brookes77, 4/28

Todays class was very successful in the way that it was structured. Allowing women to have the voice and men not to have voice at all changed the dynamic of the class and i heard people speak that have not been voicing their thoughts recently. It was good to hear the argument and opinions of other women. Most people were feminist in the class, and before i came to college and took feminist theatre with Dr. (Mrs.) Cavenaugh, i had a completely different view of feminist. I believed as someone mentioned in class that they are women who are bitter, do not shave their arm pits, etc. When really we are all feminist but their are different levels of feminist, and one can be.

Cixous states- “every woman has known the torture of beginning to speak aloud” (163). This quote consumed much of our discussion in class. I agreed to what Jen Z was arguing. In the human world is everything is a competition, no matter what gender you are in there is even competition between men and men and men and women. Therefore we should not let men control us and the way we think making us more timid. It is our own insecurities that might have started somewhere from men, but it is not the 1800's anymore we have our own voice ( as women) we just need to believe it and use it. We must stop defining our femininity with masculinity, this must be separated and women should not be as sensitive. Saying this men should be more carful knowing their words and actions are taken a different way to women. There is a happy medium here it just needs to be found from both genders. We are beginning to "other" feminist" showing how different they are, only highlighting and exaggerating their words and actions. Everywhere in every race and gender culture has to "other" something or someone, it is very hard world to succeed with pride in yourself with out being picked apart by someone who is different from you.