Weekly journals on woman studies

Journal entry 1

The passage above comes from the article , Artistic Behavior in the Human Female ' by Jean Robertson (2003 ,

. 24 . Robertson (2003 ) argued that female artists define and interpret female sexuality in diverse and conflicting ways , and by using different artistic strategies . Robertson makes assumptions about the woman 's body as a contested terrain , wherein being a woman continues to be a subject of heated debate . For him , how female artists view themselves as women , and as artists , shape their depiction of femininity ' and female sexuality ' in their artworks

One of the quotes that Robertson mentioned in his text comes from Simon de Beauvoir . In her seminal book , The Second Sex ' she stressed that One is not born a woman , but , rather , becomes one ' I want to reflect on de Beauvoir 's statement and Robertson 's belief about the woman 's body

I agree with de Beauvoir that social experiences and political conditions impact the construction of being a woman ' Society shapes how women and men see femininity and gender roles through establishing gender roles and expectations . An example is when a girl is conditioned ' by her mother to be a woman ' by telling her how she should act as a woman . This includes educating her about the toys she can and cannot use , and the games she can and cannot play . The girl learns that she should act and think a certain way , in order to be feminine ' She learns that she cannot be boisterous or get...