-The feminist communication theory is stated as explanatory because the theory itself is designed by experience. It is articulated by the experiences that individuals have and their perspectives involving the significance of communication in the every day rituals of females.
-It's political because the politics surrounding feminist communication reach a personal level. Women have been silenced and been seen as insubordinate in one way or another has been such a huge part of society's history that it cannot be seen but anything as personal.
-The theory is seen as polyvocal because it has been formed by many different female voices with many different opinions, philosophies, and morals which at times can be conflicting interests. Because of the all the different kinds of women with so many different experiences the theory has so many different perspectives to draw conclusions from.
-The idea of a true "voice" is when one as the ability to articulate thoughts and then in turn also be able to listen to what others have to say that may or may not be in conflict to your opinions and/or ideas. As I mentioned before there have been so many times throughout history when women have been denied the power of their voice and have been silenced and so women were forced to find other creative ways to express the communication that they were denied.
Deborah Tannen stated in chapter on genderlect styles that males and females think on two different levels and express themselves in very different ways. She used the really great examples of dialogue from the movie, "When Harry Met Sally" to better illustrate her point.
The following is a clip that defines certain stereotypes that define the differences men and women and who they are as individuals.
In looking at Feminism from a number of different perspectives, it is easily seen that we cannot take one approach in viewing how women are viewed in society today, or how they think as a whole gender compared with men. In viewing the clip above, it is most identifiable with Tannen’s viewpoints on Feminism, seeing as she views men and women as having two different levels of thinking and expressing of themselves and the clip clearly shows men and women as being represented in opposite ways on almost every account for every scenario given. As discussed in the Feminist Communication Theory article, women or gender are a product or process of representation, and as I see it, this clip views women as having the typical stereotypes that society views of them: housewives, chatterboxes, overly emotional, overly concerned with weight, and so on. Although stereotypes are always doing to exist, it makes me wonder how in creating such a video our society strives to move forward in creating a more equal society among men and women, similar to that of blacks and whites as we studied last week, and saw in similar clips.
ReplyDeleteThat was a very creative video. I can't help but say some of those stereotypes are true. I think a lot of those stereotypes have changed today. Around the house for example, my mom and dad share those duties, heck I even do some to. Like Sarah said above the FCT article says that women and gender are a product of class or process of representation. This video does put women into a representation of doing housework, laundry, being gossipy, and overly emotional. I don't think the video creates the sense of putting women down. I see it as shedding light on the problems of our perceptions and pointing out the typical stereotypes that are out there.
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