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Colmar (Alsace, France) - Mai 2023 - Apple iPhone 12 Mini

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“Il y a des mots qu'on peut prendre dans la main. Et certains qui ont une odeur ..... - Et qu'est-ce que tu dis alors ? Elle réfléchit. "Je dis "rose"." Et je vis le mouvement, je vis le souffle de ses lèvres fleurir comme un bourgeon qui s'ouvre, doucement, avec des feuilles à la respiration sourde, et une odeur merveilleuse. Rose.”

― Gertrud Kolmar,

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Colmar, France

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“Lexicon of the Debates”: Wendy K. Kolmar and Frances Bartowski

After reading “Lexicon of the Debates”, I have learned that although women have rights, they are still in a “private sphere” just because they are women. This is one of the many reasons that feminism sprouted out, along with many epistemological ideas that fall under different types of feminism, such as radical and cultural feminism. They “[take] women’s differences, and motherhood in particular, to be resources for feminism that they must wrest from patriarchal control.” What I perceived from this reading is that women are still somehow inferior to men (mainly due to the different genitalia, as stated in the reading). Women shouldn’t be subjected to male dominance just because of the differences between a man and woman’s body. We should all find a way to end most oppression against women, although it may not seem like there is any. Not just against women either, but for all people. “We do not need to share common oppression to fight equally to end oppression.”

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Lexicon of Dates by Kolmar and Bartkowski

What i got from this articles is that we live in a paradigm of women being oppressed and that is what society lets us view them. Yes racism is still a powerful conflict in the world and especially more effective today but women also suffered just as much as black people. They had a moment where it was the woman suffrage where they had to fight for their right to vote. Where they wanted to have the same jobs as men and wanted to be seen then just more than a sex object. That being said Kolmar and Bartkowski stated in the article that woman usually connect with the world with their bodies. A womans body should be a temple and sacred but society and media want to just use their sex appeal as money makers or just expose what they have. A crazy thing that got me stuck was when they informed us that women were inferior to men because they did not have a penis and that the lack of that makes them more sensitive and soft. Also, because they have a menstrual cycle and the ability to get pregnant is what holds them back and makes men more dominate for having no setbacks.

Feminism will always be an issue because majority of the world will always put men over women and say that men are better than them in basically everything. whether it is labor work or jobs, status or dominance. Will it ever change? Hell if i know.

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Lexicon of Debates

An interesting point that was mentioned was that “women have been linked with the material world through their bodies, they have become objects, property, and valuable for their exchangeability among men.” This summarizes the way that women were and still are viewed by society; lesser than men in every way. The fact that women don't have the same reproductive organs as males shouldn’t place them in an inferior spot. According to the authors, women are treated differently because they are considered “mysterious, taboo, or dangerous” due to their “pregnant bodies and monthly cycles”. Women’s bodies are often shown off and commercialized in films, stores, and television. For that reason, many people see women as sexual objects because they are taught that it is all right. Then that leads for some women to believe that they need to take dangerous and extreme measures in order to keep up a certain image so that they will be accepted. Another interesting point is that “’one is not born a woman’ but becomes one through social and cultural processes” This could be interpreted in many different ways. The way that I saw it was that women became inferior to men over time due to society or “social and cultural processes” which I believe to be the truth. 

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Colmar, France

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Colmar, France