In this gender research paper I will focus on Tammy Baldwin the first openly gay senator and how women are still often stereotyped in the workforce as well as in politics. We will move on in the paper and discuss the concepts of gendered media and how the rhetorical shaping of gender and women’s movements in the United States. The concepts analyzed will further develop how Tammy Baldwin is an impactful influence on Communication and culture.
In recent time women have made huge stepping stones and have outgrown stereotypes. But still women face discrimination in the workforce, whether it being they are not competent enough or other excuses. In the case of Tammy Baldwin a women who has reached many goals she still has to face hardships due …show more content…
In the article “Tammy Baldwin sworn in to Senate, becomes first openly gay Senator” by Amada Terkel. Terkel discusses how Baldwin has won based on her message of focusing on the economy and fighting special interests. In Baldwin’s acceptance she states “I am proud to have the honor to have been sworn in just an hour as the first women from the state of Wisconsin and as the first openly gay member to serve in the United States Senate in our nation’s history” …show more content…
That reflects on how Tammy Baldwin is the first female Senator in the state of Wisconsin. Baldwin has hit the three waves that are identified in the Wood chapter liberal feminism, cultural feminism and radical feminism. Wood defines liberal feminism as an ideology that says women are and men are alike and equal in most respects. Meaning that equal oppu should be offered to women (Wood p.70, 2011). The first movement described in Woods chapter is about the Women’s Rights Movement and how it aimed to enrichen and enlarge the women’s political rights. This paved way for women to use their own traits to enrichen the male dominated political perception. For example Wood states in the chapter “The view led to argue that women’s moral virtue would reform the political world that had been debased by immoral men” (Wood p. 72, 2011). The second wave of the women’s movement in the United States was that of promoting radical feminism a stage that allowed women to rely on different groups and share their personal experiences of sexism and linking them to larger social and political platforms. This were different forms of feminism views were introduced that played into the second wave. The feminism perspective that stood out most was that of the liberal feminism perspective because it
In recent time women have made huge stepping stones and have outgrown stereotypes. But still women face discrimination in the workforce, whether it being they are not competent enough or other excuses. In the case of Tammy Baldwin a women who has reached many goals she still has to face hardships due …show more content…
In the article “Tammy Baldwin sworn in to Senate, becomes first openly gay Senator” by Amada Terkel. Terkel discusses how Baldwin has won based on her message of focusing on the economy and fighting special interests. In Baldwin’s acceptance she states “I am proud to have the honor to have been sworn in just an hour as the first women from the state of Wisconsin and as the first openly gay member to serve in the United States Senate in our nation’s history” …show more content…
That reflects on how Tammy Baldwin is the first female Senator in the state of Wisconsin. Baldwin has hit the three waves that are identified in the Wood chapter liberal feminism, cultural feminism and radical feminism. Wood defines liberal feminism as an ideology that says women are and men are alike and equal in most respects. Meaning that equal oppu should be offered to women (Wood p.70, 2011). The first movement described in Woods chapter is about the Women’s Rights Movement and how it aimed to enrichen and enlarge the women’s political rights. This paved way for women to use their own traits to enrichen the male dominated political perception. For example Wood states in the chapter “The view led to argue that women’s moral virtue would reform the political world that had been debased by immoral men” (Wood p. 72, 2011). The second wave of the women’s movement in the United States was that of promoting radical feminism a stage that allowed women to rely on different groups and share their personal experiences of sexism and linking them to larger social and political platforms. This were different forms of feminism views were introduced that played into the second wave. The feminism perspective that stood out most was that of the liberal feminism perspective because it