My first thoughts about Full Frontal Feminism
Hello, my name is Connie and this is my first experience with blogging. Currently, I am taking English 1C and establishing a blog is an extra credit assignment. My literary group consists of three other people and we are reading “Full Frontal Feminism” written by Jessica Valenti. We are dividing the book into three sections and writing a rhetorical précis about each section. Each person in the class was allowed to select one non-fiction book to read. I selected Full Frontal Feminism, because I was interested in what Jessica had to say and I had not heard the word Feminism in years. Once I read the introduction and several pages, I liked Jessica’s style of writing. Her words were easy to understand and the profanity was placed in the right sentences. I never thought of myself as a feminist, but after reading the first chapter, “You’re a hardcore feminist. I swear,” the truth was easier to except. I liked Jessica’s honesty when she revealed that during one of her college courses the instructor asked for anyone to identify themselves as a feminist. Jessica didn’t raise her hand and if I were seated inside of that classroom, I would not have raised my hand either. I have not talked to any of my friends about Full Frontal Feminism. I really don’t know if they would be interested. I guess that I could email them the website: www.fullfrontalfeminism.com and then they would know what I have been discussing in my class. I have known one of my friends for over twenty years and we have never discussed feminism. The conversation of feminism has never come up. I would say that all of my friends are feminist, because they believe in equal rights for women, providing women with the same educational opportunities as men, and providing women with equal pay as men. I especially liked Jessica’s chapters that dealt with women and sexuality. I began to think that I am a feminist, because I believe that sex in a relationship is very important. I don’t believe that a woman who is not a virgin on her wedding night has destroyed her life. I feel sorry for women who have unsatisfying sex lives. I feel sorry for any woman who is married to a man and she is not being satisfied sexually. Why should a man be the only one to enjoy sex? When I was younger, I had a subscription to “Essence” magazine www.essence.com. I wanted to be a knowledgeable woman about relationships and sex. Essence magazine was the positive family member that I never had. I needed help and Essence Magazine was my answer. The man I was dating at the time was horrible in bed and I never experienced an organism with him. Whose fault was that? Looking back I know it was my fault for putting up with his lackluster performances. In the end the relationship ended, because he cheated on me with another woman and I left. I should have ended the relationship a lot sooner, due to his piss poor performance in the bedroom. I guess that sexual experience will be listed under the section of things I wish I would have known about.
