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FacingHistoryReflection
April1,2015

FeminismPresentation

WehaventhadmanyFacingHistoryactivitiesthatIremembersofarintheyear.
Nonetheless,theFacingHistoryclasspresentedanewtopicthatisnotonlyimportant,but
misconceivedbyseveralindividuals:Feminism.Tostartoffthisdiscussion,eachadvisory
completedasilentchalktalkansweringquestions/statementsaboutFeminism.Myadvisory
receivedthequestionsaboutstereotypesamongmen,womenandfeminism.Afterwards,we
watchedseveralvideosaboutsomemisconceptionsoffeminism,someperspectivesofrandom
malesonthestreet,animpactfulvideoaboutgirlsovercomingstereotypes,andavideoabout
whyonepersonwasafeminist(whilealsotacklingallthestereotypesaddressedintheprevious
videosandnamingstatistics).Thisvideoswereanexcellentwaytoopentheeyesofstudentsat
Blackstone.Itrepresentshowsocietyseesfeministsandwomenassimplyanannoyance.Society
thinksfeministsareonlycomplainingaboutthingstheywantandhowtheyallhatemen.Society
hasthetendencytoshutoutpeoplewhodefythem.Feministsaredoingwhattheycantobe
heardandhaveequalrightsFOREVERYONE.Notjustwomen.
Thisactivityhasprovidedmewithnewinformationandreiteratedotherimportantideas
thatIfeltneededtobeheardbyeveryone.Asawomaninarathertraditionalfamily,Ihave
alreadyheardthousandsoftimesfrommymotherthatIneedtocookandcleanorbemore
ladylikeandhavedecencybecauseitsallexpectedfrommeduetomygender.Because

Imawoman,IhaveresponsibilitiesaroundthehousethatIneedtodo.Despitethese
characteristicsthatshetriedtoplaceuponme,thereweretimeswheremymothertoldmeto
standmygroundagainstaman.ThatIwasapersonwhodeservedtoberespectedandtreatedthe
sameaseveryoneelse.ShesaidthatIamapersonwhofollowswhatIsayandnotwhataman
tellsmetodo.Ithinkthatitsimportantforeveryonetohearwhatmymomtellsme.Weallneed
tobetreatedequally.Thatsallwearetryingtosay.Althoughourdiscussiondidntseemtobe
asimpactfulasIwouldhaveliked,Idohopethateveryoneunderstoodthemainmessage
Feminismissimplyequalityforallgenders,notjustfemales.

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