This organization is a non-profit organization that has fought since the 1920's to improve the system of government and impact policies through citizen education and advocacy. There all leagues in all 50 states. A cool thing about this non-profit organization is that it is very much nonpartisan; it neither supports either candidate for any person that is going into office. But this organization is strictly works to enforce public policy through advocacy.
This organization makes a different in a lot of lives of many different citizens because they provide energy and passions to thousands who are committed to change the way women vote.Another reason I like this organization is because not only do they want to change the way women vote they focus on a lot of other issues. The issues they address consist of Tax Policy, Campaign Finance Reform, Civil Liberties, DC Voting Rights, Election Administration, Ethics and Lobbying Reform, Global Climate Change, Health Care Reform. I couldn't believe all the issues they address and I really like out they want to change how our world votes. I believe that all women should contribute to this non-profit organization because it a positive way and only way to help boost women and the way they vote. I even believe men should contribute as well because they don't just focus on women and their votes, they address many different topics they help out society in general.Our readings this week are about Feminist and the work they are doing all over especially in many different countries.
The readings state that in most countries women's movements are different in many different ways. The main thing that is different in most other countries is their financial situations. They don't have as much as support as the Americans do, that is the one thing that separates other countries from the U.S is money. A lot can be learned in other countries because the organizations are growing and they are learning every single day.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Monday, November 3, 2008
Ethnography
Ethnography: Women in the work force
Central Question: why do men dominate the work force when dealing with most car dealerships in Oklahoma, especially Norman?
Research Design: My research group in class deals with women and the work force, the one major issue I want to research is why women work behind the men, why women aren’t the bosses or the manager. Women in the car dealership field are always the ones behind the scenes; they are the ones who work the payroll and all the accounting aspects while the men run the sales out front. My research will be focused on why women don’t work more in the front rather in the back part of the dealership.
Methodology: The first thing I am going to do to answer my question is to observe a car dealership in Norman on the Mile. My first step is to sit back and watch how things are ran during hours of operation, I am going to observe what kind of jobs men do there and what kind of job women do there. The busiest day for a car dealership is a Saturday and I believe observing on a Saturday will tell the truth how dealerships are run.
Interview Questions:
#1. First off, what made you apply for a job at a car dealership?
#2. Is this job different that any other job you have had in the past?
#3. Seeing how car dealerships work, does it bother you that not many women are involved with how most of the dealership is ran?
#4. A followed up to the question before, do you face any disadvantages or advantages being women and working at a dealership?
#5. Lastly what is one thing that dealerships can do to help get women involved with the sales aspect of a dealership, and do you think it would help dealerships or hurt them?
Field Notes:
· As I observed a car dealership the first thing I noticed is that more than majority of the people that work their were men in there upper 30’s were the car sales men
· The mangers who ran the sales department were men in there upper 40 and 50’s.
· The General Sales Manager and Owner were also male and a little bit older than the Managers.
· As I looked around the only women that work out from in the dealership were the receptionist and one woman in the internet department.
· Now as I observed more the only women I rarely ever saw consisted of 7-8 women who worked in the back dealing with the paper side of the dealership.
Now as for the two women I interview they were the only few women who worked in this field. It was very interesting to see what these two particular women thought about the field they worked in.
Katie: Question #1: Honestly I took a job in this field because I was recruited by the General Manger to try a position in this field. He believed that with a couple fresh faces that were women would really help most people feel more relaxed because people do have a stereo type of car salesmen, and that is they are “sleezy”
Katie: Question #2: Yes this is very, very, very, different than any other job because I have only waited tables and have never been in sales
Katie: Question #3: When I first started I was a little bit confused because not a lot of women do work up front in the sales part like I do, as I started working more and more I could see that yes even though I am a women men do handle situations such as car sales a little bit better than women do. I myself as a women get scared or become a little bit timid when customers get upset about a bad car deal and I usually turn to my sales manger who is a male to help calm the situation and let him be the bearer of bad news, I hate being that person.
