GWST 3520 Chapter Notes -American Recovery And Reinvestment Act Of 2009, Naomi Wolf, The Beauty Myth
18 Oct 2013
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Core argument: that there are serious gender inequalities in the world today and feminists are acting to challenge them remains true . Causes and impacts, governments subsequent policy decisions, are gendered. Lethbridge calls vulnerable employment affects women more then men (causal, badly paid, poor conditions. Obama"s 2009 stimulus package, the american recovery and reinvestment act helps both men and women. Gender equality in parenting and care (daycare, retirement homes, disabled relatives etc) Downplaying its seriousness (legitimate rape, grey rape, forcible rape, date rape) Sexual violence not taken seriously (new delhi bus case) My experiences of the 1970s was you have a very clearly definable women"s movement. Or instead of motherhood, and 85% believed women should have the right to choose abortion. 500 british women questioned in 2006, 29% considered themselves feminists . A 2008 poll of 1,000 readers of stella magazine found that nearly 40% called themselves feminists. pg 4.
