User:DirtyDreb/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
https://www.jstor.org/stable/40262901
 * Article title
 * Patriarchy in China
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article contains numerous issues - especially in regards to its lack of citations and expansion on essential topics in Patriarchal China's long history. To address its sources, the article makes contentious claims -- such as "women's status was highest in the Tang dynasty, when women played sports (polo) and were generally freer in fashion and conduct." -- without supporting such statements with proper citations. As already noted by other Wikipedia editors, this issue with the bibliography is prevalent throughout the article. Additionally, despite 'Patriarchy in China' having a long and detailed history spanning across multiple dynasties and local cultures, this Wikipedia article is severely lacking in historical material on topics such as foot binding or the role of Women in Chinese society throughout the history of China.
 * Sources
 * This article contains numerous issues - especially in regards to its lack of citations and expansion on essential topics in Patriarchal China's long history. To address its sources, the article makes contentious claims -- such as "women's status was highest in the Tang dynasty, when women played sports (polo) and were generally freer in fashion and conduct." -- without supporting such statements with proper citations. As already noted by other Wikipedia editors, this issue with the bibliography is prevalent throughout the article. Additionally, despite 'Patriarchy in China' having a long and detailed history spanning across multiple dynasties and local cultures, this Wikipedia article is severely lacking in historical material on topics such as foot binding or the role of Women in Chinese society throughout the history of China.
 * Sources
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https://www.jstor.org/stable/41604037

https://www.jstor.org/stable/591019

Option 2
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/globalsouth.12.1.03
 * Article title
 * Reproductive labor
 * Article Evaluation
 * Although the article briefly covers the differing roles of women's reproductive labor according to racial divisions, I feel that there is a significant lack of material that expands upon how women of color in America faced reproductive labor struggles largely unique from white women of their contemporary -- especially with how the article fails to note significant African American women leaders in this field or how slaves were exploited for reproduction.
 * Sources
 * Although the article briefly covers the differing roles of women's reproductive labor according to racial divisions, I feel that there is a significant lack of material that expands upon how women of color in America faced reproductive labor struggles largely unique from white women of their contemporary -- especially with how the article fails to note significant African American women leaders in this field or how slaves were exploited for reproduction.
 * Sources
 * Sources

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctv1wxqbv.8

https://www.jstor.org/stable/43497500

Option 3
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/498991
 * Article title
 * Feminist art movement in the United States
 * Article Evaluation
 * While the article covers a diverse and comprehensive list of prominent feminist artist beginning in the 1970s, it fails to capture the larger importance of the whole movement. Outside of the opening section, the article is largely an arbitrary listing of feminist artists and their works -- failing to highlight which trends or changes played the most significant role in its history. Additionally, while the 1970s brought about the first significant wave of feminist art, this time period was not the inception of the topic. As a result, I believe the article needs to include scholarship on the pre-1970s feminist art which -- although largely scatted and not mainstream -- still played a prominent role as inspiration for later feminist artist.
 * Sources
 * Sources
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https://www.jstor.org/stable/24571890

https://www.jstor.org/stable/3810957

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Feminism in culture
 * Article Evaluation
 * I feel that this article should be a broad summary of the most significant expressions of feminism in a wide range of cultures; however, the article fails to meet the vast scope of its title. Instead, the article covers a relatively limited number of poorly organized topics in feminist culture. Dedicating a near equal amount of focus on the whole of women's writings as 'Riot Grrrl Movement' can highlight how under adequate much of the article's depth of research currently is. Additionally, the whole of the article needs to have a general focus on feminist representation in culture rather than a simple highlighting of certain movements or people in modern pop culture.
 * Sources
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https://www.jstor.org/stable/3175302

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1394941

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1395787

Option 5
https://www.jstor.org/stable/27588312
 * Article title
 * Sex differences in education
 * Article Evaluation
 * Although a sufficient amount of material is presented in the article, the numerous sections have a significant tonal issue. Rather than addressing sex differences in education in a neutral and academic tone, there are many section -- notably 'Women's scholarships' -- which has a argumentative tone -- such as the quote "but it is now men who underperform and that the scholarships should become gender-neutral." This back-and-forth argumentation by the authors of this article results in a non-academic article that is more focused on persuading -- rather than educating -- its audience
 * Sources
 * Although a sufficient amount of material is presented in the article, the numerous sections have a significant tonal issue. Rather than addressing sex differences in education in a neutral and academic tone, there are many section -- notably 'Women's scholarships' -- which has a argumentative tone -- such as the quote "but it is now men who underperform and that the scholarships should become gender-neutral." This back-and-forth argumentation by the authors of this article results in a non-academic article that is more focused on persuading -- rather than educating -- its audience
 * Sources
 * Sources

https://www.jstor.org/stable/26939750

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1130467