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Man up! and WOW factor on Asu campus

Their goal is to create a climate of respect, equality and (sexual) safety on their campus. Instead they seem to be perpetuating sexism with their names.

Here are quotes from the articles:

  -If Man Up is attempting to create a climate of respect on campus, then why does its title perpetuate the most stereotypical vision of masculinity — a masculinity that inherently degrades feminine identities? The phrase “man up” is one of the most common, and most misogynistic, expressions of patriarchy. This idiom literally means “don’t act like a woman”; for an organization that claims to be about respect, its title is pretty impudent.

  - WOW Factor!, otherwise known as Women of Worth, is the feminine response and partner of Man Up; and at least women have a voice in this organization, right? Well, sure. First of all, the phrase “Women of Worth” implies that only once a woman has joined WOW Factor! can she be considered “of worth.” Of course, this implication might not have been the intention of the club’s charter members, but it certainly is an implication. Plus, as much as this club claims it is about teaching women to respect themselves, this club focuses on teaching women how to warrant respect from men and their sponsored events prove this.

  This is important to me because I feel that a lot of latent sexism is trapped in the words we use and their implications and I believe we often underestimate the power of these words.

  http://www.statepress.com/2014/10/08/man-up-and-wow-factor-perpetuate-sexism-and-rape-culture/

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Marilyn Manson

Marilyn Manson allegedly removed his two bottom ribs so that he would be able to suck his own dick. It doesn’t matter to me that this is almost 100% a rumor, I use this as pretext for a few jokes about rib removal throughout my play.

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Question: "Why did God use Adam's rib to create Eve?" Answer:Genesis 2:18-24tells the well-known account of how God created the first woman, Eve, by removing part of Adam’s body and fashioning it into the woman. Many Bible scholars have translated the passages to indicate that God used Adam’s rib to create woman instead of making her from the dirt of the land, as He did for Adam. The question also arises as to why God created woman out of Adam’s rib as He did, when He apparently had formed male and female animals individually. God used part of the male to form the female to show that they were actually the same created being, two halves of a whole. The female was not created as a separate being, second to the male. She was formed as part of the initial man, in order to be a “helpmate” for the male. Eve was brought into being to strengthen and powerfully help the male, but she was made from the same “stuff,” and she was every bit as perfect a creation as man and every bit as patterned after God’s image and likeness. The word translated “helpmate” is not synonymous with assistant, servant, minion or subordinate. The Hebrew phrase,azer k'negdoin all other instances in the Bible refers to powerful and extensive aid and support. In most cases, the phrase was used to depict dominant military forces or armed men. Other Scriptures, includingDeuteronomy 33:7,29andExodus 18:4, use the same phrase to discuss the potent interventions and deliverances of God Himself. Woman, therefore, was created as a complement to man, as an integral part of man, and as a powerful and influential companion for man, on an equal footing with him. Furthermore, the Hebrew word translated “suitable,”K'negdo, carries much more meaning than simply “suitable” or “appropriate.” This word also means “opposite or contrasting.” This implies that the two beings were designed to work and fit together perfectly, not just physically but in all ways. The strengths of each compensated for the weaknesses of the other. Together, they became something far stronger and more magnificent than either of them was alone. Read more:http://www.gotquestions.org/Adams-rib.html#ixzz3KQY6ptGP

***This is textual evidence of the beliefs of my Boy character in my first episode whom thinks of woman as the ultimate complement and "helpmate" for man.

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Male News Anchor Wears Same Suit for a Year to Protest Sexism

This male news anchor wears the same suit for a year after his female co-anchor was criticized for something she wore. No one noticed that he wore the same suit. I feel like don't really need to explain why. One interesting point made by the video, though, is that most of the criticism that the female anchor receives is from other woman. 

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Always #LikeAGirl

Part of what I have been exploring for my play is the power of language and the connotations that come with the words woman and girl and feminine. A message I would like to incorporate into my play is that we don't need to change the words, but we have to change the meaning behind our words.

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Second Sex

These are some specific quotes for Simone de Beauvoir's "Second Sex" that have fed my thoughts….

“One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.”

“Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with absolute truth."

Thus humanity is male and man defines woman not in herself but as relative to him; she is not regarded as an autonomous being. Michelt writes: "Woman, the relative being…" And Benda is most positive in his Rapport d'Uriel: " The body of bank makes sense in itself quite apart from that of  woman, whereas the latter seems wanting in significance by itself…. Man can think of himself without woman. She cannot think of herself without man."

“A man never begins by presenting himself as an individual of a certain sex; it goes without saying that he is a man.”

“The fact that we are human beings is infinitely more important than all the peculiarities that distinguish human beings from one another"

"All oppression creates a state of war. And this is no exception.

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Rough/Vague Play Ideas

1. What does it mean to be powerful?: goes back to the first man and woman. The man just happened to be taller than the first woman and from this he decided that he was above her- thus instating the notion that power is measure by the amount of people you have under you/amount of people you have working for you. This would consist of episodes from ancient Egypt, feudal England, 17th Century China, 1800s America (Slavery), present day Pakistan etc and explore the truly trivial things and the language that is used to assert one person over another.

2.Loss of identity: it’s the future and everyone is confined to a social group that they choose from when they are 13 (Divergent Style). Everyone finds their mate through a computerized bachelor type competition (like a tinder, but people take it seriously).  Getting a job is like being on the apprentice. The job of a “news team” is to come up with the most exciting scandal yet, no matter whether it is complete farce or not. This play will explore the frightening direction which our identification and self worth are going. If our society continues in this direction, what will be important to us 100 years?

3…….I'm working on it.

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An example of "Epic" music.