Through her book, Full Frontal Feminism, Jessica Valenti emphasizes the problems that modern day feminism needs to take work on fixing. Valenti identifies the problems in the lives of the women of today (feminists included). One of the biggest problems with feminism, Valenti says, is its inability to get and keep younger women interested. Even when younger women get into feminism seriously, they ususally aren't given high status, which results in a lack of interest. This happens because the older generation of feminists hold on to their positions. Valenti connotes that a majority of the hindurances to feminism and the equal treatment of women are now done in such a mundane way, that it coud go unnoticed easily if younger women don't take notice.
Tone: authoratative, colloquial, enthusiastc, matter of fact,
Discussion Questions:
1) Shouldn't at least some of the blame for the problems with young women fall on the women themselves?
2) Is the engagement ring (they have them for men, by the way) really a symbol of ownership?
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Question 1: No, I don't think women should be blamed for other woman's decisions, everyone has a choice to make their own decisions and if they're making a mistake, they'll learn from it.
ReplyDeleteQuestion 2: Yes, I think it's a symbol of ownership, but if you ever were to lose the ring, love should still be what's more important in a relationship.
Questions 1
ReplyDeleteAs individuals we all have a right to decide on ourselves. And even though we might make mistakes throughout the time we learn. It's what makes us human.
Question 2
No, I dont think a ring could be a symbol of ownership. Beacuse than wouldnt there be less numbers of men cheating. I believe a ring or any object shouldn't be place as a reminder. The love that is shared between the couple should speak volumes.
Question1: I think that the blame should not be on all women but it should be on the women who make the dicisions to make those mistakes.
ReplyDeleteQuestion2: I dont think that engagement rings are a symbole of ownership i think they are just a symbol of the fact that a man loves that women enough that he has decided to spend the rest of his life with her.