Katie: Question #4- yes, very much. The one advantage I get over male salesmen is the fact people like dealing with me because I am a friendlier face than most salesmen that customers meet. Customers feel like they can be themselves around me and I like that because I can be myself and it makes the car deal a lot easier than most. The big disadvantage I deal with being a woman in this field is that people tend to take advantage of because I am too nice. People thing they can just tell me what they want and I can get it for them because I can’t take no for an answer.
Katie: Question #5- The one thing that car dealerships can do is to welcome female sales people with open arms because it is really easy to get discouraged in this field.
Write-Up:
My ethnography was based on the field that at car dealerships are mostly ran by men and women are not a big factor in this field. I have worked at a car dealership before and I have noticed that most employees there are males and males tend to be more dominant when it comes to car sales. Lucky for me I worked with a couple of women who were in sales and really took pride in what they did. I liked seeing how males and females approached this field in many different ways. Another cool thing my manager was a women and she was one of the best managers at the dealership and her being a women never affected her in one way.
Sources:
Katie Wilson-Sales Department 405-364-2000. AutoMax Hyundai and Subaru
Anne Maxwell-Sales Manage 405-364-2000. AutoMax Hyundai and Subaru
Central Question: why do men dominate the work force when dealing with most car dealerships in Oklahoma, especially Norman?
Research Design: My research group in class deals with women and the work force, the one major issue I want to research is why women work behind the men, why women aren’t the bosses or the manager. Women in the car dealership field are always the ones behind the scenes; they are the ones who work the payroll and all the accounting aspects while the men run the sales out front. My research will be focused on why women don’t work more in the front rather in the back part of the dealership.
Methodology: The first thing I am going to do to answer my question is to observe a car dealership in Norman on the Mile. My first step is to sit back and watch how things are ran during hours of operation, I am going to observe what kind of jobs men do there and what kind of job women do there. The busiest day for a car dealership is a Saturday and I believe observing on a Saturday will tell the truth how dealerships are run.
Interview Questions:
#1. First off, what made you apply for a job at a car dealership?
#2. Is this job different that any other job you have had in the past?
#3. Seeing how car dealerships work, does it bother you that not many women are involved with how most of the dealership is ran?
#4. A followed up to the question before, do you face any disadvantages or advantages being women and working at a dealership?
#5. Lastly what is one thing that dealerships can do to help get women involved with the sales aspect of a dealership, and do you think it would help dealerships or hurt them?
Field Notes:
· As I observed a car dealership the first thing I noticed is that more than majority of the people that work their were men in there upper 30’s were the car sales men
· The mangers who ran the sales department were men in there upper 40 and 50’s.
· The General Sales Manager and Owner were also male and a little bit older than the Managers.
· As I looked around the only women that work out from in the dealership were the receptionist and one woman in the internet department.
· Now as I observed more the only women I rarely ever saw consisted of 7-8 women who worked in the back dealing with the paper side of the dealership.
Now as for the two women I interview they were the only few women who worked in this field. It was very interesting to see what these two particular women thought about the field they worked in.
Katie: Question #1: Honestly I took a job in this field because I was recruited by the General Manger to try a position in this field. He believed that with a couple fresh faces that were women would really help most people feel more relaxed because people do have a stereo type of car salesmen, and that is they are “sleezy”
Katie: Question #2: Yes this is very, very, very, different than any other job because I have only waited tables and have never been in sales
Katie: Question #3: When I first started I was a little bit confused because not a lot of women do work up front in the sales part like I do, as I started working more and more I could see that yes even though I am a women men do handle situations such as car sales a little bit better than women do. I myself as a women get scared or become a little bit timid when customers get upset about a bad car deal and I usually turn to my sales manger who is a male to help calm the situation and let him be the bearer of bad news, I hate being that person.
