Gender Studies - October 2007

Would you prefer your child (even if you don't have one currently) be taken care by your wife or by daycare?

2007-10-19 07:33:44 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I love yoga and belly dancing and recently I took part in a belly dance production based around the the 'Decent of Inanna to the Underworld.' The production involed dance and poetry. I danced Ereshkigal the Queen of death and the Underworld. (Type cast again!)
A feminist friend castigated me for appearing. She saw the show and said I was letting the side down...quote 'you were literally bending over backwards to please men.' I pointed out that the audience was mainly female and I was hardly a sex object. The makeup even scared me me when I saw myself in the mirror. I looked like a dancing corpse with a sai in each hand. I'm still a Feminist and a belly dancer and will continue to be so but I was interested in other peoples take on it.
I wonder if the anti-feminist will rise to my defence...I doubt it but I'll be watching.

2007-10-19 06:58:16 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why do some women, who feel strongly concerning their views against women who are assertive post on this forum?
Gosh- I just do not get it.

2007-10-19 06:46:11 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

do they empower or hurt women?

2007-10-19 06:20:11 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-19 06:17:58 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Honestly.. what do you truely believe goes on in a mans head when it comes to sex. In regard to.. the reasons we want it, who we want it from and why...

I'm curious to see how well women understand men and how intune they are with what men want. Either a lot of women don't know or don't care.

So lets have it ladies...

2007-10-19 05:59:33 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was browsing through GWS and came upon this quote:

"I would have been happy had I been born at least 50 years ago. Women had opportunities back then--it's just that decades ago, a woman wasn't belittled for being a housewife."

Indeed the terms stay-at-home wife, mother, housewife have a negative connotation in the western world today because of feminist propaganda. Why do feminists diminish and degrade the women our society is built upon and by? How do they feel about hurting the very group whose rights they allegedly protect?

2007-10-19 05:25:48 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hey guys, I asked a doom-and-gloom question and decided to delete it because I don't want to be "that girl". You know, the sad girl that others think is playing the role of "victim" (even though I'm not)?

So I will ask a better question.
What is the best thing that ever happened to you? Career? Marriage? Moving someplace cool? Traveling someplace cool?
Or just tell what makes you happy. Be specific or general.
Thanks!

2007-10-19 04:27:21 · 12 answers · asked by Done 6

Why do you choose not to be a stay at home mom?

(I know there are some single moms out there that do not choose this, I don't mean any offense to you guys. :o) )

2007-10-19 04:23:45 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've been reading some comments from feminists on certain questions. A lot of the responses seem to assume that a husband will almost always do one of the following:

a) Abuse you.
b) Rape you.
c) Divorce you.
d) Become unemployed and lazy.

I'm wondering why some feminists seem to believe that most husbands are going to do one of the previous? Why make the exception the rule when setting your path in life?

2007-10-19 03:20:37 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

What do you women think ?

2007-10-19 03:02:28 · 13 answers · asked by Me 3

I am writing a paper on the portrayal of sexualized images of women in American culture and media for my Human Sexual Behaviour paper.

I think it is interesting that many American's express outrage at Janet Jackson's nipple or Britney Spears etc., but seemingly most female sports broadcast on television have women wearing revealing clothing with many gratuitous close-ups of breasts and butts. Anyway, it seems as though the prevailing theories are sports and television are male dominated and thats what they want to see, women just like to show off their bodies more nowadays, and wearing next to nothing is more comfortable.

Women and men are both encouraged to respond

BTW, the main sports I am talking about are volleyball, gymnastics, track and field, and aerobics, yoga, pilates etc. on TV.

2007-10-19 00:47:07 · 8 answers · asked by neek 2

I mean, why aren't they walking the walk they're talking?

2007-10-18 22:02:16 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/Cambridge/entries/039/Earle-C-Haas.html

US physician who invented the tampon. A doctor in Denver, in 1936 he adapted a surgical cotton plug for use as an intravaginal sanitary towel. He patented his design, and marketed it under the name Tampax.

