Work today will help with next week
“Women as Objects” - arguments are ALIVE
This will help you understand the POINT of writing
4 TASKS:
Ask:
What's the reading ABOUT? → How men have always looked
at women and how women see themselves - “Women... experience
themselves as more visible”
What do you understand about [the author's] ideas?
What are the similarities/differences between the ideas?
→ They differ because of time periods, but revolve around the same
theme (a conversation going on throughout history)
5 KEY WORDS (you should be able to find more than 5)
- GAZE
- WOMEN (as)
- OTHER
- PSYCHOANALYTIC
- REPRESENTATION
- SURVEYOR/SURVEY
- LOOKING
3 KEY QUOTES (extract information) What's the main
argument?
- “Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at”* - John Berger
- “To be born a woman... is to be born into the keeping of men”* - Berger
- “A gaze which each individual under its weight well end by interiorizing to the point that he is his own overseer” - Michel Foucault
*Quotes [that are quoted] within the text –
okay but don't do it all the time
The text is from 1995 – society hasn't changed THAT
much since then → People who grew up in the 90s bring the same
traditions into the 2010s → consider the environment in which a
text was written!
The idea of a “modern woman” who can do everything
has emerged
Did you know: humans have the smallest gender dimorphism
of any species? → ironically they make the biggest deal of gender
of any species
Feminism isn't a “thing” - it's a DISCOURSE (no
right or wrong answers)
Ideas are ALIVE – students will create the next
generation of themselves
By next Thurs.: Write a paragraph that summarizes the
argument
Extract and edit! (200-400 words – not too detailed)
Like a film trailer
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