Katie: Question #4- yes, very much. The one advantage I get over male salesmen is the fact people like dealing with me because I am a friendlier face than most salesmen that customers meet. Customers feel like they can be themselves around me and I like that because I can be myself and it makes the car deal a lot easier than most. The big disadvantage I deal with being a woman in this field is that people tend to take advantage of because I am too nice. People thing they can just tell me what they want and I can get it for them because I can’t take no for an answer.
Katie: Question #5- The one thing that car dealerships can do is to welcome female sales people with open arms because it is really easy to get discouraged in this field.
Write-Up:
My ethnography was based on the field that at car dealerships are mostly ran by men and women are not a big factor in this field. I have worked at a car dealership before and I have noticed that most employees there are males and males tend to be more dominant when it comes to car sales. Lucky for me I worked with a couple of women who were in sales and really took pride in what they did. I liked seeing how males and females approached this field in many different ways. Another cool thing my manager was a women and she was one of the best managers at the dealership and her being a women never affected her in one way.
Sources:
Katie Wilson-Sales Department 405-364-2000. AutoMax Hyundai and Subaru
Anne Maxwell-Sales Manage 405-364-2000. AutoMax Hyundai and Subaru
Seeing Gender: Billy Elliot
The scene that I am going to be reading gender is from the film Billy Elliot. The two main issues I wanted to focus on relate very closely in this film. The first struggle is between Billy versus his Dad and Brother. When Billy is discovered by his Father and Brother that he is participating in ballet he immediately is called a “puffer” by them. Throughout the whole film Billy struggles with the fight to show them that he can make it as a ballet dance. Secondly, the next struggle is between the Father and Brother fighting the Union. The Elliot family is a lower class family who rely on the Father and older Brother to work in the coal mines and support the rest of the family which includes Billy and his Grandmother. These two struggle relate very closely because Billy constantly struggles with his Dad and Brother telling him ballet is for “Puffers” and only real men work in the mines. Now the struggle between the Dad and Brother versus the Union relate exactly to what Billy is facing when trying to get past the views of the males in this particular Society.
There are a couple of different scenes from the movie that really stand out with showing the two struggles and how they relate to one another. The first scene I want to describe is when Billy is dancing in the gym with his teacher and he is being very elaborate and exciting with his performance in ballet, then the scene flops to where Billy’s Dad and Brother are at the picket line throwing different objects and yelling at the ones who crossed the picket line to go back to work in the coal mines. The scene constantly flips back and forth showing Billy lost in his dancing and he Dad and Brother in hatred because the other men crossed the picket line. This scene just really showed the strong emotion Billy had for Ballet and the other scene really showed the strong hatred and emotion the two had because there only form of income was slipping from their finger tips. This scene showed a struggle between patriarchy because while the Dad and Brother are facing their emotion towards the union which all males in that class are suppose to do, Billy is shown in the gym facing other struggle which weren’t something a male as himself should be doing. Billy faced other challenges that most males wouldn’t be facing because their only challenge is to stop the union. I loved how this scene showed that because even though Billy was taking on the roles a male should, he found enjoyment in something he truly loved, even though it wasn’t expected by the males in his family.
The film’s main theme is to show that males and females don’t have any particular roles in society, no such gender can or can not be restricted to any certain role. In the past males have been taught that only men work and women should stay at home and take care of the domestic part and if males were found taking on any other roles than what males were suppose to then something is wrong with them. From the reading by Tannen it discusses that women are the ones who talk to much and men only express themselves when they are in public or want other to feel they are the dominate figure when they talk. This reading also analyzes that men do only speak when other people are around and when it is just him and his wife most males are mainly silent. In the reading this is explained because males are to insecure to expresses how they feel to only one person or to their wife, but when its to a public or a bunch of people males speak right up and let everyone know how they feel. I think this relates to the gender issues we saw in the film Billy Elliot. The reason I say this is because in the movie men are seen as the ones who work in the coal mines and provide for the households, so when Billy is out of the norm and takes up ballet he is looked down upon because that is not what males are suppose to do. Now with the reading males do not expresses themselves when they are alone or with their wives is because males don’t do that, they only expressed themselves when they can sound masculine in front of people, not when they sound feminine because they are expressing their emotions to their wives. Now with both these issues, I believe if more males would step outside of certain norms and break the rules there wouldn’t be so much controversy when males do participate in more feminine acts or roles that male are normally seen doing. I believe that gender roles will always be around not matter what our society goes through, but I do believe that the roles between males and females will become pretty close to extinction only leaving those roles that only need to be either masculine or feminine because its how our society is ran.
