The final section of Full Frontal Feminism by Jessica Valenti covers things related to beauty, politics,academics and spreading the word about feminism. Valenti confronts the fact that women think they need surgeries to look beautiful and how society plays on that believe. She also uses her personal experience of wanting a nose job at a young age because she was told her nose made her ugly,to show that women only get those surgeries to fill voids placed in their life by negative comments. Valenti goes on to talk about eating disorders,she says" Eating disorders have the highest death rate of any mental illness,"and this is cause by society enforced beauty standards.Valenti explains how politics only have 15 percent women in Congress, 14 percent in the Senate, and 15 percent in the House of Representatives. Valenti tells how women politics have impacted the world and how they have made women's rights even better. Valenti brakes down the different ism's of society:racism,sexism and classism. She tells how women experience this three things more than anyone else and how women of minority experience them even worse.Valenti ends the book with how women can do little things like educate themselves about sex, don't believe in stereotypes or double standards,be proud of themselves, know their reproductive rights and never deal with a violent spouse to help put an end to all the things feminist struggle with. she also goes on to ask her reader to spread the word about feminism and the great effect of it.
TONE: Informing and Humorous
Question 1: After finishing the book do you agree or disagree with Valenti's believes about feminism? Why or Why not?
Question 2: Did Valenti's use of satire diminish the stereotypes placed upon feminism?
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Question 1: After reading the book I agree more with Valenti's belief, considering the fact that I was already a feminist.
ReplyDeleteQuestion 2: Yes, i think she used the satire very good in this book. It made the reader more enlighten with feminism.
Question 1
ReplyDeleteI gained a new insight and perspective on Valenti's beliefs. I dont necessarily agree with some of her thoughts. But I considered some.
Question 2
By her style of writing it did break down the stereotypes placed upon feminism.
1) I agree with what she beleived was wrong, though I believe that some of her solutions either wouldn't solve the problem completely or were a little too idealistic.
ReplyDelete2) I think that the satire would've had a stronger overall effect on me if I actually did believe in the things that sh criticized. Since the book was meant for young women, who supposedly already noticed something wrong with the way women were treated, I believe that the humor was added primarily in order to keep young women interested enough to read to the end outside of class.