Along the way, she buys an expensive Versace dress and brags about it.
I think she was trying to fit in, but I’ve never seen this movie.
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most people in the US context (no matter how much wealth they have) consider themselves “middle-class.”
I think people have a hard time describing themselves as low class or high class. Nobody wants to show their struggle, and nobody wants to seem privileged. Middle class is a safe non-judgmental thing to claim.
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Part of this can be explained by the ideology of the American Dream.
The American Dream is not the same today as it was a hundred years ago. I don’t even know if there is a real “American Dream” anymore. We’re supposed to be the land of hope and opportunity, but we turn our backs on people who need it the most.
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“chosen families,”
This term, as used in the LGBTQ+ community, was one I was unfamiliar with up until recently. I could never process the importance of family, whether or not it was blood. But sometimes blood isn't an option.
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When we try to define the word “family” we realize just how slippery of a concept it is.
I think family is what you make of it. Most of my friends feel more like family than a lot of my relatives, and my girlfriend is most definitely my family. It's all about connection.
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This contradiction is sustained by the idea that members of the white middle class do not receive welfare even when they do receive various forms of government support.
I don't think I understand what this is trying to say.
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Feminist political scientist Gwendolyn Mink argues that welfare reform targets poor single mothers and families of color and contributes to the devaluing of unpaid care-giving work.
Unfortunately, these ARE the demographics that need it the most. That's going to be something that is hard to change.
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There are many ways that nations and national policies are gendered
This is a very interesting thing to consider.
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Occupational segregation describes a split labor market in which one group is far more likely to do certain types of work than other groups.
This may always be the case. I think it becomes a subconscious thing after awhile.
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Though men and women are participating in the labor force, higher education, and paid work in near-equal numbers, a wage gap between men and women workers remains
I, unfortunately, don't this will change for a long long time. Women are just scratching the surface of what it is that makes them equal to men.
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Now, more than ever, women in the US are participating in the labor force in full-time, year-round positions
This is so baffling that this hasn't always been the case. I'm so grateful to be able to work at all, never mind doing the job that I do.
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f female masculinity
I feel as though this term is offensive to transmen or gender nonconforming individuals that don't want to identify as female.
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Connell suggests that there is more than one kind of masculinity and what is considered “masculine” differs by race, class, ethnicity, sexuality, and gender
I think this is a really interesting way of thinking. Different cultures see masculinity in different ways, but there are so many factors. Gay men are automatically assumed to be feminine for the sole reason that they are gay.
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On top of that, some suggest that if paid caretakers were mostly men, then they would make much more money.
This is so incredibly frustrating, but it's so undeniably true.
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the arrangement of women caring for children has a historical legacy (which we will discuss more in the section on gendered labor markets). We see not only mothers but other women too caring for children: daycare workers, nannies, elementary school teachers, and babysitters
These jobs are stereotyped to be female jobs, so men tend to stay away from these jobs so that they don't seem weak or "girly".
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In our heteronormative culture, everyone is assumed to be heterosexual (attracted to men if you are a woman; attracted to women if you are a man) until stated otherwise
PERIOD!!!! Why do people even need to come out? It shouldn't matter at all!
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The Social Construction of Heterosexuality
This whole section is really important because sexuality is a spectrum and it's so fluid and ever-changing.
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This shows how identity categories are not based on strict biological characteristics, but on the social perceptions and meanings that are assumed
This put my words from my previous annotation into an easier way to understand.
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As such, social constructionism highlights the ways in which cultural categories—like “men,” “women,” “black,” “white”—are concepts created, changed, and reproduced through historical processes within institutions and culture
I looooooove this so much. I love that it creates these identities and turns them into just words that change over time depending on the culture that's interpreting them.
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. The term was historically used in a derogatory way, but was reclaimed as a self-referential term in the 1990s United States. Although many individuals identify as queer today, some still feel personally insulted by it and disapprove of its use
I was going to annotate the previous sentence and say that "queer" defined in the dictionary means odd or strange, and it's still used in that way. Which makes this very very powerful for the community to reclaim, just like women reclaiming the word "bitch"
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Other preferred terms are African diasporic or African descent, to refer, for example, to people who trace their lineage to Africa but migrated through Latin America and the Caribbean
This is very very interesting, I've never heard these terms before.
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While there are no strict rules about “correct” or “incorrect” language
HOWEVER, I think it's clear when language is wrong. Especially if you're using outdated and/or offensive language. Not knowing what's right or wrong comes down to ignorance
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Feminism is not a single school of thought but encompasses diverse theories and analytical perspectives
This is so important!!!! Feminism is NOT just angry women being angry!!! People make feminism such a filthy word but it encompasses so much.
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Feminist theorists and activists argue for theorizing beginning from the experiences of the marginalized because people with less power and resources often experience the effects of oppressive social systems in ways that members of dominant groups do not
It's also historically true that the people most affected by something are the first to try and change it. This makes me think of that quote, and I'm paraphrasing because I don't remember it exactly, "When you hit rock bottom, there's nowhere else to go but up".
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More than a series of topics, Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies offers a way of seeing the world differently. Scholars in this field make connections across institutional contexts (work, family, media, law, the state), value the knowledge that comes from lived experiences, and attend to, rather than ignore, marginalized identities and groups
I think this is the most important reason for why people take courses like this. I was fortunate enough to have a really passionate AP U.S. History teacher in high school who made it a point to highlight the women and the minorities that played a crucial part in our history, but a lot of history courses will breeze over this people.
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There was a time when it seemed all knowledge was produced by, about, and for men.
This still feels very relevant today. However, I think nowadays women are supposed to be really smart and men are supposed to be physically strong. Women have to work harder and stronger and they aren't expected to take up jobs that require physical labor.
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