The article I watched, Terry Crews: Manhood, Feminism & the Mindset that Leads to Rape and the article I read, Why You Shouldn’t Have Children were complete opposites to me. Honestly if they were to have a dinner together it wouldn’t end up well at all, just because what they believe are almost complete opposite from one another. If they had a discussion about feminism it would mainly be about how Terry Crews stated that it doesn’t mean women are better than men but that women are simply trophies to the men. Crews puts down men like that, the ones that think women are simply just objects they can have around, and show off to people. Instead he believes that women are empowering and can take on the world.
In the article that Caitlin Moran wrote she stated that women don’t have to bear child, and that women who have children burden there lives, I definitely do not believe this and am shocked that she would say that, considering she has a child herself. She also states that women do a majority of things in the household and out in the world, which I agree with slightly, she says that men doe 50/50 work which I believe is true.
So in the end, I don’t believe that they would agree on much at all, they might agree on some of the feminism things they wrote about but only slightly; an example they would agree on is that Crews says feminism doesn’t mean women are better but are equal, and Moran states that we can do whatever with feminism and that it doesn’t have to mean one thing. There opinions are very different on the way they think about the life some women should live. Feminism in the end means equal rights to all, even if they are women. We help each other out in the end no matter what gender we are.
In such a conversation, I would fully expect the two to have differences. Crews has a very straight forward view on how feminism should be received by the general public, specifically by men, while Moran seems a little more flexible on how it should be viewed. Moran's views, however, also seem a lot more aggressive, especially on the topic of having children and childbearing women. Moran's goals make some sense. She suggests that through not having children, a woman would be able to be more independent, and on that I think Crews would disagree because of his outlook on life. More importantly, I wouldn't agree either. I am a huge believer in everyone, no matter who they are, having not only equal opportunity, but also the freedom to choose which way they want to live life. Some women want to have kids because they think all that work and dependence is worth ushering a new generation into the world, and that is something I highly respect.166 If I were present for such a dinner and conversation, I imagine that Moran would not hesitate to impose the ideas she stands behind, in which case I would be very much incline to share my views on freedom and equality. It seems to me that crews has it figured out. Men and women can be equals, and it's all about the mindset you choose to have.
ReplyDeleteI agree how both Terry Crews: Manhood, Feminism, & the Mindset that Leads to Rape and the article Why You Shouldn’t have Children both come from pretty opposing sides. I do see how Terry Crews feels that women are more empowered than before. While Moran, author of Why You Shouldn’t Have Children, makes blatant comments about women and their choice to have children while, Crews talks deeply about mindset and how mindsets must be changed at the root. He touches on genders roles and such, but he really focuses on what makes us who we are and the mindsets most men are raised in. Moran states in the reading, Part of this feeling that women can only become powerful elders in society when they have kids, I suspect, linked to the fact that women aren’t valued when they actually do get old: essentially, the peak of your respectability and wisdom is seen to come in the years you’re still fertile…” Terry Crews says as an active feminist, that feminism is not saying women are better than men, its saying that it can scare people because it can control you but in actuality, we are equal. Some people like Moran believe that when a women births a child, her potential is ruined.
ReplyDeleteBetween the two articles, " Terry Crews: Manhood, Feminism and the Mindset that leads to Rape" and " Why you shouldn't have Children" i would have to disagree on them being complete opposites due to the fact that they both want equality. For instance, in " Why you shouldn't have Children" by Caitlin Morgan she argues why women have to be forced to have children just because we are childbearing people? Women should be able to have the right whether to chose to have a baby or not because at the end of the day we are the ones who will be carrying it around for 9 months. And the same goes for " Terry Crews: Manhood, Feminism and the Mindset that leads to Rape" saying that its okay for men to be scared to admit that their different because then it allows others to see what they are actually worth as a person. Rather than accepting what the world wants you to do and not speaking out on it. But i do not believe Crews thinks women are empowering he's just saying that both men and women are equal in purposes and that women should be able to have an effect on the world also. You are correct though Alyssa that even though men do 50/50 in helping with the child mothers in the end will still do more work just because they are the mom.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on both the video, Terry Crews: Manhood, Feminism & the Mindset that Leads to Rape and the article Why You Shouldn’t Have Children.
ReplyDeleteTerry Crews does have a different mindset in that all women are equal to that of a man, which is an intellect that I agree all people should have. Women are empowering because they take on the same challenges men endure each and every along with the burden of being treated less then what they really are.
Caitlin Moran on the other hand was very disagreeable like you said. Her intake on children is terrible considering she once was a child and also because she has a child. All the statements she put in this article about children are insulting especially for the couples that would love to have children but simply cannot due to many various reasons. As for her remark about work at the house I would partially agree with because my stepfather would cook and wash the dishes. So from my point of view the workload between man and woman in marriage is about as equal as it gets.
Both articles are up for high debate, which is why both the article and the video are so arguable.
In “Terry Crews: Manhood, Feminism, & the Mindset that Leads to Rape” I agree with you on how Terry Crews sees women as empowering and can take on the world. I believe that this article is based upon equality. He does not like how men treat women, because he then asked the question, “How would they feel if it were their daughter or mother?” The tables would turn at that point. As for the article, “Why You Shouldn’t Have Children,” I see this as another point on equality, because she is saying that women shouldn’t base having a child off of society’s view that women “should” and “need” to have children, but rather base it off their views on their life and opinions. She says, “We need more women who are allowed to prove their worth as people…,” which I agree with somewhat because women are powerful and have the right to chose whether or not they want to have children. The whole article does point out the negatives of having children but they are all real things that people think about all the time. Terry Crews and Moran would disagree on many things but I do believe that they would agree that equality is the most important things here.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on the two different views in “Terry Crews: Manhood, feminism and the mindset that leads to rape”, and “why you shouldn`t have children.” Terry has a straight forward view on how the women should be viewed as equals. I agree with his view as women are equal as they hold a significant amount of power in politics and status in various countries. Terry sees the worth of women that is neglected by most men. Caitlin on the other hand argues that women should not be forced to have children as they hold the right to whether choose to have a child or not. Women implied by Caitlin are pressured into having child birth by being asked numerous times in their life when do they plan on having a baby. Caitlin feels that once women become mothers they now are ready to take up position of power. She states this in the article by saying, “Part of this feeling that women can only become powerful elders in society when they have kids.” Caitlin has an opposite view of feminism than Crews by her view that women should have the right to choose and not be influenced by society point of view, while Crews believes women should be seen as equal.
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