Hey everyone! So this popped up on my Facebook timeline yesterday. I was shocked. Since we have recently been discussing the roles between men and women in our class, I thought I’d share this example for certain (hopefully unpopular) opinions in American culture. To recap (and for those not in our class), we recently read … Read more
Cardi B, a female rapper, recently spoke out about the #metoo movement and its relation to hip hop. In this article she touched on video vixens being sexually harassed and shared her own experience. For those who do not know, video vixens are girls who appear in music videos. In society, video vixens are seen … Read more
This article lays out the ways in which women take on more debt in college and in turn, take an additional 2 years on average to pay off student loan debt. The factors listed include: There is $1.5 trillion worth of student debt in America, women make up two-thirds of that debt Female students take … Read more
I encourage you all to watch the documentary Citizen Rose on E! Rose McGowan has been an activist for the #MeToo movement since allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein went public in October of 2017, followed by claims regarding a host of other Hollywood and media predators. In this documentary she talks about her experiences with … Read more
Article After reading the chapter on Muslim women’s dress in our readings, I did a little digging to find some current events relating to the Muslim hijab. In this search, I stumbled across this article about Macy’s new hijab brand. As you can tell from the pictures, these hijabs are very trendy and fashionable. The … Read more
This article, for me, touched on two important things. One is the obvious gender inequity for single mothers in the workforce. The other is the ability of Sociology to tackle the complexities of society and help us advance the important conversations of our time with empirical data. I’ll start with the latter. As I am … Read more
Yes, this happens here. We have been discussing women and the law in class. What questions does this story raise for you regarding women (and girls) and the law? Further, what are the surrounding and background societal environments that impede on the law and its enforcement (or lack thereof)? Does anyone have a story from … Read more
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/19/politics/trump-latest/index.html Recently Donald Trump has come out with his new idea to give opioid drug dealers the death penalty or prison for life in order to try to tackle the opioid epidemic in the United States. This seems strange considering he is a member of the Republican party which favors a smaller government, not a … Read more
lhttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/katy-perry-american-idol-contestant-kiss-not-sexual-harassment-benjamin-glaze-a8258681.html Recently Katy Perry has been under fire for kissing a 19 year old American Idol contestant without consent. People are raising concerns that the singer took advantage of her position. While Luke told the boy that he should be happy that his first kiss was Katy Perry, the boy revealed that he wanted his … Read more
This is a meme that came up when I googled “feminist meme”. This means that women who have triggers are associated with a negative view of what it means to be a feminist. Not only am I extremely hurt by this but shocked. Many women who as assaulted, or go through some sort of trauma … Read more