Prompt #3 2/16/11

     The womens rights movement is one of the various important movements that i most identify with as a woman in the American society.This movement gained womens rights to vote and this was the very first initial step that began to produce more rights for women and the views towards women gradually changed from here on out. Woods describes the Women's Rights Movement as the first wave of womens movements in the United States.
    I was not alive when this movement happened in U.S. but i feel very strongly about womens rights in our political office. I beleive women deserve to be president just as much as men do. I remember when i was in elementary school and George Bush Senior was president and i remember asking my mom why we didnt have a women president. At this moment, my mom described the Women's Rights Movement. I remember being in shock, i couldnt believe women were treated differently from men, it made me feel like women were labeled as dumb.
    The Women's Rights Movement has made a huge impact on how i view gender in America's political office. I constantly research the amount of women in the house, who is the newest woman running for senator etc. I have become more invloved in the American Politics because of this moment i had when i was in elementary school watching George Bush Senior speak on national Television. I will continue to fight for my rights as a woman and other womans rights by voting for them, I hope i live to see a women President and Vice president.

   The White Ribbon Campaign would for one of the men's movements that i most self identity with.
In chapter 4 of Gendered Lives, Woods describes this movement as a group of international men who worked to end mens violence against women. The White Ribbon Campaign was the largest men's antivolence group in the world (Woods, p. 101). This movement is so important to me because i was once a victim of domestic violence. 
    I remember seeing a clip of the Movement on TV as a young child and once again i was shocked that men were getting away with beating and killing women. Once again i never understood why men were treating women differently, i was always raised that women should be praised and never harmed. I never understood why it was so frowned upon to be a woman in America, why were we not given automative rights to vote? Why were men getting away with killing us?
  In highschool i was in a violent relationship, i was a victim of domestic violence. I had to go through numerous therapy sessions because i was basically an emotional diaster and afraid of men. At my therapy sessions i was introduced to classes i could take about violence against women and how i could help other women out that were in my same situation. This was the worst and best thing that ever happened to me. I was at my lowest point but had such amazing support from others in my same shoes that didnt judge me for what i had been through. At therapy sessions we talked about several men's movements regarding violence against women. This has impacted my life and made me a stronger person, because what doesnt kill you only makes you stronger and i can argue that!