In class today we learned about the 4 waves of feminism and watched some of the vagina monologues
The four waves of Feminism are:
- 1st wave- 20th century North America and Europe political rights for women
- 2nd wave- 1960's is an extension of the first wave obtaining complete equality for women in ways such as educational rights, same pay equality, they also believed that sexual representation of women was degrading
- 3rd wave- believe that sexual representation isn't degrading (you should use what your momma gave you)
- 4th wave - Are concerned with spirituality and global harmony, building peace
The clip from the Vagina monologue was a skit of 4 ladies talking about there different experiences they had due to family and culture when it came to getting there first period. When they described there different experiences the audience would laugh; I believe the audience laughed when it came to these descriptions because it was their way to deal with experiences that in culture is taboo to talk about. In today;s culture we don't talk openly about what is happening with our bodies we are ashamed. This is a weird considering that what is happens with our body is a natural and every person is going through it.
I liked that this skit discussed the different experiences that these ladies went through when they had there periods but I didn't like the way they went about it in a way bring to make it comical.
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