Blog#6

Question 1:
If working class women had received more attention from the media and made their struggle known, how do you think this would have impacted the feminist movement? Do you think this would have allowed women to gain equality in areas such as household duties and wage?
I think that the feminist movement is still very young and I just do not know if a lot more media attention will make it a positive, or if it will make the movement go back to steps. It would obviously bring more attention to the matter in general, whether good or bad. I think that more media might also change the movement; I mean we can look at how Occupy Wall Street changed completely once the media got fully involved.
I do think that maybe this would have allowed women more equality, or it would just piss people off more and oppress women even worse. I think wages and household duties are kind of two different areas. Household duties are a more personal topic that can be discussed one on one and it is not every ones business. What if I like to clean the kitchen, but I am a feminist and now these feminists think I shouldn’t clean the kitchen? I think that wages in the work place however are a somewhat public matter. If a women (or anyone) is working to the best of their ability and going above and beyond there is no reason they should not deserve an equal pay to their counterparts.

Question 2:
Even though the global feminist movement has traditionally been headed by white, privileged women, it is important to note that women of the United States have helped lower rates of sexism and sexual exploitations in some nations. Through enforcing “white supremacist capitalist patriarchy” many women in the feminist movement were silenced. What types of women do you believe were silenced? If these silenced members’ opinions were voiced what effect do you think they would have on nations struggling with sexism, sexual exploitation, and oppression? Would this change the global interactions we see today, or would the world function similarly?
Women that I believe were silenced would be the women that can not identify with the white supremacist capitalist patriarchy type. I would even argue that women that are happy in their what many feminists see as oppression type lives. I think that if these women voiced their own opinion it would make a lot more people want to join the movement and even maybe change a lot of the stereotypes of feminism. I think the world would be completely different maybe even more understanding and peace with people.

Do you think when women stay home and do the household work, do you think they get
depressed because they aren’t making any money to help out in the family?

I do not think that stay at home moms look at it from that aspect. I think they look at it more that they are working. Cleaning and maintaining a household is a large responsibility. I think that if times get hard then a women might start to feel a little depressed because she is not bringing in any money. However I also think that women are constantly reminded that "there place is in the kitchen" I think that if a women was depressed because she was not making "Paper money" she would change what she is doing and start making the cash. I think more women are completely content with staying at home and doing housework then we give them credit for.