2007-10-18 20:27:26 · 18 answers · asked by Nelson 1

Like that we are against women who are stay at home moms when some of us ARE stay at home moms or were or will be or have mothers and sisters who choose it?

Hello! I have No problem with women who Want to stay at home. I have a Real problem with any women who want to limit choices for all of us..

So...Why are you even trying this BS?

2007-10-18 19:25:41 · 17 answers · asked by ♥ ~Sigy the Arctic Kitty~♥ 7

I hear (often in this forum) that feminists want "supremacy". I'd just like to know EXACTLY what is meant by that? How are feminists trying to gain supremacy? By what means? For what purpose? What is the evidence of this?

2007-10-18 19:12:34 · 16 answers · asked by It's Ms. Fusion if you're Nasty! 7

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21246685/from/RS.2/

How can we raise public awareness that people should not use their initial impressions to judge women in this manner as she might be a feminist?

2007-10-18 18:38:16 · 10 answers · asked by Nelson 1

Feminism has been turned into a dirty word, which is sad. Feminism mean equal rights for women, and for women to be treated as human beings. That is it. Any more or any less is not feminism. Feminism doesn't mean pushing for a female dominated world or hating men. It means equality. I know everyone hears extremist from both sides, but they do not speak for the entire group of people. Why assume they do?

If you don't believe there are inequalities, that is one thing (which i believe to be wrong, there are alway inequalities for everyone, even white males). But to saying "im against feminism" is like saying "i don't believe women deserve equal rights."

So my question is, Now that i clarified what feminism means. What are you exactly against in feminism?

2007-10-18 18:22:48 · 19 answers · asked by bob 3

were you ever in one?

were any of your parents ever in one?

do they do anything besides the obvious drinking and partying?

does it ever come in handy for being a member later in your life?

2007-10-18 18:03:01 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-18 17:36:13 · 13 answers · asked by messenger 1

a woman had a baby then left it in a bathroom stall at the hospital what should she have done if she didnt want it ?

2007-10-18 17:30:38 · 16 answers · asked by nikki 5

I recently met a real live, Croc wearing, minivan driving, cookie-baking, PTA committee chairing, stay at home dad.

He was nice enough, but frankly he was such a soft man that I just couldn't help but wonder what kind of woman would really want that kind of situation.

I understand about freedom of choice, but is this what feminists would like to see more of?

What about non-feminists? How many would want this kind of situation?

2007-10-18 17:21:24 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

I ask this based on a question below that I can't veiw because I am blocked so I will ask a similar question.

2007-10-18 16:21:40 · 16 answers · asked by Chevalier 6

I would have been happy had I been born at least 50 years ago. Women had opportunities back then--it's just that decades ago, a woman wasn't belittled for being a housewife.

Why do feminists have such a problem with putting their husbands and families first?

2007-10-18 16:13:03 · 46 answers · asked by ? 6

Its totally normal in the animal world to see animals have "one night stands" and never see each other again. All for the sole purpose of survival of the species.

2007-10-18 15:57:47 · 35 answers · asked by messenger 1

The notion of "false consciousness" was used by Marxists to explain why the workers didn't all become good little Communists and support their tyranny. Such people were headed for "re-education" or "liquidation".

Do feminists who use such loaded rhetoric realize its origins? Do that have that little respect for non-feminist women? And do they realize it plays right into the hands of those who equate feminism with Communism?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AhdZaUEKeqFe13IOFTHBiejsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071018184627AAIbyh5&show=7#profile-info-5c907c92a6c7447ccb431133ac7208abaa

Does feminism really want to associate itself with one of the greatest evils of the last century?

2007-10-18 15:53:08 · 10 answers · asked by Gnu Diddy! 5

Why do you like them and how attractive from 1 to 10 is it?

2007-10-18 15:48:38 · 11 answers · asked by Earl R 1

...When you are pursuing something like world peace.

Total equality will never be achieved as long as one real man walks the face of this planet.

2007-10-18 15:39:03 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-18 15:37:42 · 13 answers · asked by Fex 6

2007-10-18 15:30:12 · 7 answers · asked by Deirdre O 7