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Kat’z argument clearly states that Donald Trump is trying to get white males to vote for him in this presidential election in his interview of “It’s Masculinity Stupid: An Interview with Jackson Katz on the Throwback Allure of Donald Trump”. Katz begins his interview with a percentage which states “The only way Trump can win is if he captures something like 70% of the white male vote, a historic record. That’s why his campaign’s central strategy is to go after white male” (1). Which is a pretty high number and it can possibly happen unless, we think thoroughly and choose carefully when voting. They are many essential arguments that are being covered in this interview such as
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Katz says that the only reason men tend to be more conservative is that they only care more dangerous situations rather than on what is important. Katz explains his argument by saying “There’s a lot of talk about how women don’t care as much about foreign policy, are more interested in things like domestic policy, social programs, education, child care, etc. The implication is that men are less concerned about these things, more externally focused on macro real-world threats, more self-reliant, more naturally and even biologically inclined than women to identify with the tough talking, anti-government, pro-military rhetoric of most Republican candidates” (3). Which proves overall, that can be a major issue when it comes with gender and politics all in one. In addition, for Donald Trump to try and convince white males to vote for him and not for Hilary …show more content…
The word feminizing from the dictionary means “advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men”. Katz explains the success of the Republican party by stating that the Democratic party has had a feminist influence which has attracted women, gays, and some men that “turned their back on real-world problems”. The republican party has had a lot of support of white males which advocates the protection from real world dangers and threats. Also, strategizing the Nixon political machine also causes a problem because Katz mentions “Buchanan and Nixon knew that if they could speak to working people like they understood their lives and understood their loyalties to the country” (11). and have the Democrats being put into a bad position and make them malicious, then the republicans have a greater chance of gaining white males vote. Overall, this election should not be all about threating people or especially lie to them just to get their vote. The candidates should just be honest and have the people decide who is the right president for the United
Within the United States election season of 2012, we heard many of our current, and wanna-be elected leaders discussing a ‘so-called’ war on women. Coming into this years election cycle we will undoubtedly hear more of this discussion, which begs the question: Is there really a war on women in America? In America, women make up only 19% of the US Congress, 5% of the Fortune 500 C-level executives, and just 16% of the Heads of State [Nilges]. Whether it be in politics, the workplace, or through inherent speech patterns, gender bias influences opportunities afforded to both men and women. While tremendous improvement has been made within the United States over the last 3 generations, it is clearly a challenge that requires a persistent, collective effort.
As a leading special interest group, Feminists, who are politically active concerning gender roles in society, have been at the forefront of the Paula Jones case and the Lewinksy-Clinton scandal. What comes at odds with the Feminist stance in politics is a womanizing Democratic President that they support and his opportunizing and provocative young mistress. It was something the Feminists were neither prepared for nor easily responded to when given the option of a liberal President with sexual issues or the conservative, Republican moralists taking charge.
On May 2, 2016 Jill Filipovic wrote an article in the New York Times that addresses the topic of women in power and how women can be at a disadvantage due to the fact that they just simply are not a man. Filipovic started her article by addressing the topic of race and how Representative Donna Edwards was accused of playing the race card during her election. In todays society many women have a hard time getting hired, trusted to execute a role, or even getting paid less by companies. Due to these issues many women such as Hillary Clinton is now being accused of “playing the women card” in her debates for presidency. The purpose of this piece of rhetoric is to argue that women are not just “playing the woman card” but that discrimination
In Congress only 2 percent of members have been women in 1789. That is severely low number and part of the reason why this is so low is due to the media’s and society’s treatment of powerful women. The media is especially savage to women with their criticisms, but they are often criticism not of the policies but of their outfits and hair. The media teaches society that it is more important to focus on aa women’s pantsuit than her policies. The can be disparaging to any women wanting to run for politics. In the film they show many clips of newscasters or radio host taking about women; they comment on their outfits, their hair, their hormones, they call them sluts, and whores, they attack them. It was unbearable to watch these women who have worked so hard to become powerful women being torn down for their hair choice for the day. Its also hurts voter’s confidence in women in that “sexist media coverage results in drastic decrease of voter confidence in women candidates” (Larris, Maggio).
Throughout the history of western civilization, women have fought for their rights to be treated as equal citizens. The problem of gender inequality has been prevalent for centuries. The movement for equal opportunity has gained traction in different eras but is still far from complete. Today, we are faced with an America that has made a choice. It has made a choice for division, for stagnancy and for retrogression. Women have been subtly told that their value does not rest in politics, nor in business, nor in leadership. After the results of the 2016 election cycle that subtly is gone. The America of today is different from the America of yesteryear. The underlying notes of sexism are no longer hidden. A society that was once working towards
Trump assures voters he will defend their second amendment right to bear arms, an issue many Republicans feel very passionately about. Other issues such as his tax reform plan are designed to appeal to middle class workers frustrated with their jobs or lack of jobs as trump assures voters if elected he will bring business, trade, and jobs back to America. One issue Trump addresses that is also a huge stance the Republican party overall has taken is that he will repeal the Affordable Care Act, and overall he will save our nation from the turmoil and trouble that President Obama and a Democratic executive branch has gotten this nation
Living in a society where gender matters and is one of the main attention seeking in every aspect whether it is involved with politics, governments, and as well as individuals within a community. Men and women were created equal at birth; yet, we are brought up and nurtured by the society that we let it control our thoughts and minds, and believing that women are not equally as men. Gender was separated at birth, in order for society to tell the difference between a boy and a girl, therefore, boys often wear things that associated with the color blue and girls with pink. In a political world, gender tends to suffer a gap between male and female when it comes to voting for presidential candidates or elections. While most electable candidates want to gather as many votes as possible from both genders, women’s voting tends to deliver a bigger impact on who will win, due to the fact that the majority of women are likely to vote for female candidates, especially on political issues relating to women’s rights and movements than male candidates. Therefore, women candidates should target mostly at female voters, because they are likely to vote for their own gender and will support women candidates on political issues involving discrimination and domestic violence towards women.
