Talking points on Anita Hill

The author is Peggy Orentein and the name of the text is Anita HIll is a Boy:Tales from a Gender-Fair Classroom

The argument that orenstein has is somewhat similar to Johnson/Delpit to say those forbidden words or things. Women have always been portrayed as weaker than men and men are always the dominant figure in every aspect of our society. In this text it is about showing the other side and about women's history and how women have done great things. The author wants to have more on women's right's but at the same show that history and society has great figures that are male and female and that one side shouldn't be focused on the other like it is in the other classes where male figures dominate.

Quote 1

"The boys definitely resent it," she says matter-of-factly. "They think Ms. Logan is sexist. But you know what i think? I think that it's the resentment of losing their place. In our other clases, the teachers just focus on men, but the boys don't complain that that's sexist. They say. It's different in those classes because we're focusing on the important people in history, who just happen to be men."
Through this class it allowed boys and girls to understand the history of woman, but as seen the boys tended to not enjoy the class as much but the girls did. This is unintentional but at a young age boys and girls are always taught that men are always superior. Like they said in the other classes how it's always male figures that are always shown this is true. Even in history classes they never discuss important events about women and when they are discussed they are lightly brushed over and never really get in depth.
Quote 2
"It's like how boys learn to see girls," says one of the girls. "i mean you turn on MTV Spring break and there's these stupid girls with huge breasts and the tiniest batin suits dancing around ....But if your a guy says luis, you see all those great bodies, and you think you want a girl like that. You think you should have a gil like that"
This quote is very intersting because it goes on beyond the classroom part and shows how our mindsets are very different. Girl's get offended by the stuff they see on this and don't want to be like that, but guy's think that this is what there supposed to see. Television has really brainwashed us so this kids think thats what they should see in a girl big boobs etc and girls think its apalling or they think thats how they are supposed to act for someone to like them. Some guys don't like the behavior either as it stated in the text. This shows just how we need to communicate with each other to stop this stereotypes and from happening so young impressionable kids don't fall into this mindset where guys think girls are pieces of meat and girls think they have to act like this.
Quote 3
"But i don't tell my freinds," he says. "if i told them i was interested in women's history, they'd call me a fag. Si i just take it and don't talk about it.
This quote is very good because it shows how in society some men put there own gender down if they want to become interested in learning about women's history. This happens in other things in society too if a male likes to cook,sew etc he is deemed gay, fag or wuss. We give these labels on what is manly and what is girly that it separates us from really being able to talk to one another. The boy luis is doing good because he is trying to expand his mind by learning about women, but at the same time he has to hide the fact that he wants to learn about women's studies because he'll be an outcast among his friends. This shows that sexism still exist and male dominance is still a must and if some men don't agree with it then they become wusses for wanting to learn more.

I thought the reading was very interesting. It shed light on things i never really thought of. I know about what women fought for and stuff, but at the same time there has been instances where i felt like Luis if i did this and someone found out people would call me names etc. What is wrong with embracing the history of women, or African americans or gays/lesbians? Nothing is wrong with it,but some people make it seem like it is so people hide that there learning. Like i said in the beginning i think this piece relates to johnson/delpit because it wants us to communicate with each other and have dialogue so that we can break down these stereotypes and notions that we have about each other.