Comments on: Packaging Girlhood, and How Far We Still Have To Go http://www.thefeministreview.com/2008/04/packaging-girlhood-and-how-far-we-still-have-to-go.html Calling Patriarchy As We See It Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:36:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Audrey http://www.thefeministreview.com/2008/04/packaging-girlhood-and-how-far-we-still-have-to-go.html/comment-page-1#comment-49 Audrey Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:05:23 +0000 http://www.thefeministreview.com/2008/04/packaging-girlhood-and-how-far-we-still-have-to-go.html#comment-49 Oh, what a world. Part of what I find so saddening/maddening about this person's comment is that she simultaneously celebrates and takes as fact the tremendous progress feminists have brought about for society WHILE ALSO deriding such feminists for (still) trying to bring about progress. Of course, she would likely have been the same person in earlier eras mocking feminists for such silly things as women wearing pants or women trying to enter medical schools.... and now she is deriding (modern) feminists, without thanking them for all the work they've done to make themselves, in her mind, obsolete. It makes no sense! Crazy talk! Oh, what a world.

Part of what I find so saddening/maddening about this person’s comment is that she simultaneously celebrates and takes as fact the tremendous progress feminists have brought about for society WHILE ALSO deriding such feminists for (still) trying to bring about progress. Of course, she would likely have been the same person in earlier eras mocking feminists for such silly things as women wearing pants or women trying to enter medical schools…. and now she is deriding (modern) feminists, without thanking them for all the work they’ve done to make themselves, in her mind, obsolete. It makes no sense! Crazy talk!

]]> By: Anna Lisa http://www.thefeministreview.com/2008/04/packaging-girlhood-and-how-far-we-still-have-to-go.html/comment-page-1#comment-4 Anna Lisa Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:31:42 +0000 http://www.thefeministreview.com/2008/04/packaging-girlhood-and-how-far-we-still-have-to-go.html#comment-4 thanks for sharing this, Chris! i appreciate your point about education and understanding of oppression. i think there does tend to be a correlation between higher education and feminism, anti-racism work, dismantling homophobia and other forms of addressing patriarchy. i can think of a couple reasons: *education, especially at a college like the one i attended (progressive Earlham College), often looks directly at sexism. *higher education environments (especially at a school like Earlham) offer so many opportunities for people to hear from each other. the conversations that can happen between people (who may have never met otherwise) can be transformative and allow for incredible empathy. *once a woman has gotten a college education, she probably expects to "succeed" by getting a meaningful and well-paying job. if she still can't find the opportunities and affirmations she expects, what might she be lacking? i think many college-educated women are particularly aware of sexism because other barriers (specifically education, perhaps some elements of classism) have been removed, yet oppression remains. thanks for sharing this, Chris!
i appreciate your point about education and understanding of oppression.
i think there does tend to be a correlation between higher education and feminism, anti-racism work, dismantling homophobia and other forms of addressing patriarchy.
i can think of a couple reasons:
*education, especially at a college like the one i attended (progressive Earlham College), often looks directly at sexism.
*higher education environments (especially at a school like Earlham) offer so many opportunities for people to hear from each other. the conversations that can happen between people (who may have never met otherwise) can be transformative and allow for incredible empathy.
*once a woman has gotten a college education, she probably expects to “succeed” by getting a meaningful and well-paying job. if she still can’t find the opportunities and affirmations she expects, what might she be lacking? i think many college-educated women are particularly aware of sexism because other barriers (specifically education, perhaps some elements of classism) have been removed, yet oppression remains.

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