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After reading Leslie Alexander's article on Black women, I believe Black women have definitely earned their own category in the study of history. Their lives cannot be placed into the general women's history category... and I completely agree with Alexander on that point. Black women experienced much more turmoil than the regular resistance white women faced. I do think it is interesting how Black women's history cannot just focus on the women, but instead, the entirety of their lives, including family, home life, and community. I had no idea that women's studies used to promote "homogeneity" within the field. I do not think that is possible, because while each woman struggled, every single diverse group within the category of women's history had a different struggle than another group, so I feel it is almost impossible to create a homogeneous concept within women's studies. --- Alex Mankarios | After reading Leslie Alexander's article on Black women, I believe Black women have definitely earned their own category in the study of history. Their lives cannot be placed into the general women's history category... and I completely agree with Alexander on that point. Black women experienced much more turmoil than the regular resistance white women faced. I do think it is interesting how Black women's history cannot just focus on the women, but instead, the entirety of their lives, including family, home life, and community. I had no idea that women's studies used to promote "homogeneity" within the field. I do not think that is possible, because while each woman struggled, every single diverse group within the category of women's history had a different struggle than another group, so I feel it is almost impossible to create a homogeneous concept within women's studies. --- Alex Mankarios | ||
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| + | I found Bock's discussion on the new dichotomies of women's studies to be the most interesting, particularly sex versus gender. I often hear people around me speak as if there are certain things women do and certain things men do, simply because they are biologically programmed that way by their sex, which is an example of what she refers to as the "social gender." Not that we should ignore biology completely, but I think our society allows it to become too much of the focus when talking about the differences between men and women. --- Alice W | ||