Essentially, the majority of America is unconsciously, or at least appears to be unconscious to a patriarchal system that is evident in businesses, the government, and society. One can also relate the patriarchal system to racialized sexism. Because the patriarchy system in America revolves around the idea that being a white male receives the most privileged, people often tend to think that racism is mainly directed towards African American men instead of ethnic groups as a whole, and feminism involves mainly white females, which leaves women of color as their own collective identity that is result of the patriarchal system in America. Patriarchy also promotes males as being dominant which unknowingly enforces domestic violence. Thus, in conclusion, the patriarchy system that exists in America today is a silent problem that many need to be more aware of because it leads to unfair treatment, and in extreme circumstances
...d the media to focus more on their on appearance, personality, and family life, than the media focuses on their male counterpart. In turn, their political beliefs take a back seat to personality pieces, hindering their campaigns. Female candidates are then viewed less seriously as politicians, when their portrayal is so one-dimensional. Women don’t get the opportunity to engage in political discourse, when they have to spend time talking about their family, taste, and clothing. This Personal trivia then drowns out dialogue on serious issues. Women perceive the electoral arena as sexist and biased, because female candidates politics are valued less than their personality, family and appearance.
“Republican Motherhood is a concept that deals with the role of women and their duties to both family and country at the time of the American Revolution. In this context, the word “republican” relates to the foundation of the United States as a new republic and is not at all concerned with the modern-day Republican political party” (Leach 2). Republican Motherhood meant civic duty. It is a 20th century term used for the attitude towards women’s roles in the United States. “It reinforced the idea of domestic women’s sphere separate from the public world of men” (Kerber 1). That is what encouraged women to get an education and become something bigger then what people saw them as. The movement for women’s education started
White women had been oppressed, and eventually when America began to diversify, those coming into the country were becoming oppressed and alienated. Even those who had been in the country were being discriminated against, but it’s because white Americans were prejudice towards those who identified as other than white. Sexism was and is definitely prevalent within the feminist movement, as feminism is fighting for the equality between men and women in general. Sexism creates and justifies systems of domination based on sex and gender (FYS Class Notes). The feminist movement began on the acts of sexism, as women did not have the same rights as men. Today, I think that women still aren’t treated as equal to men because people, especially men, think that women aren’t capable of doing the things a man can. I also think that part of the reason that men think women aren’t equal is because women can have children, and they just assume that the woman is supposed to take care of that child for the rest of her life. Yes, it’s her child, but it’s also the man who helped her create the child’s responsibility to take care of the child as
Throughout history, men have been given power solely because of their gender. In society, men receive benefits, rights, and authority, not based on character or eligibility, but on their physical characteristics and life is inherently easier if one is male. Women have just gained the right to vote within the past decade, while men have always been allowed the privilege of contributing to government and civilization. Also, men had the advantage of being in control of wealth and property for hundreds of years because that is how society always functioned. The foundations of society were built on a patriarchy. Therefore, the value of male characteristics and the importance of men have been passed along and are still present today. While society progresses in understanding equality as years go by, male privilege is still in action
Before the 1920s men and women were thought to have two separate roles in life. People believed women should be concerned with their children, home, and religion, while men took care of business and politics. In 1920 there were significant changes for women in politics, the home, and the workplace. When the 19th amendment passed it gave women the right to vote. “Though slowly to use their newly won voting rights, by the end of the decade women were represented local, state, and national political committees and were influencing the political agenda of the federal government.” Now a days it’s normal for women to be involved in politics and it’s normal for women to vote. Another drastic change
The differences between women and men are not solely biological. Our society’s culture has established a set of unwritten cultural laws of how each gender should act, or in other words society has ascribed a stereotype. Men’s gender identity has been one of masculinity, and masculinity is defined as referring to a man or things described as manly. What does manly mean though? Is a male manly if he is “Mr. Fix-it”, or the jock, or if he sits on the couch on Sunday watching football? This latter statement is a stereotype of men, that has been around for decades, and is current as well, but starting with the 1960’s a man’s role started to change, despite the stereotype not changing to accommodate it. For the past 40 years one can see how men have taken on roles stereotypically ascribed to women, such roles including being the “stay-at-home mom”, which we can find an excellent example of in the 1980’s film “Mr.
In Hillary Clinton’s 2008 campaign for president, there were people who criticized her for looking too haggard and they questioned whether or not her prior political success was because of her husband, Bill Clinton (Lawless). This narrow media coverage of her appearance is a consequence of our culture’s issues with stereotypes in gender. The men that were running were not questioned as to whether their success was dependent on others, however, since society placed the stereotype that women are being valued only for their appearance. The main issue with this is that without the initial gender stereotypes, all candidates, business owners, news anchors and people would be treated equally and