interview

Interview a woman over age 45. What was their experience of gender? What is their history with feminism? Define feminism? Describe one experience in your life that made you conscious of gender.

I chose to interview my grandmother, who is 59 and has lived in a very small town her whole life.

1. What has been my experience? I have never gotten paid as much, & worked twice as hard. I've been twice as kind. They are the dominant sex, I guarantee you. Even though they are physically stronger they are not mentally stronger. They use their physical strength to overtake us.

2. I didn't ever burn my bra, or anything like that. But I was always for it. But not gung-ho for it. I got it, and here I am. What I did was blow my future, but it is okay. I love my life.

3. When I think of feminism I think of Gloria Steinem, and how they were not really in touch with my life and what feminism really was. I just rolled with the flow and did what I had to do. I raised two kids and they turned out alright. I was never a flower-child.

4. The first experience I had was when I was 7 years old. I had a little brother, and the first time I saw his pecker, it looked like it really hurt. If you want to get general, that is how I remember first seeing gender in its true form. It was when my little brother was born.


The reading was really different, I'd never thought of psychology in feminism.