WOMENST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Prenatal Care, Reproductive Rights, Riot Grrrl

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: WOMENST 1A03
• Professor: Melinda Gough

Document Summary

Focus: women as cultural consumers and producers in the advertising industry. Focus: brought to light women"s insecurities about body image and how it is used in advertising. Dialogue used typical female speech about their bodies. ( does this make me look fat? ) A new role for women as (cultural) consumers. Women must continue to demand more realistic, more intelligent messages, or simply refuse to buy products by advertisers who create messages that often offend them. Reflecting on the frameworks used in the course thus far: Aspects that draw on and enact feminism: relationship between feminism and women"s studies (kesselmen and hooks readings) Understanding women"s experiences help us understand how to change the conditions of women"s lives. Women"s studies courses first appeared in the 70"s (kesselmen cw pg 25: what is feminism? (ahn, kesselman, and hooks readings) Different approach is taken by all waves and feminist groups. Mary wollstonecraft"s a vindication of the rights of women.