I concur that the readings this week were all insightful. I think I got the most out of "The Future that never happened. I was so excited by this reading because it gave a more in depth view of the second wave feminist movement and a look at its key players. I was so shocked and surprise to learn that Hugh Hefner was apart of the feminist movement early on and even funded some of their endeavors. A huge problem was that although he was claiming to be a feminist he in fact wasn't. He was still sexist especially where his business was concerned as seen by the playboy bunny emblem. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.posters.ws/images/152891/playboy_bunny.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.posters.ws/17524/playboy_logo/playboy&usg=__ogH22m29rwKo6RwFqBYRKjKBXiw=&h=450&w=291&sz=13&hl=en&start=0&sig2=zLBZ_0wyJ1cA_EmPcE1O0g&zoom=1&tbnid=3jTtz-i3DsbUiM:&tbnh=123&tbnw=79&ei=rTKGTJDGD8G78gbSis1r&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dplayboy%2Bbunny%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1920%26bih%3D890%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=407&oei=rTKGTJDGD8G78gbSis1r&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=40&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0&tx=69&ty=76
The difficult problem with the women's movement post Roe vs Wade was the contradiction between the sexual revolution. Some women believed it was a hindrance to the movement while other enjoyed it and felt it was a great part within the movement. That turned out to be a big problem and caused a divide within the movement. Then later with the emergence of CAKE I think that question is brought up on how to be a feminist and popular without recreating the old sexist stereotypes. One quote in particular from the reading that is describing these CAKE parties explains this idea well "Why is this the "new feminism" and not what it looks like: the old objectification?". This is also I feel and example of enlightened sexism as we have talked about in class. How can we move toward equality when we are still perpetuating inequality? As Robin Morgan said "Ponogroaphy is the theory, rape is the practice."
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