Current+Events

Current events are a great way to incorporate women's studies, or any study as a matter of fact, to real life situations. I believe all the current events we discussed this semester allowed me to develop a greater knowledge in women's studies and roles in the real world. The current events consisted of abortion, rape, plastic surgery, and even men and their 'Peter Pan Syndrome.' We discussed a wide variety of events that were currently happening in the real world and relating them to how women, and even men, are portrayed in modern society. In my two articles below, although two very different topics from each other, they both link to women and their empowerment. In the first article, it discusses the killing of women who get abortions. This shows that women's choices are not 'pro-choice' per say and even their own right to live is determined by the men of their society. On the lesser note, the second article talks about women and the way their voices are transforming into lower, more masculine voices. This article brought out an important discussion topic about how when women speak with authority, they are considered to be a snob, while women who speak to softly are considered weak. Many of these articles associate with the question, "How does society find a balance?" In other words, how can society take steps to creating equality as a whole.

View this link to 'honor killing' in Egypt...

View this [|link] to an article on voice creaks in women of the new generation.