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“There is clearly much ‘cultural borrowing’ in problem definitions.”
I chose this quote because it suggests how one social movement can imitate another in order to find success.
Cultural borrowing as it is defined speaks of a broader scope when defining an issue. An example of this can be found within the feminist movement which designed a lot of its grievances in ways that mimics that of the civil rights movement. Although the civil rights movement can be said to have a much broader appeal since it includes both genders, etc., the issues the feminist movement is concerned with could be said to be metaphorically similar.
In fact, after the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act saw the exclusion of issues that affected women, in general, with Title VII mainly addressing discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, and nationality. It was only within the employment section of the bill women were mentioned and this spurred the feminist movement to fight for their individual rights. The focus for the feminist movement then becomes in the ‘framing’ of their problem definitions in such a way that they emphasize those elements that are similar to the civil rights movement and have allowed for its success in policy cases like Brown v. Board of Education which effectively ended segregation in the education process. For it is in the interpretation of a policy that can determine whether it gains success or not. Also, by gaging the national mood and appetite for similar issues could lead the purveyors of a policy to garner wide support and eventually a successful outcome.
After calling attention to issues like the discrimination of women in areas of employment, academia, and the athletics in high schools and many universities, in 1972 Title IX was passed. It was one of the first sweeping bills ever that dealt exclusively with the rights of women to be enacted. It ended discrimination on the basis of gender for federally funded programs such as in public and private universities. Also, The Equal Employment Opportunity Act was passed that same year which ended discrimination against the hiring of women. The practice of ‘cultural borrowing’, by large, should be credited for the spurt success the feminist movement achieved in having some of their policies enacted and this could said for other oppressed groups in society.
I chose this quote because it suggests how one social movement can imitate another in order to find success.
Cultural borrowing as it is defined speaks of a broader scope when defining an issue. An example of this can be found within the feminist movement which designed a lot of its grievances in ways that mimics that of the civil rights movement. Although the civil rights movement can be said to have a much broader appeal since it includes both genders, etc., the issues the feminist movement is concerned with could be said to be metaphorically similar.
In fact, after the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act saw the exclusion of issues that affected women, in general, with Title VII mainly addressing discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, and nationality. It was only within the employment section of the bill women were mentioned and this spurred the feminist movement to fight for their individual rights. The focus for the feminist movement then becomes in the ‘framing’ of their problem definitions in such a way that they emphasize those elements that are similar to the civil rights movement and have allowed for its success in policy cases like Brown v. Board of Education which effectively ended segregation in the education process. For it is in the interpretation of a policy that can determine whether it gains success or not. Also, by gaging the national mood and appetite for similar issues could lead the purveyors of a policy to garner wide support and eventually a successful outcome.
After calling attention to issues like the discrimination of women in areas of employment, academia, and the athletics in high schools and many universities, in 1972 Title IX was passed. It was one of the first sweeping bills ever that dealt exclusively with the rights of women to be enacted. It ended discrimination on the basis of gender for federally funded programs such as in public and private universities. Also, The Equal Employment Opportunity Act was passed that same year which ended discrimination against the hiring of women. The practice of ‘cultural borrowing’, by large, should be credited for the spurt success the feminist movement achieved in having some of their policies enacted and this could said for other oppressed groups in society.
Just the other day i learned how women were treated in order for them to play sports. The tests they run on women to make sure they qualify to play. Women have struggled to get their rights and still struggling to this day. Even with employment, women still don't get equally paid in some jobs as men do. Women work twice as hard to get where want to be and to achieve their dreams and goals. Society has always been unfair.
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