we men and WOMEN

We have walked a long difficult path towards equality of rights between the sexes.
After centuries of oppression, only in the mid-nineteenth century did women begin to feature  and contribute prominently in Western society . Up until then, a woman´s place was the kitchen, the children(childbearing) or the church (below men). They could not study at University level, could not
enter the Army, be part of the Diplomatic Corps or even open a current account on their own without their husband´s permission.
This unit will be a bit controversial as it touches deep aspects of the human condition and psyche.

A) Female awareness: Feminist sentences or quotations: Add your own as in the example:

A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.

A 1) Great women of fiction:Madame Bovary, Lady Chatterley,etc...Add at least, five more:

 

B) Great feminist writers: Find out about the following writers:

MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT
MARIE STOPES

BETTY FRIEDAN
GERMAINE GREER
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

MONIQUE WITTIG

CATHERINE COOKSON

SUSIE ORBACH

 

C) GOOGLE WOMEN SONGS or GIRL POWER SONGS and EXPLAIN THEIR CONTENTS:

EX: "I´M  EVERY WOMAN"; WOMAN; 

 

D) FIND OUT WOMEN´S LIB FILMS AND GIRLS´SERIES

 

E) LADIES IN HIS/HERSTORY:Tell us why they are famous

 

LADY GODIVA

LADY JANE

 LADY DI

LADY GAGA

LADY MARMALADE

 

F) LEARN ANY OF THE JUMP/SKIPPING ROPE RHYMES as sung by girls as:

"I like coffee I like tea;I like X to jump with me"

 

G) FIND OUT ABOUT WOMEN´S MAGAZINES. WRITE THEIR NAMES

WHAT IS WOMENALIA?

 

H) NAME THREE FEMALE HEADS OF STATE/ WRITERS/ SCIENTISTS/POLITICIANS/

SPORTSWOMEN/MUSICIANS/PAINTERS/DANCERS/SINGERSONGWRITERS/.

 

I) WOMEN´S DAY AWARENESS:

 

What day is Women´s day?(March 8th)

What was the purpose of Women´s day?

When was Women´s day established as a national holiday?

How is Women´s day celebrated in Russia?

Who were the sufragettes?

The following inventions were ALL made by women, Who were they and when were these items invented?

The coffee filter

the water heater

the chocolate chip cookie

the windshield wipers

kevlar (used for helmets, car tyres..)

 

J) Women in history. FIND OUT WHO THEY WERE:

 

QUEEN SABA

SEMÍRAMIS

QUEEN SALOME

CLEOPATRA

ZENOBIA

THAMAR

ELIZABETH I

CHRISTINE of SWEDEN

ISABEL la Católica

CATHERINE THE GREAT

LIVIA

GALA PLACIDIA

LEONOR of AQUITAINE

BERENGUELA

MALINCHE

PRINCESS of ÉBOLI

ISABEL FARNESIO

EMMELINE PANKHURST

ELIZABETH CADY STANTON

ALICE PAUL

ROSA LUXEMBURG

 

K) SPANISH REVOLUTIONARIES AND RADICAL FEMINISTS:

 

TERESA CLARAMUNT

MARGARITA NELKEN

FEDERICA MONTSENY

VICTORIA KENT

DOLORES IBARRURI

CLARA CAMPOAMOR

 

L) MODERN DAY WOMEN FIGHTERS:

 

AUNG SAN SUU KYI

RIGOBERTA MENCHÚ

INGRID BETANCOURT

ANNE HIDALGO

VICTORIA CAMPS

YOANI SÁNCHEZ

ADA COLAU

ROSA PARKS

NELIDA PIÑÓN

ELENA PONIATOWSKA

EDURNE PASABAN

SERENA WILLIAMS

AMAYA ARZUAGA

 

M) GIRLS´NAMES AND THEIR MEANINGS:

 

If "Eileen" means light of the sun; Ruth "beautiful and compassionate and Abigail "father¨s joy" What do the following names mean?:

AGATHA

ALISON

CAROLINE

CHARLOTTE

FIONA

IRENE

YOKO

JESSICA

LARA

MARIE

NATALIE

OLGA

SONIA

WINONA

 

N)ROMAN & GREEK GODDESSES:

WHO WERE THEY?:

 

APHRODITE/ VENUS

MINERVA/ PALAS ATHENEA

DIANA / ARTEMISA

HERA/ JUNO 

 

ASTARTÉ

PANDORA 

 

Ñ) PIONEERING WOMEN. FIND OUT ABOUT THE FIRST WOMEN IN THE FIELDS OF:

 

SPORT:

 JOURNALISM,:

 SOCIOLOGY:

 CHEMISTRY,:

PHILOSOPHY:

 BIOLOGY:

PHYSICS:

MATHEMATICS:

MEDICINE:

 

O)WOMEN IN THE BIBLE & WOMEN SAINTS WHO WERE THEY?:

 

EVE

SARAH

DELILAH

ESTHER

RUTH

SALOME 

SUSAN

RAHAB 

JEZEBEL

RACHEL

MARY MAGDALENE

MARTHA

MARY

NOEMI/NAOMI 

YAEL:"Blessed among women be Yael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, " 

  blessed above all women dwelling in tents!
  He asked for water: she gave him milk; 

  she offered him curds in a lordly bowl! 

  Her left hand reached for the tent- peg, 

  her right, for the workman's mallet And she struck Sisera, 

  she crushed his head, she shattered his temple and pierced it.

