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Source 2

1. Why is feminism important in today's society?

2. Why I'm a Feminist

3. Samantha Goodyear

4. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/samantha-goodyear/teen-feminist_b_5399720.html

5. website, 5/28/14 @ 10:20 PM

6. Speaker: teenage feminist occasion: author's experiences with sexism and gender roles in high school audience: teenage girls, misogynists purpose: to explain why the author is a feminist subject: sexism and gender roles tone: colloqial, narrative

7. Goodyear is a feminist because gender roles in society have caused teasing and pressure amongst her peers. Sexism has affected the lives of her and her friends in the classes they take and their everyday lives.

8. The pressure for a girl to prove themselves to a man is caused by the inequality and gender roles of our society. The sexism and gender roles that are instilled in children at a young age are harmful to women around the world and detrimental to women in society.

9. While I did not find this article particularly eye-opening, I thought it gave some great examples of how society's gender roles and sexism affects young girls everyday. With clear examples it is easy to see how hurtful these aspects of society are to young girls, especially in their body image and self-confidence.

10. "I don't want them to have girls in their shop or tech classes who constantly have to prove themselves to their male peers, like I did." "There are girls my age who feel like their voices are not being heard because they are female" "This is the norm, and we as students accept these roles, because to speak out against them would shake the whole social foundation of our system."

"A leader told an adult friend of mine, when she was young, that she couldn't succeed in her dream career because she was a girl, so she changed career paths"

Source 3

1. Why is feminism important in today's society?

2. Modern feminism has got it wrong about men; Today's feminism teaches British women to see themselves as victims and men as perverts and misogynists, says Natasha Devon

3. Natasha Devon

4.http://go.galegroup.com/ps/retrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None&sort=DA-SORT&inPS=true&prodId=GPS&userGroupName=brid10025&tabID=T004&searchId=R2&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&contentSegment=&searchType=BasicSearchForm¤tPosition=2&contentSet=GALE%7CA368265162&&docId=GALE|A368265162&docType=GALE&role=BIC1

5. Database, 5/30/14 @ 12:06 PM

6. S- anti-feminist female O- new wave of feminism A-skeptics of the feminist movement, feminists P- to give an opinion that feminism is not needed S- feminism is no longer necessary Tone- argumentative, challenging

7. Women are allowing themselves to see themselves as the victim. Women are paid the same and receive the same education as men, although they refuse to be grateful for the opportunities that exist, and continue to complain of sexism and inequality.

8. Gender equality already exists in first world countries, but women would rather be offended by catcalling and pornography than accept the opportunities than first wave feminists fought hard for.

9. I found this article unpersuasive because the author simply stated her opinions, and did not back them up with any solid information. She would say that she was not offended by lads mags, but never explained why. She said that her family was very pro- gender equality, but never considered her "bubble"- that perhaps it was just the people around her, who are likely well-educated and well informed, who are so accepting of change.

10."As for the men I regularly spend time with - my male colleagues and friends, boyfriend, dad, my three brothers and numerous uncles and cousins - they've never given me any cause to suspect they're anything but pro-gender equality." "If a man  looks at me, I infer he's doing it for the exact same reason a woman would - because he finds me interesting to look at."

"If a man  whistles at me, I take it as the compliment I believe it was intended to be" "I have always assumed that Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines transpired to be the most downloaded single of all time in the UK because it's well produced and ridiculously catchy, not because huge swathes of the male population delight in the notion that men  "know women want it" and use the lyrics as their life mantra"