post-class thoughts

         okay, so because we don’t have a specific subject or reflection for this week’s blog entry, i want to talk a little more about feminism and women equality (or lack there of).  it was very interesting to do the in-class logo and picture analysis for a couple reasons... first off, i am the only female in my presentation group, not to say that the rest of the group was on a completely different page but it was really fascinating to note either what they totally overlooked or how they interpreted something from a different angle.  second, i never in a million years would have analyzed the pictures the way i did if i had not read the chapters assigned.  however, having said that i feel like the three different insights were totally different take on how i view women inequality.  

        another thing that is different for me when i think in terms of saussure, derrida, and beauvoir and how they view feminism... i do feel like all their input is so deep with theory and i am use to taking a much more current take on feminism.  i would never think that men’s past (early 19th century) is still a way to frame why there still is all this inequality.  i feel like society still has these deep rooted views that are slyly taught to younger generations, and we need to push and keep exposing this unfairness.

        as for the short video clip that we watched in class, i thought it was really interesting to discuss in simone de beauvoir terms because i could have analyzed it without  ever reading “woman as other”.  i think that using simone de beauvoir points and theories to analyze that clip extracted from the bigger picture.  yes, women are used for viewing pleasure, and yes they are often viewed as almost non-human and just an object that is to satisfy, but no matter what, there is going to be the other side to that.  part of that clip to me was viewing the women holding the power, i think that part of me viewed that video in today’s times... nowadays it’s thought to be a power if you can sell yourself as entertainment and it is easy to get caught up in believing that selling yourself for attention is power.

       sadly, i don’t think that this is true or a well rounded way to view empowered women, but it’s something that is so common that i forget what kind of power women really do hold.  hopefully there will continue to be the awareness that women still don’t have equality and that this will not only help males understand, but females as well.  wanting to sell yourself for another’s enjoyable entertainment is the same disrespect as buying for your entertainment.  i think that it will be very interesting and fun to tie in a few of these feminist views into my research presentation and see what the rest of my team thinks as well as the class. until then....