Final Blog
I dated one guy who very strongly believes that men are smarter than women and stronger and all the other things we talked about in this class. My goal is to change his mind on that subject. Some of the essays we read would be very helpful in explaining how those theories are wrong. For example "A Question of Genius: Are Men Really Smarter Than Women?" would be very helpful in arguing that men and women are of equal intelligence. It may seem as though men are smarter than women in todays society, but that's only because of what each person is taught according to their gender. Before this class, I never would have even thought about that fact. I would have just accepted the fact that men are smarter and gone with it. I would also reference "Where I come from is LIke This." The part about this that stuck out to me was when the writer said her mother moved the furniture by herself and didn't need a man's help. When I was in the younger teen years I would rearrange my room all the time and I didn't want help from anyone, and my bed was huge. Somewhere along the line I lost that drive to do things like that by myself, but now I remember how stubborn I was and that I wanted to do everything by myself. I think if I can change just this one person's view on equality among men and women, that can spread to people he knows, and so on. I know that before this class I didn't think women were oppressed at all, but now I definitely realize differently. And I think other people need to hear it too. Telling one person is just the beginning.