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I agree with Taylors interpretation of equality between the sexes. The women's movement of the 1970's was a tremendous boost to elevating the status of women in society. It assisted in raising wages of women to be closer to those of men, and allowed women to enter into occupations traditionally held by men. But how far do we want to go with equality? Men and women are different physically and physiologically for a reason. Women should be valued the same as men but I think that to deny that there are differences is also incorrect. -efritz | I agree with Taylors interpretation of equality between the sexes. The women's movement of the 1970's was a tremendous boost to elevating the status of women in society. It assisted in raising wages of women to be closer to those of men, and allowed women to enter into occupations traditionally held by men. But how far do we want to go with equality? Men and women are different physically and physiologically for a reason. Women should be valued the same as men but I think that to deny that there are differences is also incorrect. -efritz | ||
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| + | I thoroughly enjoyed this reading. I particularly liked how class and race were emphasized in all four of the essays. The essay by Gisela Bock was interesting and raised a lot of questions. A question I have is how each of the dichotomies she listed are specifically present today and how much of an impact they currently have on the writing of women's history? I agree with the statement posted by efritz about equality. Although I do believe men and women should have equal opportunity, I think there should be a clear distinction between both men and women. -abratchi | ||
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| + | Leslie M. Alexander raised a lot of great points as well. I agree with Mmackey's statement that grouping all women together as a whole without the emphasis on the black woman (race, more broadly. In my opinion, ignoring Alexander's intricate tie to the community would hurt the writing of women's history, especially in terms of race and class. A challenge, I believe, that comes into play when writing Black women's history is the lack of sources available to accurately depict a Black women's lives (more specifically and broadly, women classified as other than 'white') throughout the late nineteenth and twentieth century. A question I have is what sources are currently available and in what quantity? How hard is it to accurately write a history of black women versus white women when a limited number of sources are available and, are scholars able to work through this lack of material? -abratchi | ||
