Being feminist

[differenceblog]

Yoder et al (2007) add to a growing body of literature suggesting that identifying as a feminist is good for women. Yoder measured feminist identity using five subscales identified by Fischer et al (2000). Quoting from Yoder et al (p 3-4):

• passive acceptance (“I don’t see much point in questioning the general expectation that men should be

Comments

[beckiemoriello]

whether there was any difference in feminist identification by social class

My English ex-girlfriend was getting her MA in working class feminist literature. She said that there's extremely little because feminism is mostly restricted to the middle and upper classes.

This was in 2001 in Brighton. Her name's Heather Pugh. *shrug*

[charlycrash]

The first link doesn't seem to be working for me.

[differenceblog]

D'oh. I'm working from a computer without institutional certificates now. is Yoder et al (2007) accessible?

[charlycrash]

It is :)

Btw, damn good show, keep up the good work, dude.

[differenceblog]

thanks!

[beaconeer]

maybe its regional, but here in rural New England gender roles are certainly being re-defined but not for the better for women. At the age where people traditionally are settling in there's a growing expectation that men will stay juvenile and girls have to be grown ups before they've had a chance to be kids. This is a completely unscientific observation.