WOMS201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5-1: Girl Power
29 May 2018
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Friday, April 27, 2018
7:46 PM
Reading 42: Enlightened Sexism (Douglas)
• Large gap etee ho girls ad oe lie lies, hoies they ake, ad hat they see or do’t
see in the media
• Media illusion -- that we have accomplished equality for women
o Over represent women as having made it
o Fantasies of power
o Women's liberation is a fair accomplishment and that we are stronger, more successful,
more sexually in control, more fearless, and more held in awe than we actually are
• Purchasing power and sexual power are much more gratifying than political or economic power
• Images of imagined power that mask and erase how much still remains to be done
o Make sexism seem fine, fun, and insist that feminism is pointless
• Millennials -- "girl power generation" but also focused on competing and judging other girls
o Generational differences have pitted women against each other
• False assumption for women that all has been won
o Driven by marketing
• Issues embedded in feminism
o The way in which women's achievements or their desire for achievement are simply part of
cultural landscape
• Woven into cultural fabric
o Enlightened sexism
• Perceived threat of new gender regime
• Full equality has Allegedly been achieved
▪ Resurrects sexist stereotypes of girls and women
• Through women's calculated development of their faces, bodies, attire, and sexuality
that they gain and enjoy true power -- power that is fun, men won't resent, and will
embrace
• Feminist on the outside but sexist in intent
• Offered empowerment at all cost is eroding our self - esteem and keeping millions in their place
Readig : Do’t At Crazy, Midy Harilesky
• In shows portray smart women as crazy also
• Female characters flaws are inextricably linked to strengths
• You can't have it all -- you'll make yourself crazy and run yourself ragged if you even try
• Render women as out of step with sane world
• Do’t at razy -- e do’t like razy
• Independent women took on a hysterical age
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