1.) How do you define feminism?

• In terms of the definitions of feminism, how do you respond to bell hooks?
• How does this definition compare/contrast to those offered by urbandictionary.com?

I define feminism as a movement to bring true equal rights between both women and men. In terms of the definition from Bell hooks, she defined Feminism in more detail to the different types of subjects that women lack equal rights in. From the looks of it, the definition offered by Urbandictionary.com is very similar to mine and Bell hooks'. The urbandictionary.com definition just goes more into detail about the type of people who support feminism.

2.) Based on these definitions, do you consider yourself to be a feminist?

• Why or why not?

I do consider myself to be a feminist. But when I want true equality. I really do hate "Special rules" for women. I was in the Marine Corps and women had different Physical fitness test standards, even though there are plenty of female Marines who are able to meet the physical standards that the men are required to meet. War isn't just going to change itself for someone because they have different sexual parts.

3.) Revolutionary feminist consciousness-raising emphasizes the role of patriarchy as an institutionalized system of domination perpetuated by men as well as women.

• Can you name some examples of patriarchy?
• How are these examples perpetuated and maintained?

The role of a doctor serves as a huge example of Patriarchy. When someone says Doctor, the immediate thought is that the doctor is male. Nurses are thought to be only female. Of course this is not true, but in society; these identities still remain. There is a word riddle that test this stereotype.

"A father and his son get into a car accident. They are immediately rushed to the hospital and brought into the emergency room. The father and son are both in critical condition. The doctor walks into the emergency room and sees the boy on the operating table. The doctor suddenly freezes upon realizing who they are. They doctor says " I can't operate on my son". Who is the doctor?

I know when I first heard this when I was a kid. I was stumped. I wanted to say the father, but the father was also hurt. The idea of the doctor being a woman didn't cross my mind at all.