Week 2 / Full Frontal Feminism

   I liked that the article by Valenti on Feminism was more laid back and easy to understand.  She used real life examples of Feminism and steps in which people are taking(big or small) to promote change.  I thought that the Rock and Roll Camp and the group to support rape victims were both good examples of change that aren't really seen as
"extreme" feminist acts.  I also never thought much on whether I would consider myself a Feminist or not.  However, I would be willing to stand up for equality, so maybe I am.

The different role playing acts in class where interesting to observe.  In the example with the two females portraying two males watching football it was easy for everyone, especially the males in the room to point out their errors.  This changed however when the two males were pretending to be two females shopping.  This time it was the girls who had more input about what the "right" ways to behave were.  In both of these instances it was easy to point out the different ways in which both genders reacted in the different roles.  I have to wonder though what the role playing would have looked like with two very sports oriented females portraying it and what the shopping scene would have looked like with two metro sexual-like males who actually enjoy shopping.  These things may be uncommon, but they are out there.
  The third instance of role playing was interesting because of the constant switching of roles.  When the male was trying to role play the female being picked up by a male, which was portrayed by a woman the roles felt like they kept switching.  It was more difficult for the role playing individuals to stay in character when interacting with the member of the opposite sex.  The male in the skit wanted to take charge of the situation, which is something that is not likely to happen, for a girl being hit on and asked out by a male.

Until next time.