Category: Entry 8

Word defined by Merriam-Webster: feminism(noun): The theory of the political, economic and social equality of the sexes.Organized activity on behalf of women’s rights and interests.The second definition of “feminism” is used in ” What Feminist can do for Boys” in the fifth paragraph. The author, Jessica Valenti says that feminism provides a means of women to escape the sexist status . An example as I view the word Feminism is:Some major acts of feminism occured in the mid-1800s, for example, The  Women’s Rights Movement in which women’s right leaders such as Susan B. Anthony and Sojourner Truth fought for equal voting rights for women.

Claire Cain Miller, “How to Raise a Feminist Son”

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The word I would like to add to my glossary is “Egalitarian” it means relating to or believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities.  The sentences using the word egalitarian says “Men who were raised by employed moms are significantly more egalitarian in their gender attitudes,” said Kathleen McGinn, a professor at Harvard Business School.  What I thought this sentence was that men that are raised by their mom, they are less likely to act like a masculine.  Perhaps, they are raised to be more caring and have respect for women than other men would.

After reading the article “How to rise a feminist son” by Claire Miller I came to the sentences that says “Men who were raised by employed moms are significantly more egalitarian in their gender attitudes,” the word “egalitarian” popped up and I was of course curious to find out what it meant. At first I thought that it meant something to do with being fancy but turns out according to Merriam Webster it means ” asserting, promoting, or marked”. this was really weird and not what I aspected. I I can safely used this word without looking dumb in front of people.

According to Urban Dictionary, egalitarian is an adjective and someone who believes that all humans should have equal rights and opportunities, regardless of race, sex, sexuality or class background. This word can be found in the article, “How to Raise a Feminist Son” by Jessica Valenti. For example, ” Men who were raised by employed moms are significantly more egalitarian in their gender attitudes, said Kathleen McGinn, a professor at Harvard Business School.” When I first came across this word, I knew it had to describe how the men had felt after being raised by a mother. Also, having an opned mind to the fact that women could just be as dominant and hardworking as a father in a childs life. Last but not least, it shows men how to share and encourage friendships with females and be productive together.

Misogyny. A noun defined as “a hatred of women” by Merriam Webster Dictionary. In the article, ” What Feminist can do for boys” by Jessica Valenti talks about how feminist ideas can really help a man in so many positive ways. In the article the author included the line “Whether it’s mysogynist terrorism ,the rash of young men feeling sexually entitled to women or the persistent stereotype of “real men” as powerful and violent. When I first read this line I did not really understand what it meant. But after reading it slowly and the context clues I came up with the conclusion that the word just means a man having strong hate towards a women and just thinking of them as a sex object.

Grapple: to seize another, or each other in firm grip (verb)

I came across the word grapple on October 30th during class, when reading an article called ” What Feminists Can do for Boys.” Which briefly explained reasons on kinds of feminist examples that boys and men can benefit from. Towards the end of the article, the word grapple came up, I had no idea what it meant but reading the sentence, ” Until we grapple with how to stop misogynists  themselves” I guessed that grapple had something to do with grasping information, and I was close. However grapple does only have to be used to grasp information, but it can be used for other cases too. The author wanted readers to know that in order to stop boys from becoming misogynists, we should grapple the present ones. Thanks to reading this article, I can now add grapple to my future vocabulary.

Nayideh Rene

According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary,stoic is identified as a noun. It means”not affected by or showing passion or feeling.” In the reading “What Feminists Can Do for Boys”, the third to last paragraph states, “Feminist ideas can help men — be it the rejection of expectations that men be strong and stoic or ending the silence around male victims of sexual violence.” The word stoic is being used to explain how females can help males express their feelings because males tend to not talk about their emotions.

According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary, diligence is defined as steady, earnest, and energetic effort. In the reading “How to Raise a Feminist Son” by Claire Cain Miller, the word appears in the third paragraph as stated, “women’s roles can’t expand if men’s don’t, too. Men are falling behind in school and work because we are not raising boys to succeed in the new, pink economy. Skills like cooperation, empathy and diligence — often considered to be feminine — are increasingly valued in modern-day work and school, and jobs that require these skills are the fastest-growing”. Now knowing what the word means, the author is saying that most men fall behind in school and work because they are not raised to succeed in works that require steady, earnest, and energetic effort. In order for society to fully progress, men need to be able to express their emotions.

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.

According to the Merriam-Webster, the word stammered means “to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking(verb)”. “Allowing Teenage Boys to Love Their Friends”, ” His voice quavering, the young man stammered something unexpected from a frat brother, about how women can be as insensitive and hurtful as guys.” The word stammered is used to show how the male keeps stuttering when he tries to show his situation. Later on the male says how he got this which means that he is not trying to show his emotions. He is trying to put on a mask to show how tough he is.