Blog 8

So, this school semester comes to a close and I am here on my blog to write one of my last entries. I was pondering what to write and started to think back on all of the topics that we had discussed for class and I couldn't think of one that I had recently dealt with. Then the idea came to me that our last chapter talked about becoming involved and active with a movement or cause. This gave me the idea that I should take a step forward and actually do something to call to action on what I have learned this semester. So, I figured where better to begin a cause then right in your own home to see what the other family member(s) is/are thinking. I asked my husband if he knew what a feminist was and of course he gave the answer that they are loud speaking women who do not like to be told what to do by men. I referred to my textbook on what a woman should be able to do (it listed about 13 items) and he agreed with pretty much all of them. Then I continued to inform him that the list I just read him is what feminists believe in too. It is still amazing to me on how a lack of knowledge on a particular subject brings fear and more negative ideas about it rather than curiosity and positive thoughts. Through this class I have learned alot more about what women one hundred years ago had to go through and how I am so grateful that there were women who stood up and said there needed to be a change. The knowledge of how women's rights weren't given to us on a silver platter makes me more motivated to go out and vote just because I know I can.