Women's Studies Course Analysis

The start of my semester taking Introduction to Women’ Studies in September, I had no clue what the real meaning of the course meant. I thought this class will teach me all about how women are powerful and what they do or did in this world that made history. Although, after taking Introduction to Women’s Studies, I found out that it is more than what I thought it was when I first sat in the class in September. Now, I have a better understanding of Women’s Studies. Such as: lesbian baiting, tombios, female masculinity, sexual identity, and gender norms. In fact, I am taking away five memorable things from this course that got to my attention. First, I liked during Halloween time, we dresses up as an inspiration woman and gave five interesting facts about each person. …show more content…
In the article called, “Too Poor to Parent?” by Gaylynn Burroughs I found very interesting to me because I had no idea about children staying in foster care. This article taught me that no matter what someone parent income is the child can still get taking away from their families. As well as taught me that child welfare workers take children all the time. Especially when they are at school, a friend house or day care without having permission to take them from their parents. It is quite sad that children have to experience these type of things. I’m sure the children have no idea what is actually going on other than knowing they will not be with their family again. I believe this article was effective because it shows people that it is tough living under poverty and not being able to provide for their families. As well as children having to be taking in and out of foster care not being able to spend time with their biological parents. This article will give others a reason to want to work harder for their families so they can keep their children out of foster