User:Afitz7/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title
 * Abuse during childbirth


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article content is relevant to the topic and written in a neutral tone. Information is cited and there are many links out to other wikipedia articles for further reading. There are a significant number of sources listed for the limited information provided, and all of these sources appear to be credible. As the article focuses on mistreatment of women giving birth, it does help an unrepresented population. However, there is little information about how abuse during childbirth varies according to the race, age, class, etc. of the woman. Other improvements could be the addition of sections covering myths/stigmas about childbirth, mistreatment throughout a pregnancy, and consequences for abusive hospital staff. The Talk page has very little conversation, aside from an editor suggesting that the article is poorly written in terms of grammar.


 * Sources
 * https://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/mistreatment-of-women-during-childbirth/en/
 * https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/10/14/769065385/why-are-midwives-and-nurses-slapping-and-yelling-at-mothers-during-childbirth
 * https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2776520/
 * https://academic.oup.com/heapol/article/35/5/577/5802543

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Male privilege


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article contents relevant information, but could certainly contain more. It does note criticisms and differing opinions, allowing for an overall neutral stance. The article uses citations often, but there doesn't seem to be sufficient resources for all of the information present. The Talk page also has several mentions of information not being cited clearly or correctly. There are mentions of how male privilege differs for men who stray from conventionally masculine identities, but there should be more discussion of how male privilege impacts people who do not identify as cisgender men or women. I would also suggest sections about male privilege in other fields, such as education, sports, and law. In addition, the section titled "Preference of sons over daughters" could be edited to include how parenting differs for male and female children. The Talk page has some discourse about the definition of male privilege as a theory or a phenomenon, which may make the article controversial.


 * Sources
 * https://stemeducationjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40594-020-00250-3
 * https://www.timeshighereducation.com/books/entitled-how-male-privilege-hurts-women-kate-manne
 * https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24635666/

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Neofeminism


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article is short and lacks sufficient information. Everything written is relevant, but not complete. The writing is neutral, but does not offer much insight into criticisms of the neofeminist theory. There are very few sources present and they are rarely cited throughout the piece. The Talk page suggests that Neofeminism is essentially the same as 3rd-wave feminism, and the two pages should therefore be merged. The article is lacking in explanations of how neofeminism applies to women who are not the stereotypical heterosexual cisgender white feminine archetypes, and is therefore failing to be intersectional. The article could also benefit from examples of neofeminism/neofeminists and how it is portrayed in the modern media. The page links to lipstick feminism, and I think it could also relate to girlboss feminism. The talk page is not very active, though there is more information on the linked "3rd wave feminism" page.


 * Sources
 * https://scholar.law.colorado.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1438&context=articles
 * https://www.jstor.org/stable/24458318?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Feminine Psychology


 * Article Evaluation
 * The information on the page is relevant and cited at the end of each paragraph. It is delivered in a biased tone and little criticism of the theory is presented. The Talk page offers significant criticisms of the page, though seem to have been remedied. Mainly, editors suggest that some of the information presented would be better for other pages such as the articles for masculine psychology or feminist psychology. The article is lacking in terms of psychology beyond Freud, and how research even today tends to be male-oriented. It also fails to account for women of various races, sexualities, or social classes. There is sufficient information that can be added, and significant edits that can be made to clean up the article and fix the biased tone, as suggested by Wikipedia.


 * Sources
 * https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1562109/
 * https://www.jstor.org/stable/3173539?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents

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