I believe that I am feminist,even if I have never proclaimed it. I have had ideas of equality among gender as far back as I can remember. I am female and yet took part in many mainly male activities, such as, karate, playing paintball, and playing football varsity for two years. I've always believed that anything is possible if you put your mind to it, whether you are male or female doesn't really matter in the equation. According to the website that was put on the post as reference, I would classify myself as an Amazon Feminist . ~Brandy
I believe that I am a feminist. I agree with the views of feminism. Women should be able to earn the same amount of money as men, be accepted into any career and play any sport, without any negative feedback. Women shouldn't feel pressured in looking a certain way or acting a certain way. I believe everyone is her/his own individual and should do what they are comfortable doing, regardless of our society views of male and female roles.
I too believe I am a feminist. I think it is due to my background. I come from Mexico and many of my uncles would make it clear that even though the wives did everything it was never an equal relationship. The husband was superior and there was no questioning it. This made me very angry. When we would visit if they tried something like that on me I would refuse to comply, this even at an age of 11 I new it was not right. I have 3 daughters and am trying very hard to let them know girls can do anything a boy can sometimes better. People have already labeled my daughters and they are all under the age of 9. I still correct those people and tell them no my daughter is not a tomboy, sometimes it's negative sometimes positive but why can't it be tomgirl. We don't hear a boy being named a tomgirl if he climbs up a tree. My daughters will have the confidence they deserve it is my job as a mom and I refuse to fail.
Well after only doing a few readings and looking over the different types of feminists categories I feel that maybe I fall into more than one. As a working mother of two I take pride in both sides of my life. My children are my number one priority in my life and I am fortunate to have a male boss that has the same priority. While I work with 5 men and only one female, directly, my days can be long and I am anxious to get home to see the kids. Some days I would love to stay home and others I love the interaction at work. Since I am in the computer field and this is a male dominated field there are some struggles. Mostly over coming the anal retentive, over protective, organized, time scheduling mother/wife part of my self. I have only had one guy that I work with make me feel discriminated against as a female. that I am not equally as knowledgable on the same things as he is. Is it his religion, upbringing or is it just him, maybe this class with help me understand. But as I read the categories of feminist as I said I fall in to a couple. I earn more than my husband, is that bad? we don't think so. I was a full-time working nursing mother, did my children suffer? a coworker of mine believed so. I could go on but my point is that I found it interesting that there are categories yet i fell into many. hopefully i will better understand my self and others from this class. Do I feel like I am a feminist, no. Do I feel people are people regardless of gender, yes. male or female, everyone has strengths and weaknesses. finding the balance is the hard part.
I wouldn't say that I am 100% a feminist but I would say that I want people to realize that women are just as capable of doing things that men do and doing them right. I want people to stop critizing people for standing up for what they believe. I also would like it not to matter what gender you are but how you present your self that matters. So no I may not be 100% a feminist but who's not to say that there is a little feminist in us all.
I believe that I am a feminist to some degree. I believe that women should earn the same amount of money as men and be treated as equals to men. I would have to say that I am a moderate feminist. I have never had to experience discrimination based on my sex first hand and because of that I don't feel a strong need to continue the effort myself. However, I do not find feminism "embarrassing" and I do support feminists and most efforts they make for further equality.
I never knew the real meaning of being a feminist. I thought that since I was a female that I was already classified as one. But now knowing the meaning, I can truly say that I am a feminist. I have always argued about how the world should be made equality for both men and woman. We should have equal pay, and the same jobs that are available for men, should be available for woman. Growing up I was always involved in male sports. I play football, baseball, racing cars at the age of 16, working on trucks and cars and other things. I played some girl sports, but I had more fun with males. Growing up with my brother's had a lot to do with it. we are all different. It wouldn't be nice to love in a place where everyone and evrything is the same!
After finishing graduate school two years ago, I feel I am a feminist more than ever before, certainly more than before I even started grad school. Yes, my male advisor made me realize that women in science are still not considered equal to men, definitely not smarter than men (though he admited to some exceptions). Now after reading the definitions of kinds of feminisms, I am not so sure. If asked, I would probably classify myself as a cultural and amazon feminist but with some reservations to either.
I don't think I'm a feminist. I know I'm not an amazon feminist. I run competive runs along with men and women of all ages. The awards are always categorized by sex, then age groups. An organizer of a debut fund raiser run event, didn't think to seperate the runners into seperate male/female categories. Needless to say, there were no female winners. That I though was unfair. So I know I'm more for balance of fairness. I don't like to use the word superior, but men are called to be the headship ( I know it's definition is the same). The problem I have is;if you give the man the superior role, they tend to abuse the power. If you give them the role of headship, they tend to view it more as a position of responsibility. We are all equal when it comes to human worth and dignity.
