This week's class really had an effect on me. That video that we watched was unbelievable in two different ways. First off, it was amazingly well done. The different scenes that the producers strung together was impeccable. Secondly, I was so inspired to do something about women's position in society after only watching two-thirds of the movie.
All the comments about the women politicians were extremely distasteful. It is disguisting that a women does not get judged on what she says, but what she is wearing. Also, it seems like a women's personal life is brought into the picture more often than men politicians. "Who will watch the kids?" is often asked to only women. For example, John Edwards had small children, but no one seemed to ask about childcare. Women are not taken seriously in politics which upsets me because our government is supposed to represent the ENTIRE population, not 49% of it.
Men are not fully to blame in the political circus. Not only are women not running for any elections, they are not voting for women either. My personal belief is that women are too smart to run for a political position. The political arena is tough and women are just too intelligent to dive into that.
Anyways, everyone, woman or man, should watch Miss Representation! Such a great movie!
Hey Jess,
ReplyDeleteBlog looks great! Thanks for keeping up with the posts. Looks like you have included posts for every week and also I have recorded your FYE event post. Just make sure to complete the blog posts for the next few weeks and you should be good.
Let me know if you have any questions and please don't hesitate to come to me if I can help you with anything current or in the future. I have really enjoyed spending time with you all and I will definitely miss the class when its over.
Best of luck finishing up the semester
Casey