Final Thoughts on the Course
Overall I have enjoyed taking this class. It’s been interesting to learn perspectives of current-day feminists and reading actual scholarly resources that have gone against what many people’s stereotypes of feminists have been and what their beliefs are. It was unfortunate that I held some of the stereotypes about feminists that weren’t necessarily positive, but they were definitely proven wrong. I think feminism is a movement that has been put on the backburner for a while, but has seemed to have shown light in the forefront now in society.
I think patriarchy and the marginalization of women, particularly women of color has been one of the biggest issues I think we’ve discussed throughout our course discussion. Although I appreciate studying and reading the materials we were receiving in this class, it would’ve been nice to read a few of the arguments presented from the opposite side. For a while it seemed like everything was very repetitive and one-sided, even though I understand that we were trying to read up on as many materials as possible that were published by great feminist activists and scholars. Maybe a suggestion for a future course?
Again, I was glad to participate in our class discussions and appreciated the viewpoints expressed by both students and our teacher.