Our group presentation took place on May 3, 2011. Our topic was Feminism and Popular Culture. Our group consisted of seven women.
Our presentation was mostly PowerPoint and class discussion. The class discussion went very well. Most of our classmates participated and we also had a few good laughs. The PowerPoint consisted of informational slides as well as the three YouTube clips and one slide of ads. One of the clips was about the Dodge Charger. As I analyzed this commercial, I began to think it was sexist. The male figure was acting like a robot. Driving the car he wanted made him feel more masculine after all the supposed feminine tasks that needed to be done. The commercial implies that a small courtesy on behalf of a woman doesn’t mean you’re giving up your masculinity. Or does it? I
I found a very interesting argument while browsing the web that debates our discussion. It’s from a male’s perspective as everything our group discussed was from a female perspective. “Women have it the best: men pretend women are equal if not better than us in all ways, women get to vote on whether or not we go to war, but they can’t be drafter, women complain that men make a little more hourly, but men can’t complain that when a ship sinks, women and children get to leave first.” After reading this argument online, I brought it in to class to discuss during the presentation, but I never got the chance too. So I present it now and am open to any comments.
Now back to my reflection. I opened up the presentation with the very important question, “what is feminism”? Feminism is the belief that there should be an equality of power between men and women. Yet, the importance or inclusion of intersectional between gender and race, class or sexuality, are often times disagreed upon. Feminism is the radical notion that women are people.
Overall, I think our group presentation went very well. Class discussion was amazing and our group was also somewhat challenged with the class’s questions and responses.
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