This blog, which is advertised by the author as advice she wishes she had received as a young woman is a little crazy, however, it does bring up some issues we already discussed in class. She falls into some of the stereotypes we mentioned being brought up in interviews for our “F” word papers. Basically she sums up being a woman as them only having two choices of how they will be or be perceived by the rest of the world (men in particular). She says we get to be the bitch or the victim. And she also breaks up her rant about life as a woman a few times to comfort any female reader who may be feeling irritated or depressed from the information the author is providing as perfectly fine and that yes, it is true, and no its not going to get any better. Her answer to all of this is that women should take every opportunity they have to absolutely humiliate (the more public the better) any man who makes them feel unequal. I think this blog demonstrates how alive and well feminism is today and where some of those unfortunate stereotypes we discussed in class come from… I know she has help but the author is doing a really great job perpetuating the negative connotations that tag along with feminism all by herself. Please read it.
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A bitch or a victim. This reminds me of the explanation for why ghetto culture in the media is so violent: you need to get fear to get respect. My mom's in high tech sales and she agrees most women are bitches. She does her best to defy this stereotype. Also the definition of "bitch" would be interesting to investigate in this scenario. Do they mean strong and assertive? Typically male traits? Then bring on the bitchiness. If it's curt and arrogant, then it's unfortunate but maybe neccessary at least until we get somewhere.
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