Miguel Garcia
2/27/2013 12:44:20 pm
What i understood from this article is that women still are on the short end of the stick. In other words, achieving selfhood for them is difficult, because selfhood is only possible with a rational mind. And to a chieve a rational mind is to be smart, have moral decency's, and to obtain respect. Women though, are thought to be associated with emitions and favoritisms, thus making them not be rational. So to become rational, a women would have to masculinize their selves. Diane Meyers also talks about how being interactive with political concerns and such, leads to understanding the self. This article was very interesting. Well at least the parts that i understood were.
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Celeste Gonzalez
2/27/2013 01:40:14 pm
In the article I think the feminist perspective on the self is mainly that the self is masculine because the "rational mind" is considered masculine while the emotions are mainly female. Feminists also believe that to identify the self with the rational mind is to masculinize the self because masculinity is the characteristic of rationality which creates a problem for feminists. Selfhood to feminists who believe in gender conceptions to the self is really unfair because since the self is essentially masculine, the masculine self is believed to be good and wise while femininity is thought to be emotionally rooted and spawns favoritism and compromises principles. From what I understood from the article it seems like no matter what people think up, there is always going to be a problem with the self and gender equality and it doesn't seem like its gonna end anytime soon.
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Jen Galasso
2/27/2013 02:24:43 pm
In the article Diane Meyers blends the ideas of feminism and self. She quotes Beauvoir, who says, "He is the Subject, he is the Absolute---she is the other." He glorifies men, implying their role is more important, and claims women have a lower quality of self. In the past, men were generally the ones who created the social and political power structure, leaving men to lead it. Men are associated with the rational mind, where as females tend to be associated with emotions. This leaves people to believe men are more connected to self and women are connected to the body. Feminists are beginning to question how the original ideas of self were established and breaking the traditional ideas. But, in order for women to get closer to the idea of self, they need to gain masculine traits.
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Kayla Smith
2/28/2013 02:24:59 am
I agree with Miguel. The article says that women are basically inferior to men and without men nothing could be done. I think the article is part of the soul theory saying that if we have the same soul we are the same person. The author implies that women are emotional and feminine which is what makes them a woman. It's the soul that defines who we are
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Paulette Monroy
2/28/2013 02:51:30 am
In Diana Meyers "Feminist Perspectives on the Self" states that a feministic self can be achieved through male mind and reason. Feminists aren't taken account of in society , along with politics and commerence "which are both domains from which women have historically been excluded." This means that men have had more right and power towards the social views due to their western culture, implying that men have both mind and reason and women only have their body and emotion to act upon. If a feminie wishes to have a say and interact with the self, their mind has to be "rationalized" to have the self; the traits the men contain. Leading to the feminine's classification of Man. The emotion is the body, and the mind and reason is the self . In order for the femininsts to achieve the self they will have to be identified as Men.
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Adriana Avalos
2/28/2013 03:40:49 am
The 'Feminist' article was a bit confusing, but from what I understood woman are still seen as less then a man. The role of man is glorified while a womans' role is not. I believe I also understood that feminism and one self must come together as an equal idea. Females are more likely to use emotion where as men are rational. If mind and body come together then a woman could possibly be seen with the same power that a man holds, basically having to become more masculine. That would be the only way woman would rise to the level of men.
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Elaine Verbera
2/28/2013 03:59:59 am
Diane Meyers analysis of feminism discusses the problem with the definition of "self" only aligning with masculine qualities, excluding women at every angel, even in their role as care-takers and mothers. She also points out that "affluent elderly men violate norms of self good along with women and the poor," further arguing for a change in the masculinity and selectiveness of the definition of the self since it discludes so many different types of people, especially women.
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