This article talks about...so i couldnt blog yesterday but i went back and looked at the article and it wasnt that bad. it talks about how educators around the country are working to develop a gender-fair curricula, they are offering self defense to young girls, sex ed classes to elementary students and setting up a class about sexual harassment.
When boys feel like they're being forced to admire a women they try to pick one that they think behaves sort of like a man. Thats what they can best relate too."
i find this quote very true because if boys tries to admire a girly girly he feels "gay" so by picking a girl that is more rough around the edges and likes the same things as him...it is a lot easier for him to admire that girl.
"If I told them I was interested in women’s history, they’d call me a fag. So I just take it and don’t talk about it."
Men are embarrassed about showing off women history because they wont feel mascatlent because they dont have the history men up there. plus most men dont know a lot about women history or their rights that they fought for. most men just research and learn about male history. men should study more on women and learn the about equality.
I can see that you didn't quite get into this one. Did our class discussion help you get a better sense of the claims Orenstein was making here?
ReplyDeleteI also found this article interesting and i like the quotes that you picked out.
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