Author: Miguel Liu Li

Equitable(Abjective)

According to a dictionary Marriam-Webster the word equitable mean “ dealing fairly and equally with all concerned”

Based on the article we learn in the class”How to Raise a Feminist Son” by Claire Cain Miller, “If we want to create  an equitable society, one in which everyone can thrive, we need to give boy more choice”.

After I knew the meaning equitable it help me to understand the whole sentence which mean tif we want out society to be equal we need to gave boy more freedom, and let them do the thing they want to.

stoic(noun)

According to the dictionary William Webster the word stoic mean”One apparently or professedly indiffirent to pleasure or pain”

This word appear in the article that we learn “What Feminists Can Do For Boys” By Jessica Valenti, “Feminist  ideas can help men – be it the rejection of expectations that men be strong and stoic or ending the silence around male of sexual violence.”

After I understood the meaning of stoic, I will be able to understand the meaning of the sentence, which mean Female can help men be against the strong and pain that men have and to end the sexual violence.

Stumbling(Verb)

According to the dictionary Marriam-Webster the word stumblimg mean”To fall into sin or waywardness.”

Based on the last lecture, ”Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston we read, ” she nearly fell upon the box in her stumbling.”

After I understand the word stumbling which mean fall down because of something, I understand more the quote above, that’s mean  she was get fall down by the nearly box. Continue reading “Stumbling” →

Queer(adjective)

According to Marriam-Webster the word queer mean”: sexually attracted to members of the same sex ”

In the  “A Jury of Her Peers” by  Susan Glaspell, “” “How  did she look?” he county attorney was inquiring. “well,” said Hale,”she look–queer.” ”

After I knew the meaning of queer, I will be able understand the sentence, that someone asking how she look, then Hale response back and she look like same sex type of person.

Oriented(Adjective)

According to the dictionary Webster-Marriam the word Oriented mean” intellectually, emotionally, or functionally directed”.

In the article “Teaching Men To Be Emotionally Honest” by Andrew reiner,“Boys were also more socially oriented than girls,” the report said.

After this quote The I know the word oriented meaning,it let me know the meaning of whole sentence which boys are more emotionally than a girl, shows that boy in this society will most likely want to express their own emtion more than girl does. This sentence encourage boy to express their emotion.

Fascinated(Verb)

accoding to the dictionary Marriam Webster, the word fascinated mean”To command the interest of”.

This word is appear in the article”The boys at back”by Christina Hoff Sommers, In the quote”The student are kept so budy and fascinated with what they are doing that they have neither the time nor the desire antics”.

Afte I understand the word fascinated, I will be able to understand this sentence clearly which mean the student is interest in something that they don’t even have the time to do it, and don’t have the emotion to do it.

mocked(Verb)

According to the dictionary William-webster the word mock mean” to treat with contempt or ridicule “.

In last week we just learn the article”What our son learn from donal Trump” By Clarie Cain Miller,In one of the quote said”We have evidence that if you shift the discourse around boys and give them the cultural support they need to solve problems with strategies other than aggression and to express their feelings without being mocked, they respond just like any human being”.

In this quote after I search the meaning “mock”. Now get me more understanding, the sectence is telling us dont laghing on the male when they expressing their feeling.The word mock in here mean dont make it look like hilarious is some male expressing their feeling, and gave them cultural support so with can change the meaning of masculinity.

 

commensurate(adjective)

According to the dictionary Marriam Webster, the word commensurate mean” corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree “.

In class we learn the article”The Boys Are Not All Right”by Michael Ian Black, one part of the article said”Boys, though, have been left behind. No commensurate movement has emerged to help them navigate toward a full expression gender “.

After this quote I start to understand what the word commensurate mean in this sentence, it mean there no more movement to help them have a full expression, and to support to make them move forward, which always left behind..

Skepticism(Noun)

According to the dictionary “Marrian Webster” the word Skepticism mean “an attitude of doubt or a disposition to incredulity either in general or toward a particular object”.

In the class we learn an article”A Master’s Degree in … Masculinity?” byJessica Bennet. In a quote “Like many new fields, masculinities  studies brings with it varying degrees of skepticism”.

After I searched the mean of the word skepticism, I will be able to know that the quote telling us, is studying of masculinity will let us have a lot of doubt on it, which left us a lot of question about what is masculinty, how masculinity acting in this word, how is different from girl, and this is also a new field so we find the best way to explain what is masculinity is.