User:Jordynederer/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.

1: White feminism - (S-class)

 * This article is about the lack of representation of women of color in predominantly first-wave feminism movements. It provides in-depth explanations of first-wave, second-wave, third-wave, and fourth-wave (also known as intersectional) feminist movements, and the critiques of each movement as 'white feminism'. If I were to edit this article, I would add more sources from women of color and their perspective on the lack of representation. This article doesn't include many sources, and among the few, most are white women. I think it would be effective to a section about the struggles of non-white women and how the transection of race and gender compounds oppression faced by women historically and currently. I would then devote a section to the voices of women of color and what has been said about their experience in feminism movements.
 * Sources I would use:
 * Barbara Smith on Reproductive Justice and Black Feminism: An Interview
 * Female, Black, and Able: Representations of Sojourner Truth and Theories of Embodiment
 * Standing Up for her Principles: Ida B. Wells and the Suffrage Movement
 * Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory, and Antiracist Politics
 * Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory, and Antiracist Politics

2: Political socialization - (S-class)
This article mostly lacks information. There isn't much discussion on the difference in socialization between gender, the one time they describe a difference in gender is when it is lumped between differences in race, age, geographical region, and American coasts. Editing this article would mean either integrating patterns of gendered political socialization into each section, or creating sections devoted to the difference in socialization between genders. I would also add a section about the implications that socialization has on political ambition and participation among women and men. It would be a lot of work, but I think a discussion or analysis of political socialization shouldn't ignore this difference.

Sources I would use:


 * The Effects of a Wall: Gender Attitudes and Political Involvement in Unified Germany (Professor O'Brien's work ;) )
 * How gender shapes public opinion in American Politics
 * This One’s for the Boys: How Gendered Political Socialization Limits Girls’ Political Ambition and Interest

3: Gendered racism - (not rated)
This is another small article, with a definition/explanation of gendered racism, the origin, and the ways people cope with it. If I were to edit this, I would go deeper to explain the origin of gendered racism, and introduce the court cases we reviewed in the first weeks of class where the intersectionality of gender and race wasn't recognized. I would discuss how the justice system views gendered racism today, and maybe find some testimonials from women of color who have been victims of this oppression. This article just needs more information, it's very shallow and only discusses the effect of this phenomenon on black women, not even acknowledging the presence of other women of racial and ethnic minorities in this space.

Sources I would use:


 * Degraffenreid v. General Motors
 * Mosley v. General Motors

4: Sex differences in education - (S-class)
This article has a ton of information, but it's critiqued for its style of writing as personal reflection or argumentative essay, which I can see at some points. I would also say this article is centered around the male perspective; almost every section discusses the way boys are discriminated against in education. The prevalence of male discrimination is predicated on the performance of boys compared to girls in school, with girls achieving better grades and having better behavior. If I were to edit this article, I would try to advocate for the female perspective, not to say that girls have it worse, but to hypothesize that girls are forced to mature more quickly than boys, which is why they outperform the boys and don't struggle as visibly. I could also discuss the underrepresentation and underdiagnosis of learning disabilities in young girls, and how that affects their education experience. Another thing to address could be the disproportionate amount of girls worldwide who have no access to education, or are illiterate.


 * Sources I would use:
 * How the Gender Gap Leaves Girls and Women Undertreated for ADHD
 * Girl's Education - Gender Discrimination in Education
 * Why girls around the world are still denied equal access to education
 * Why girls around the world are still denied equal access to education

5: Matriarchal religion - (C-class)

 * This article discusses religion that focuses on a goddess or goddesses, which have origins in the very first human civilizations in time. This work does a good job of explaining the religions themselves, but if I were to edit it, I would definitely describe the reasons it lost popularity and the impact of transitioning to male-dominated religions. There is a small section about the cultural impacts that these religions have, but I would go a lot further discussing the formation of the patriarchy, gender roles, gender socialization, and the power women once held that was taken from them in the name of Christianity. Overall, I would contribute a more modern perspective on the religions and how they differ from our accepted notions of women and religious figures.
 * Sources I would use:
 * When God was a Woman by Merlin Stone
 * When God was a Woman by Merlin Stone