You've been planning to meet up with your girlfriends and go to the park. You meet up at one person's house to carpool but suddenly it begins to rain. What do you do? Are your plans ruined?
Here are some get to know you (or get to know you better!) questions you and your friends can bounce around. 1. Who are your top three female role models and why? 2. Which female celebrity would you most like to meet and why? 3. Who is your favorite author? What is the name of the most recent book that you read? 4. What is your hobby? How long have you done it? 5. What was your favorite hairstyle as a child? 6. You've won a ticket for two completely free trips to any country. Where would you you go? Why? Who would you bring with you? 7. How many of your high school friends do you think you'll keep in contact with after graduation? 8. What do you want to do after high school? 9. Do you want to get married or have kids? What is your idea of your future spouse? 10. Tell your most corny joke. 11. Explain your most hilarious inside joke that no one in this group knows about. 12. What specific thought keeps you up at night? 13. What do you look forward most when you think about next month? Next year? The next five years? The next decade? 14. What is your favorite letter; word; month; song; color; outfit? 15. Who is your favorite Disney Princess? Why? 16. What is your ultimate deal breaker in a friendship? A romantic relationship? Would you rather? 17. Walk through a haunted house or watch a horror movie? 18. Watch a romantic drama or a romantic comedy? 19. Have a reputation for being obnoxious or be known for having bad B.O? 20. Be a contestant on Naked and Afraid or Fear Factor? 21. Be stuck in a movie or be stuck in a dream? 22. Binge watch every single Netflix original and get paid $20 an hour as a career or win $1,000,000 on the spot and never receive any money again? 23. Watch a Disney Channel Original Movie or a Disney Animation? 24. Black and white movies or movies in color? 25. Be nocturnal or remain diurnal?
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It is important to fight for womens' rights, recognition, and equality; not only in the US, but worldwide as well. Most women, in the US at least, support this idea and believe that the fight for social, economic, educational, and political equality is not yet over. Some women, however, do not stand by this idea. Ellie Winters, Grand Canyon University student and writer for The Odyssey Online, wrote an article last October titled 'I'm The Girl Who'd Rather Raise A Family Than A Feminist Protest Sign.' In the article Winters expresses her reasons for opposition against womens' marches and rallies. She argues that "we don’t need to fight the system anymore."
I both agree and disagree with Ellie.
I agree that it is becoming more common for women to be involved in business and other careers in the STEM field, and that the shaming that women who express their desires to be homemakers or stay-at-home mothers experience has to stop. I also agree that we are all "girl bosses!" But, I what I do not agree with is Ellie's idea that progress has been made to the point where it is okay to stop marching; where it is okay to stop speaking out. According to The Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), women make up only 21% (286/1,362) or mayors in cities with at least 30,000 citizens, 12% of all US governors, and 19.8% (106/535) of the US Congress. The lack of female presence in American government is only a glimpse of this same issue on a global scale. It is important to see where Ellie and women who share her line of thinking are coming from. She represents a group of women that desires to stick to traditional values--and that is okay. But it is also crucial that we do not let our personal interactions and perceptions blind us to the reality of the position of women in the rest of society. The point of the Womens' March and other movements that stand for womens' rights and equality is not to invalidate those who choose to use their skills in the home rather than the workplace. The goal of the movements are to celebrate and uplift women. And if we want the movement to mean something, we've got to start to come together despite our differences in lifestyle and dreams, because at the end of the day, we are all fighting for the same thing: a better world for females. Sources: https://www.theodysseyonline.com/not-feminist-not-sorry http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/current-numbers https://www.womensmarch.com/principles/ |
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