  At her feet he sank and fell; where he sank down, there he fell, slain.

   (How's that for woman power!)

 

JOAN of ARC

TERESA de JESÚS

FÁTIMA

 

P)THE WOMEN IN YOUR LIFE: Write a short composition  of about ten sentences on YOUR MUM,or BABYSITTER, YOUR SISTER, YOUR GRANNY, YOUR GIRLFRIEND, YOUR AUNTIE, YOUR FEMALE TEACHER, DAUGHTER, STEPSISTER,COUSIN, GREAT-GRANDMOTHER....

 

Q)WOMEN IN FICTION versus WOMEN IN REALITY: Classify the following according to whether they existed or not:

 

LYSISTRATA

ASPASIA

SAPPHO

MEDEA

ANTIGONA

ELECTRA

EURYDICE

JULIET

HIPATIA

DULCINEA

PROBA

CASSANDRA

PENELOPE

HELEN of TROY

CRESSIDA

IPHIGENIA

DOÑA  INÉS

DOÑA JIMENA

AGUSTINA DE ARAGÓN

BERTA VON SUTTNER

JANE ADDAMS

BAUCIS

EUDOCIA

SCHEREZADE

 

R)WOMEN IN SONGS: Find a song dedicated to a woman as in : 

 

ANGIE

TELL LAURA I LOVE HER

DIANA

OH, CAROL

LUCY

GLORIA

MARÍA

SUZANNE

MARIANNE

ANNIE´S SONG

 

S) WOMAN SHADOW WRITERS: WHO DID THEY WRITE FOR?

 

MARÍA LEJÁRRAGA

ZENOBIA CAMPRUBÍ

(Name some other cases):

 

T)WOMEN BLOGGERS: FIND OUT ABOUT EITHER THE BLOGS or THE LIFE STORIES OF:

 

YOANI SÁNCHEZ

MONTSERRAT BOIX PIQUÉ

BEATRIZ GIMENO REINOSO

CORAL HERRERA GÓMEZ

ELENA PONIATOWSKA AMOR

ALMUDENA GRANDES

ROSA MONTERO

MARUJA TORRES

ÁNGELES CASO

MARA TORRES

ROSA Mª MATEO

CONCHA GARCÍA CAMPOY

GEMMA NIERGA

ÁNGELS BARCELÓ

OPRAH WINFREY

PEPA BUENO

CADDY ADZUBA

LIDIA CACHO

PILAR MIRÓ

ISABEL COIXET

ROSA Mº  CALAF

PILAR NARVIÓN

U)WOMEN PHILOSOPHERS. WHO WERE THEY?:

JANE MARSET

SARAH MARGARET FULLER

MARÍA ZAMBRANO

RACHEL CARSON

MARÍA MONTESSORI

MARY RITTER BEARD

MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE

SUSAN SONTAG

MARÍA MOLINER

HANNAH ARENDT

HELLEN KELLER

KATE MILLET

CAMILLE PAGLIA

 

V) WOMEN & ANIMALS: WHICH ANIMAL SPECIES DID THEY DEVOTE THEIR LIVES?:

 

JANE GOODALL

DIAN FOSSEY

JOY ADAMSON

MARY LEAKEY

MARGARET MEAD

 

W) F.G.M.(Female Genital Mutilation) in Africa, FEMALE INFANTICIDE & LOTUS FLOWER FEET IN CHINA, RAPE, CHILD ABUSE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,UNSCHOOLED GIRLS, NEW WAYS OF CHILD SLAVERY,PUBLIC EXECUTIONS OF UNFAITHFUL WOMEN, FORCED MARRIAGES; HONOUR MURDERS, SEXUAL HARASSMENT, BULLYING, etc.. WHAT TO EXPECT ALL OVER THE WORLD... UNVEIL THE FULL-SCALE STORY of  HUMAN HORROR THROUGH DIFFERENT CULTURES (including our own)....

 

X)FAMOUS LESBIANS: GERTRUDE STEIN & ALICE B. TOKLAS. Mention five more famous lesbian couples:

 

Y) FAMOUS FEMALE SUICIDES: VIRGINIA WOOLF, ANNE SEXTON, SYLVIA PLATH. Mention 5 more:

 

Z) ON BECOMING A SUPERWOMAN. DEBATE. GIVE YOUR OPINION ON:

(In the 21st century many books written by men still portray an ideal version of a woman completely dependent on a man. These books teach you how to be the Queen of Cuisine, everything you need to know to make your house a home, how to be the perfect hostess, how to be gorgeous and glamorous and even naughty!!!)

 

HOW TO BE A WORKING WIFE AND MOTHER

HOW TO SAVE TIME AND MONEY

HOW TO SHARE YOUR DAILY CHORES/ HOUSEWORK

HOW TO PROFIT FROM CRISES

HOW TO ORGANISE YOURSELF

(From 211 things a bright girl can do by Bunty Cutler 2007) 

THE IDEALS OF FEMININE ACCOMPLISHMENT: Appearance and grooming,general deportment and manners, duties, moral fortitude,etc.. Jane Austen in Pride & Prejudice put it this way   " A woman must have athorough knowledge of music, singing,drawing, dancing, and the modern languages... and besides all this she must possess a certain something in her air and manner of walking, the tone of her voice, her address and expressions"..

OUR MISOGYNISTIC SOCIETY: Jokes about girls; woman drivers;compliments, songs which belittle girls/ women,etc... 

Discuss & Debate Male Ownership of Female Fertility –Religious discrimination-