John Dominic M.

Soriano

BSED-2B

GE- ELLECTIVE

1. What is feminism?
Feminism is the women’s movement aims to make a change especially in western society.
This includes woman’s suffrage and the right to initiate divorce proceeding and no fault divorce
where also, women’s have the right to make individual decision regarding pregnancy or to bear
a child. The feminism also allows women to have access to contraceptives and abortion, and the
right to own a property. So, basically women’s’ right.

2. State the “waves”

Basically there are five- wave of feminism; first was,

First wave feminism- this occurred during the 19th and 20th century throughout the western
world. Focused on legal issues, primarily on gaining right to vote.

Next in line was he Second wave feminism- that quickly spread across the western world which
aims to increase equality for women by gaining more than just enfranchisement. Was also a
period of Feminism activity that thought and began in the United States in early 1960’s and
lasted roughly two decades.

Followed by the Third-Wave Feminism which was developed in the mid late 1960’s. this to
provide women’s equality in pay and educational career opportunities to change social culture
so that women’s role were not narrowly confined to those of wife and mother.

Second to the last was the Fourth-Wave Feminism began around 2012 which characterized by a
focus on the empowerment of women through the use of internet tools. This focused on social
harassment, body shaming and rape-culture. Its key component to highlight and address the
concern is through social media.

Lastly was the Fifth-Wave Feminism in Ibero America is a movement that rejects English-
speaking feminism models. It has two terminologies which are:

Neoliberalism- that deals with economic ideas about free markets, deregulation of financial
markets, privatization, individualization and the shift away from state welfare, and;

Capitalism-an economic system of production and distribution are privately corporately owned.
 3. The goal of second;
- To provide women the equality in pay and educational career opportunities to change the
broader social culture so that women role were not narrowly confined to those of wife and
mother.
4. To challenge the systemic inequalities women faces on daily basis. This works toward women
equality not women superior.
5. Feminism began at Seneca Falls Convention on 1848 and started by Cady Stanton.

Quiz 2:

1. The Philippines Plan for Gender Responsive Development 1995-2025 (PPGD)

- Rest on vision of development that is equitable, sustainable, free from violence, respectful
of human rights, supportive of determination and the actualization of human potentials and
participatory and powering.
2. The Anti-Violence Law Against Women and their Children Act of 2004 declared the state
values, the dignity and women and children from violence and threats to their personal safety
and security.

Quiz 3:

1. Masculinity is basically a manliness. This signify the boldness and strong characteristics of a man
including superiority and physical appearance,
2. Connell Hierarchy of Masculinities covers four (4) Terminologies;
 -First is Dominant from a masculinity that that expected in our society. It is culturally
valued the most qualities include heterosexuality, whiteness, physical strength and
suppression of emotion and sadness.
 Next is Complicit Masculinity where a man has opposite of the characteristic to
Hegemonic but do not challenge it either. They do receive some benefits from being
male.
 Third was the Marginalized Masculinity where man does not have access to the
hegemonic because certain characteristics. Men of colour and disabled men are
examples of men that experiences marginalized masculinity.
 Last, Subordinates Masculinity where men exhibit qualities that are opposite to those
that are valued in Hegenomic Masculinity such as physical witness and exhibition of
emotion like sadness.
3. Male gaze the perspective of notionally typically heterosexual where man considered as
embodied, characterized by a tendency to objectify or sexualize women. This is usually intended
for audience form films and other visual media.
4. The Bachdel Wallace Test was started when the lack of female representation behind the scene
and infront of the camera in the entertainment industry has become a hot topic. The Bachdel
Wallace Test has its requirements where the time it is implemented many films don’t pass it.
This test soon became the benchmark of the equality. Centric critics to judge films, television
shoes, books and pretty much any type of medias.