Race, Class, Gender; Why Students Fail
Peter McLaren
-Jen
1."Just as male resistance in the schools often serve to more firmly cement the boys in their low-caste status, female resistance often means rejecting the culture of the classroom only to be positioned in a culture in which girls are viewed as sex object."
1) I feel like this quote is very demeaning for women. It is saying that no matter what women do with their lives, they will only be viewed as sex objects
2."The Corridor girls started to "go" with boys as early as age twelve. If in the process of "making out
they responded to the boys' advances too readily or indiscriminately, however, they were labeled as "sluts" Such names, employed viciously and randomly, were also bestowed on girls who were physically unappealing. Girls often found themselves in the double bind of losing their group status if they engaged in "too much" sexual activity, or of being rejected as "cold
if they engaged in too little. Boys' status however was fundamentally enhanced by similar incidents of increased sexual engagement. This double standard has existed historically of course and feminists have consistently and rightly attacked it."
1) I feel like this quote is disturbing. I feel that at age 12, no one should "go" with anyone else. At that age I feel like that they are too young to understand what a relationship really is about.
2)Also, I feel that the double standard for girls and boys is completely wrong. Boys can do what they want with who they want, but if a girl happens to do it she is looked down upon.
3."Specifically blacks and similar minorities believe that in order for a minority person to succeed in school academically, he or she must learn to think and act white."
.... I understood this quote two different ways.
1) This quote is sad. Its sad that people feel that they need to think and act white to succeed in school.
2) Also, i feel like this quote could mean that if a minority that does not speak English very well and they live in an area that does speak english, they need to learn english so they can fit in with the whites.
This reading had some disturbing points about it where certain genders and certain races are put down
I agree completely with your idea of the double standard. I think it's always been like that, guys are considered cool the more reputation they have while girls are judged more no matter what they do.
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ReplyDeleteRight on with no double standards to men and women!! Your quotes were good ones from the reading and helped in showing the more disturbing parts of the article. Men and women should be treated as equals in every sense, but women are still waiting for this acknowledgment. Unfortunately more and more girls at a younger age are using their bodies more than their minds. This in itself is disturbing and these girls need to be talked to and understand they are more than just what their bodies can get them.
Jen,
ReplyDeleteI love your explaination of the second quote, and the double standards. It sad to realize how young kids are learning about these "standards". I can see how these standards effect how kids see themselves, because it seems that I see girls barely wearing any clothes and only going after boys. It's really sad once you see it personally then just hearing about it.
I love your explaination about the second quote! All your explanations for the quotes were good. It sad to see that standards on girls and guys are so different
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