Peace
There are many things that I learned in this course. It changed my viewpoints on feminism and how to approach it as a male. I never once felt out of place because I was a male; in fact it wasn’t even an issue.
There are many things I learned over the course of this semester. Many topics I look forward to embellishing on while completing my GWSS minor. One specific facet of the course that I consider more helpful is by doing a feminist analysis. Before I was purely evaluating based off my personal bias and experience with no reasonable guidelines. I have used feminist analysis in many situations. I really learned with the Reality Television exercise, in which we needed to evaluate these programs through a different lens. It’s fun to approach media I am exposed to on a daily basis from a different angle. Being an Advertising Major, it is especially useful to master this analysis because it provides an alternate route in evaluation. I found that this class was a perfect fit with my major, which I why I decided to pair GWSS as a minor with my major.
I found that the readings had a greater effect on me than h thought they did. I find myself referring back to them if I come across something in the media that relates. Even though I may have found her overbearing, I find myself continually referring to bell hooks. I will be watching the news, reading an article or listening to the radio and I’ll hear something that will make me think, “Oh bell would really hate this. If he mentions white patriarchy…�.