Feminism RATED A+
Why is it important to study gender? - ✔✔✔Gender is the perceived masculinity or feminitiy, it
extends past the biological aspects of sex-gender is directly associated with ones identity, gender norms
help affirm authority within relationships (especially in the political arena); Gender is learned through
social norms and reinforcement in different cultures. Socially and politically gender plays a role in
patriarchal societies as more masculine members of society gain leverage and dominance over those
identifying with the female gender.
Feminist attitudes according to Bettencort, Byrnes, Vacha Hasse - ✔✔✔• Ways of thinking have
changed between generations
➢ Every generation shares common views based on "historical and social context"
• The purpose of the study was to explore attitudes toward feminism between different generations in
the families of college students, their parents, and their grandparents on a religious, political, gender,
and educational level.
• Feminism is defined as "the movement organized around the doctrine that women should have the
same economic, social, and political rights as men."
➢ Attitudes were measured using the Attitudes toward Feminism and the Women's Movement Scale
(FWM)
Generational Differences
• Younger people, compared to older people, "tend to rate the women's movement more positively"
• The age when a social event happens changes the impact it has
➢ Childhood
➢ Early adulthood
➢ Mature adulthood
➢ Later adulthood
• "Social events become particularly meaningful when they coincide with early adulthood versus other
life stages"
• There are specific values that each generation associates with
, ➢ Religion and feminism
➢ Religion and politics
➢ Political affiliation
➢ Education
• Studies focus on college students because college "tends to have a liberalizing effect on individuals in
several domains related to gender attitudes."
➢ Attitudes are also effected by the education of family
Family Influence
• Parents tend to be more traditional than their offspring
➢ "In the US the greatest difference was reported between mothers and daughters."
• The focus of the study is between individual experience and societal events
• College student's attitude towards women is related to the mother's religious and educational
background
➢ "Highly educated mothers are associated with daughters who endorse less traditional feminine
values, while the opposit
Feminist attitudes according to Adu-Poku - ✔✔✔. He makes the point that on numerous occasions
women have linked all "men" together in the exact fashion of what they themselves don't want to be
viewed as.
iii. Claims that by analyzing various modalities such as race, culture, sexuality, class, education and
gender we can better assess people as individuals, and not just of being either a man or a woman
iv. Not claiming that he will be able to speak on behalf of all feminists, but hopes that his
autobiographical perspective will shed light onto the black male feminist's frame of mind on the topic.
v. Felt in his first women's studies course that he needed to alter both his mindset in terms of race and
gender to be able to offer quality insight on the issue.
b. Insight from early years in Ghana
i. Was raised to believe that boys and girls would fill different roles in society
1. Boys would go to school and become professional in something if money was available, while girls
learned household tasks and received minimal formal education
Why is it important to study gender? - ✔✔✔Gender is the perceived masculinity or feminitiy, it
extends past the biological aspects of sex-gender is directly associated with ones identity, gender norms
help affirm authority within relationships (especially in the political arena); Gender is learned through
social norms and reinforcement in different cultures. Socially and politically gender plays a role in
patriarchal societies as more masculine members of society gain leverage and dominance over those
identifying with the female gender.
Feminist attitudes according to Bettencort, Byrnes, Vacha Hasse - ✔✔✔• Ways of thinking have
changed between generations
➢ Every generation shares common views based on "historical and social context"
• The purpose of the study was to explore attitudes toward feminism between different generations in
the families of college students, their parents, and their grandparents on a religious, political, gender,
and educational level.
• Feminism is defined as "the movement organized around the doctrine that women should have the
same economic, social, and political rights as men."
➢ Attitudes were measured using the Attitudes toward Feminism and the Women's Movement Scale
(FWM)
Generational Differences
• Younger people, compared to older people, "tend to rate the women's movement more positively"
• The age when a social event happens changes the impact it has
➢ Childhood
➢ Early adulthood
➢ Mature adulthood
➢ Later adulthood
• "Social events become particularly meaningful when they coincide with early adulthood versus other
life stages"
• There are specific values that each generation associates with
, ➢ Religion and feminism
➢ Religion and politics
➢ Political affiliation
➢ Education
• Studies focus on college students because college "tends to have a liberalizing effect on individuals in
several domains related to gender attitudes."
➢ Attitudes are also effected by the education of family
Family Influence
• Parents tend to be more traditional than their offspring
➢ "In the US the greatest difference was reported between mothers and daughters."
• The focus of the study is between individual experience and societal events
• College student's attitude towards women is related to the mother's religious and educational
background
➢ "Highly educated mothers are associated with daughters who endorse less traditional feminine
values, while the opposit
Feminist attitudes according to Adu-Poku - ✔✔✔. He makes the point that on numerous occasions
women have linked all "men" together in the exact fashion of what they themselves don't want to be
viewed as.
iii. Claims that by analyzing various modalities such as race, culture, sexuality, class, education and
gender we can better assess people as individuals, and not just of being either a man or a woman
iv. Not claiming that he will be able to speak on behalf of all feminists, but hopes that his
autobiographical perspective will shed light onto the black male feminist's frame of mind on the topic.
v. Felt in his first women's studies course that he needed to alter both his mindset in terms of race and
gender to be able to offer quality insight on the issue.
b. Insight from early years in Ghana
i. Was raised to believe that boys and girls would fill different roles in society
1. Boys would go to school and become professional in something if money was available, while girls
learned household tasks and received minimal formal education
