Imagined interview between a modern journalist and a suffragette exploring what they experienced and drawing on the two texts you have to read.
Modern journalist: What happened over 150 years ago in Britain, had a major impact on our lives today. Women such as Sylvia Pankhurst, whom is best known for her committed and successful struggle to win the vote for women. We will be interviewing a suffragette and what she experienced. What did you experience from this?
Suffragette: What I experienced from this suffragette was danger and suffering for months, that changed the world. Many people can remember and still remember today, that the biggest change that suffragette's did was changing women's lives. Women like me, brought change to the history of women. It made women have the right to vote.
Modern journalist: How did you decide to follow what Sylvia Pankurst did? What made you put your own life in danger?
Suffragette: Well, I was very upset by the lack of choice and freedom women had and the male dominance over women. Seeing Sylvia putting her own life in danger for us women, made me become a suffragette, and do the same thing as she did.
Modern journalist: Did you suffer from dangerous things during this time?
Suffragette: Many of the things I did to change women's role, was dangerous, one of which was not eating and drinking for 30 days. My weight was decreasing, but I did not stop, but continued.
Modern jounalist: Thank you for your co-operation.
Commentary:
The interview between the journalist and suffragette is set out in a script, this shows turn taking and adjacency pairs. The reason for this is to have the interviewer asking the suffragette about her experience in the time. The topic is about the suffragette's from 150 years and exploring her experience. The audience that it is applied to, are women today, to let them know about the lives of women , 150 years ago. I chose to give views about the reason for becoming a suffragette in such way, to link it back to the artical, which was written at the time of suffragette.
Wednesday, 26 January 2011
Sunday, 23 January 2011
Cupcakes and Kalashnikovs- Should Married Women Work-
Write a magazine article for Good HouseKeeping (a magazine for women), in which you argue whether married women should work.
Yes. The traditional view of a married women's role is to stay in the home and look after the children and provide food for the husband. However, this view is outdated, as numerous changes in the society and law have moved on. Some of these changes include the changes in the position of women, as women are allowed to be educated and get a job.
Some married women probably have a degree, which took time to earn, but some still believe that once a women is married, her role is to stay in the house, look after the children and have no occupation. This is because they are seen as a housewife and those who do the housekeeping, whilst men are the breedwinners.
Some sociologists believe that a married women must stay and look after things within the house. On the other hand, married women should work, this is because it helps the husband financially, in other words, not having to lend them money. As the article "Women Talking to Men," by Mary Stott, indicates three scenarios. First scenario is "Husband A", some men may respond as this. However, some may say (Husband B), "I can't afford it". Whilst others may be in between, as husband C says, "How much do you think you will need?" The first scenario leads to 'no', whereas, the other two scenarios leads to 'yes', because they portray negative scenes, when a women does not work.
Some men believe that if a women earns money, they spend it on things that are unnecessary, which means the opposite to women. As Mary Stott questions her audience when saying, "How can a man endure... only of semi-adult status?"
Attitudes twoards marriage has changed, as women can get educated. Therefore, they put marriage to a side, never marry or work as well as marring. Equality between women and men are becoming more equal in areas such as, education, voting, domestic households and many more.
Commentary:
In the article above, I inculded the different views of women, from the traditional view of marrige and the mordern view. This was to help me answer the question, as the roles and attitudes about women have changed and to give both sides of the argument, whether married women should work or not. I linked the question back to the two articles, one of which was the article by Mary Stott, she used scenarios, to portray the different reason why a women should work when married. I did this to make my answer stronger, as I said yes for married women to work as well as attitudes towards marriage and equality between women and men.
The question asked by Mary Stott has the the adjective pre-modifier 'semi', which is used to describe women, which means a women is not fully grown up, therefore, illustrates patriarchy.
Yes. The traditional view of a married women's role is to stay in the home and look after the children and provide food for the husband. However, this view is outdated, as numerous changes in the society and law have moved on. Some of these changes include the changes in the position of women, as women are allowed to be educated and get a job.
Some married women probably have a degree, which took time to earn, but some still believe that once a women is married, her role is to stay in the house, look after the children and have no occupation. This is because they are seen as a housewife and those who do the housekeeping, whilst men are the breedwinners.
Some sociologists believe that a married women must stay and look after things within the house. On the other hand, married women should work, this is because it helps the husband financially, in other words, not having to lend them money. As the article "Women Talking to Men," by Mary Stott, indicates three scenarios. First scenario is "Husband A", some men may respond as this. However, some may say (Husband B), "I can't afford it". Whilst others may be in between, as husband C says, "How much do you think you will need?" The first scenario leads to 'no', whereas, the other two scenarios leads to 'yes', because they portray negative scenes, when a women does not work.
Some men believe that if a women earns money, they spend it on things that are unnecessary, which means the opposite to women. As Mary Stott questions her audience when saying, "How can a man endure... only of semi-adult status?"
Attitudes twoards marriage has changed, as women can get educated. Therefore, they put marriage to a side, never marry or work as well as marring. Equality between women and men are becoming more equal in areas such as, education, voting, domestic households and many more.
Commentary:
In the article above, I inculded the different views of women, from the traditional view of marrige and the mordern view. This was to help me answer the question, as the roles and attitudes about women have changed and to give both sides of the argument, whether married women should work or not. I linked the question back to the two articles, one of which was the article by Mary Stott, she used scenarios, to portray the different reason why a women should work when married. I did this to make my answer stronger, as I said yes for married women to work as well as attitudes towards marriage and equality between women and men.
The question asked by Mary Stott has the the adjective pre-modifier 'semi', which is used to describe women, which means a women is not fully grown up, therefore, illustrates patriarchy.
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