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There have been people living in oppressed regimes for a long time, including the present. In some cases, these were men. In many cases, both men and women are oppressed. Look what happened to Iraqi athletes when they didn't bring home medals/trophies. The thing is that such a major here in the US is not going to bring about global social change. How does a Wellesley class like "Latina as Bombshell" help the cause? Maybe it gives its students a chance to check out Raquel Welch's assets in film/stills. People like Benazir Bhutto (sp) (RIP) of Pakistan made a mark in her country, and she didn't major in women's studies. The point is that most of these women aren't majoring in this out of passion, they're doing it because they are indignant. We can't come to everybody's rescue. There aren't enough resources for that, especially in today's economic climate.
A bunch of words that do not address her post. I was hoping you could. Apparently you cannot.
No, it hasn't. I have been denied a promotion because I am a female. I've talked to many people in my line of business who refuse to hire a woman because they 'don't belong in a shop'. The last company I worked for, I was the FIRST female to ever be hired in my department and this was back in 2008.
So please, spare me the 'equality is here' BS. Just because it says we're equal on paper doesn't mean the real world operates that way. I knew when I got into my field that it was going to be an uphill battle because I'm a woman, but I LOVE what I do and feel it's worth it. But equal? No way.
I've been denied a job because I'm female. The boss straight up said, "You're a woman, so I can't hire you." I know--grounds for a lawsuit and all, but I'm just not that kind of person.
I've been denied a job because I'm female. The boss straight up said, "You're a woman, so I can't hire you." I know--grounds for a lawsuit and all, but I'm just not that kind of person.
side note: I was curious what your moniker meant. You're quite cute!
I had a really interesting conversation with a guy on the Navajo Nation years ago, who said that before the US government imposed their concept of democracy on the rez, an organized, centralized government, women held all the power. They owned all the sheep (sheep = wealth), they decided whether or not to throw a guy out of the home if he didn't behave properly, and so forth. He got kinda worked up about it, and said the men were just SLAVES (emphasis his), just SLAVES. Then the White Man came and set up a patriarchal system of government. But the women still own the sheep, and the grazing rights to the land.
That is something I think would be good for Women Studies majors to learn--so they can see how the same dynamic can and does happen within some communities--with the sexes switched.
I do think that we'd be lying if we were to claim that men were equally/more oppressed on a global scale.
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That completely does not compare to the degree of oppression that women face globally. Men can be caught in a no-fault divorce? Women in Saudi Arabia can be forced to marry a fifty-year-old man at age nine. Sorry, let me rephrase that. Girls can be forced to marry a fifty-year-old man.
ETA: You don't need to fly to Saudi Arabia to learn about it. Somehow I have an idea of how oppressed women are there, and I've never set foot there.
I agree, whatever male oppression that occurs in this day and age does not compare to the oppression that women still face in many parts of the world.
There have been people living in oppressed regimes for a long time, including the present. In some cases, these were men. In many cases, both men and women are oppressed. Look what happened to Iraqi athletes when they didn't bring home medals/trophies. The thing is that such a major here in the US is not going to bring about global social change. How does a Wellesley class like "Latina as Bombshell" help the cause? Maybe it gives its students a chance to check out Raquel Welch's assets in film/stills. People like Benazir Bhutto (sp) (RIP) of Pakistan made a mark in her country, and she didn't major in women's studies. The point is that most of these women aren't majoring in this out of passion, they're doing it because they are indignant. We can't come to everybody's rescue. There aren't enough resources for that, especially in today's economic climate.
I don't think you or I can presume to know the personal reasons each Women's Studies student has for going into that major.
I've been denied a job because I'm female. The boss straight up said, "You're a woman, so I can't hire you." I know--grounds for a lawsuit and all, but I'm just not that kind of person.
Read an earlier post of mine. I accidentally saw billing rates and saw that I wasn't paid as much as a couple of married people in that particular office for the same job, so join the club.
As for this major, I don't care what the motivation is. I wouldn't date a woman who chose to study this field.
Men: Would you date a woman who majored/minored in Feminist or Women's Studies?
What a woman studied in school has no bearing on if I would date her or not. Fact is, I'd date and/or get into a relationship with such a woman before I would a woman who did not go to college or who did not finish college.
Read an earlier post of mine. I accidentally saw billing rates and saw that I wasn't paid as much as a couple of married people in that particular office for the same job, so join the club.
As for this major, I don't care what the motivation is. I wouldn't date a woman who chose to study this field.
Again, getting paid less and not getting hired are two different things.
The question is so typical of a woman. We would date anyone if we thought there was a chance of getting laid. I think what you are asking is if a man would consider MARRYING someone with that degree.......
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