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I believe that I am feminist,even if I have never proclaimed it. I have had ideas of equality among gender as far back as I can remember. I am female and yet took part in many mainly male activities, such as, karate, playing paintball, and playing football varsity for two years. I've always believed that anything is possible if you put your mind to it, whether you are male or female doesn't really matter in the equation. According to the website that was put on the post as reference, I would classify myself as an Amazon Feminist .
~Brandy
I believe that I am a feminist. I agree with the views of feminism. Women should be able to earn the same amount of money as men, be accepted into any career and play any sport, without any negative feedback. Women shouldn't feel pressured in looking a certain way or acting a certain way. I believe everyone is her/his own individual and should do what they are comfortable doing, regardless of our society views of male and female roles.
I too believe I am a feminist. I think it is due to my background. I come from Mexico and many of my uncles would make it clear that even though the wives did everything it was never an equal relationship. The husband was superior and there was no questioning it. This made me very angry. When we would visit if they tried something like that on me I would refuse to comply, this even at an age of 11 I new it was not right. I have 3 daughters and am trying very hard to let them know girls can do anything a boy can sometimes better. People have already labeled my daughters and they are all under the age of 9. I still correct those people and tell them no my daughter is not a tomboy, sometimes it's negative sometimes positive but why can't it be tomgirl. We don't hear a boy being named a tomgirl if he climbs up a tree. My daughters will have the confidence they deserve it is my job as a mom and I refuse to fail.
Well after only doing a few readings and looking over the different types of feminists categories I feel that maybe I fall into more than one. As a working mother of two I take pride in both sides of my life. My children are my number one priority in my life and I am fortunate to have a male boss that has the same priority. While I work with 5 men and only one female, directly, my days can be long and I am anxious to get home to see the kids. Some days I would love to stay home and others I love the interaction at work. Since I am in the computer field and this is a male dominated field there are some struggles. Mostly over coming the anal retentive, over protective, organized, time scheduling mother/wife part of my self. I have only had one guy that I work with make me feel discriminated against as a female. that I am not equally as knowledgable on the same things as he is. Is it his religion, upbringing or is it just him, maybe this class with help me understand. But as I read the categories of feminist as I said I fall in to a couple. I earn more than my husband, is that bad? we don't think so. I was a full-time working nursing mother, did my children suffer? a coworker of mine believed so. I could go on but my point is that I found it interesting that there are categories yet i fell into many. hopefully i will better understand my self and others from this class. Do I feel like I am a feminist, no. Do I feel people are people regardless of gender, yes. male or female, everyone has strengths and weaknesses. finding the balance is the hard part.
I wouldn't say that I am 100% a feminist but I would say that I want people to realize that women are just as capable of doing things that men do and doing them right. I want people to stop critizing people for standing up for what they believe. I also would like it not to matter what gender you are but how you present your self that matters. So no I may not be 100% a feminist but who's not to say that there is a little feminist in us all.
I believe that I am a feminist to some degree. I believe that women should earn the same amount of money as men and be treated as equals to men. I would have to say that I am a moderate feminist. I have never had to experience discrimination based on my sex first hand and because of that I don't feel a strong need to continue the effort myself. However, I do not find feminism "embarrassing" and I do support feminists and most efforts they make for further equality.
I never knew the real meaning of being a feminist. I thought that since I was a female that I was already classified as one. But now knowing the meaning, I can truly say that I am a feminist. I have always argued about how the world should be made equality for both men and woman. We should have equal pay, and the same jobs that are available for men, should be available for woman. Growing up I was always involved in male sports. I play football, baseball, racing cars at the age of 16, working on trucks and cars and other things. I played some girl sports, but I had more fun with males. Growing up with my brother's had a lot to do with it. we are all different. It wouldn't be nice to love in a place where everyone and evrything is the same!
After finishing graduate school two years ago, I feel I am a feminist more than ever before, certainly more than before I even started grad school. Yes, my male advisor made me realize that women in science are still not considered equal to men, definitely not smarter than men (though he admited to some exceptions). Now after reading the definitions of kinds of feminisms, I am not so sure. If asked, I would probably classify myself as a cultural and amazon feminist but with some reservations to either.
I don't think I'm a feminist. I know I'm not an amazon feminist. I run competive runs along with men and women of all ages. The awards are always categorized by sex, then age groups. An organizer of a debut fund raiser run event, didn't think to seperate the runners into seperate male/female categories. Needless to say, there were no female winners. That I though was unfair. So I know I'm more for balance of fairness.
I don't like to use the word superior, but men are called to be the headship ( I know it's definition is the same). The problem I have is;if you give the man the superior role, they tend to abuse the power. If you give them the role of headship, they tend to view it more as a position of responsibility. We are all equal when it comes to human worth and dignity.
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