The two chapters we read from the Curious Feminist promote the need of feminism in a patriarchal society. In these two chapters, Enloe encourages people to remain curious and question the framework of this intrinsically patriarchal society. Instead of women sitting back and falling into the roles expected of them, they should embrace feminist ideology and question these patriarchal male authorities. Enloe states that “uncuriosity” is dangerous because it breeds conformity to societal ideology. In the push for feminist curiosity, women become very aware of patriarchy and see beyond what everyone else sees in these types of societies. In the second chapter Enloe encourage people to admit “surprise” and welcome it. She claims that surprise helps women to prepare for what lays ahead. She mentions several events in the late 20th century that have surprised her and have forced her to rationalize the situations in a new light. These readings were great because they brought our semester and what we have learned to a full circle.
I think Sara makes a great point when she talks about surprises having the power to make us all rethink what we either used to believe or what we thought the future could possibly hold. I also think that this means that the future is changing constantly for issues such as women's rights because of the increase in our lack of complacency with the status quo.
ReplyDeleteI agree that women should not have to fall back into roles expected of them. We as women should be able to "compete" with men for the same positions. Just because something was done a certain way in the past doesn't mean that it has to be done in the same fashion today. Our society is constantly changing and reforming itself. New and more controversial topics are being presented into the public sphere and are more openly talked about. Women's rights is something that is still an "issue" that we are working on. I hope that in the future there will be more possibilities.
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