The scene that I am going to be reading gender is from the film Billy Elliot. The two main issues I wanted to focus on relate very closely in this film. The first struggle is between Billy versus his Dad and Brother. When Billy is discovered by his Father and Brother that he is participating in ballet he immediately is called a “puffer” by them. Throughout the whole film Billy struggles with the fight to show them that he can make it as a ballet dance. Secondly, the next struggle is between the Father and Brother fighting the Union. The Elliot family is a lower class family who rely on the Father and older Brother to work in the coal mines and support the rest of the family which includes Billy and his Grandmother. These two struggle relate very closely because Billy constantly struggles with his Dad and Brother telling him ballet is for “Puffers” and only real men work in the mines. Now the struggle between the Dad and Brother versus the Union relate exactly to what Billy is facing when trying to get past the views of the males in this particular Society.
There are a couple of different scenes from the movie that really stand out with showing the two struggles and how they relate to one another. The first scene I want to describe is when Billy is dancing in the gym with his teacher and he is being very elaborate and exciting with his performance in ballet, then the scene flops to where Billy’s Dad and Brother are at the picket line throwing different objects and yelling at the ones who crossed the picket line to go back to work in the coal mines. The scene constantly flips back and forth showing Billy lost in his dancing and he Dad and Brother in hatred because the other men crossed the picket line. This scene just really showed the strong emotion Billy had for Ballet and the other scene really showed the strong hatred and emotion the two had because there only form of income was slipping from their finger tips. This scene showed a struggle between patriarchy because while the Dad and Brother are facing their emotion towards the union which all males in that class are suppose to do, Billy is shown in the gym facing other struggle which weren’t something a male as himself should be doing. Billy faced other challenges that most males wouldn’t be facing because their only challenge is to stop the union. I loved how this scene showed that because even though Billy was taking on the roles a male should, he found enjoyment in something he truly loved, even though it wasn’t expected by the males in his family.
The film’s main theme is to show that males and females don’t have any particular roles in society, no such gender can or can not be restricted to any certain role. In the past males have been taught that only men work and women should stay at home and take care of the domestic part and if males were found taking on any other roles than what males were suppose to then something is wrong with them. From the reading by Tannen it discusses that women are the ones who talk to much and men only express themselves when they are in public or want other to feel they are the dominate figure when they talk. This reading also analyzes that men do only speak when other people are around and when it is just him and his wife most males are mainly silent. In the reading this is explained because males are to insecure to expresses how they feel to only one person or to their wife, but when its to a public or a bunch of people males speak right up and let everyone know how they feel. I think this relates to the gender issues we saw in the film Billy Elliot. The reason I say this is because in the movie men are seen as the ones who work in the coal mines and provide for the households, so when Billy is out of the norm and takes up ballet he is looked down upon because that is not what males are suppose to do. Now with the reading males do not expresses themselves when they are alone or with their wives is because males don’t do that, they only expressed themselves when they can sound masculine in front of people, not when they sound feminine because they are expressing their emotions to their wives. Now with both these issues, I believe if more males would step outside of certain norms and break the rules there wouldn’t be so much controversy when males do participate in more feminine acts or roles that male are normally seen doing. I believe that gender roles will always be around not matter what our society goes through, but I do believe that the roles between males and females will become pretty close to extinction only leaving those roles that only need to be either masculine or feminine because its how our society is ran.
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