Quotes
As I began reading the F-word text, I came across a quote that really caught my attention, "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude, yet the word "sex" was conspicuously omitted"(21). This is the 15th amendment, stated in the first wave of the woman's suffrage movement. Every women had tried numerous ways to fight for their rights, for an example, Abigail Adams had requested that her husband, John Adams, whom was drafting the Declaration of Independence in 1776, to "remember the ladies." This text provides many different aspects of the woman's suffrage movement. Back then, they made it so difficult for women to have the right to vote. Just like the quote from earlier, the 15th amendment was stated, but it didn't pass until 1869 and wasn't officially valid until 1870. Although they passed the rights for women to vote, they continuously gave women of color a hard time to get their votes in. "Although women of all races were legally granted the right to vote, many areas instituted Jim Crow requirements, like poll taxes and literacy tests, specifically intended to keep poor African Americans from the voting booth" (22/23). It was hostile, people like Mary McLeod Bethune, daughter of former slaves president of the NACW, worked so hard and so much to equalize the rights for women; Mainly for African-American women whom didn't have that opportunity.
When I was reading the Fear of Feminism, I was a little confused to where the author was going, and what the definition was to some words. But after doing a little research, I became a little more understanding with the text. Many women don't take after feminism, there's many reasons behind it. Some may do it for personal reasons, whereas others are influenced. "Our public culture in the U.S presents myriad opportunities for women to take pleasure in being women--most often, however, that pleasure is used as an advertising or marketing strategy" (18). This quote brings to the readers attention that most women take after the "women's culture," which is well known for mass media, such as soap operas, talk shows, books etc. Some women get this way because some men expect so much from a women, and that causes a lot of pressure on someone. That is what causes fear of feminism for certain people, because not many young women nowadays get involved with the public life or careers or even community involvements, kind of like a private life, are those that have damaging consequences.
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