Feminism

I have never really looked at feminism this closely and in depth before and it never occurred to me as to how differently women were treated in the art industry. When studying art in high school I never realised that there was this sexist opinion as many amazing artists that I like are women and they have made a name for themselves. As a young woman have seen and felt the bias or prejudice of being a woman and felt angry that people still have that naive perception on the world. I hear jokes made by young men such as “why do men like small feet on women? So they can get closer to the stove” and I know some men are actually joking around and have respect while others actually believe that women should stay in the home, either way it’s still a touchy subject even in the 21st century.

Reading Griselda Pollock’s text I realised that extent of sexism that was occurring during the past hundreds of years and still occurs today but women of colour were treaded much more harshly then white women. Feminism didn’t just affect sexism but also touched on people of different cultures and race’s too. Even today everyone faces some sought of racism.

I truly thought as a society we had past the sexist side of things until I heard that even in Australia it still occurs with only a small percent of women in high paying jobs and women are still paid less then a male for the same job. I feel that as a society we still need to move forward and seek out equal rights for all people because as humans we are all the same and therefore should be treaded that way. I honestly believe and see everyone as equal even if the rest of society hasn’t quite come to terms with this belief.