBFAuLc-0U2hwWUZlcGhTc1U/view
Hogeland article had a great message under it. She let her readers know that people fear being mocked for what they believe in. For example, younger girls are scared to be a feminist because of homophobia. This is true, but think about the big picture too. People are scared to be what they want to be because of others being jerks.
The younger generation people who are afraid need to know that there are people out there, actually a lot of people who will support them 100%. Don't worry about that hand full of people that think they're right. Be who you want to be, and don't let anyone change your mind.
Hi Kyle, I extremely agree with what you said about women and young women being scared of being their selves just because they are afraid of getting judged. I believe people shouldn't judge anyone just because no one is perfect. Everyone is different and everyone should fight to be respected. Fear is a something that has effected many young women but I believe that with time they will learn that fear will not fix anything.
ReplyDeleteThe point in the article when Hogeland mentions the connection between homophobia and fear of feminism really did gave me goosebumps so I'm glad that you mentioned that in your post. It's true. Society makes women believe that only lesbians can be feminists. That is such a stupid stereotype. Women, straight, gay, transgender, bisexual, ANY woman, can be a feminist.
ReplyDeleteBlog was really well done. Society as a whole puts un-needed stresses on many different people and young women are just an example. I think the article was good and I enjoyed reading what you had to say. No one should fear being themselves.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your point about being afraid of judgment, I think that also goes along with being afraid to scare the men away.
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