While most people were celebrating the victories for women post-election, I was planning for my tutoring session with Romaine.
You see, at our last meeting he did something that made me feel some feelings. After blatantly objectifying a female as she walked by him, he turned to me for validation in the form of a fist bump. I left him hanging. I also went home and began skimming bell hooks for an appropriate passage.
Today, I began with the first four paragraphs of Feminism is for Everyone. I defined patriarchy, women's lib, equity, gender, and sexism as they arose in the text. I talked about the flow of the movement, the different voices within it.
I baited. "Do we need to have men and women's voices, both, all the time?"
"No."
"What about planning for how a hospital will treat new mothers?"
"Well, two heads are better than one. And we need women when we are talking about stuff that affects them."
"Can you give me an example of something that doesn't affect women?"
"...."
Did we get to the word "objectify"? No. Did we lay some bricks? Hopefully.
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