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Women. Unit 8. Sayings about women in history. For most of history, anonymous was a woman. (Virginia Woolf) Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness. (Erica Jong)
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Women Unit 8
Sayings about women in history • For most of history, anonymous was a woman. (Virginia Woolf) • Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness. (Erica Jong) • Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. (Karl Marx)
The word “woman” • < late O.E. wimman (pl. wimmen), lit. "woman-man," alteration of wifman (pl. wifmen), a compound of wif "woman" + man "human being" (in O.E. used in ref. to both sexes).
The Biblical story (Genesis) • And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. • So God created man in his [own] image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. • And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. • And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which [is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which [is] the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. • And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. • And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. • And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: • But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. • And the LORD God said, [It is] not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; • And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. • And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. • Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
The traditional roles of women(stereotype) • Domestic: women’s place is in the home • As housewives: Cooking, taking care of her family. • As maids, governess, teachers
Feminism • There is a belief that women and men are, and have been, treated differently by our society, and that women have frequently and systematically been unable to participate fully in all social arenas and institutions. • And there is a desire to change that situation. • That this gives a "new" point-of-view on society, when eliminating old assumptions about why things are the way they are, and looking at it from the perspective that women are not inferior and men are not "the norm."
Feminism is an ideology focusing on the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes. • It comprises a number of social, cultural and political movements and theories. • A person whose beliefs and behavior are based on feminism is called a feminist.
Reading comprehension (skimming) • C • B • A • B • C • B • C • C • C • C
Women in education • Many educators and parents believed that the elimination of sex bias in schools is absolutely necessary in order for women to achieve equality in American life. • Before the middle of 1970’s, … • Title IX of the Education Amendment • Much inequality in the education of women still remains, and enforcement of Title IX is still a continuing problem.
Women in sports • Women’s participation in sports is growing rapidly. • The days when people thought it wasn’t feminine are gone. • Girls can get just as much benefit out of sports as boys can: • Building physical endurance and coordination skills, perseverance, teamwork, leadership skills, etc.
Women in media • It is common for the media to portray men and women in stereotyped ways. • This problem is serious for feminists, for media have a tremendous influence on average people. • Women are still been portrayed as housewives or sex objects. • There have been changes, however, as feminists work to overcome this stereotyping.
