https://padlet.com/cherb003/cr3u7ncta5p8b05p or How I learned to stop worrying and love the unknown en-us 2022-02-20 18:55:43 UTC 2022-02-20 19:55:26 UTC hello@padlet.com cherb003 https://padlet.com/cherb003/cr3u7ncta5p8b05p/wish/2057598228 Starting off, I believed that gender was a spectrum and the sex was binary. With this understanding I took this class to learn what feminism stood for as everyone seemed to have a different answer.]]> 2022-02-20 19:31:58 UTC https://padlet.com/cherb003/cr3u7ncta5p8b05p/wish/2057598228 cherb003 https://padlet.com/cherb003/cr3u7ncta5p8b05p/wish/2057601050 From there I learned that intersex people are born as a spectrum as well. I also learned about how the cultural norms of sex being binary has influenced doctors into making decisions and painting the sperm and egg as sexed beings despite being simply cells.]]> 2022-02-20 19:36:02 UTC https://padlet.com/cherb003/cr3u7ncta5p8b05p/wish/2057601050 cherb003 https://padlet.com/cherb003/cr3u7ncta5p8b05p/wish/2057606921 From there I began to learn that feminism means a whole lot of different things to different people. It all begins with ending sexism but spirals out into a myriad of different issues, ranging from addressing racial differences, to pay gasps, to Asian stereotypes negatively affecting certain branches, spiraling into more and more goals]]> 2022-02-20 19:45:14 UTC https://padlet.com/cherb003/cr3u7ncta5p8b05p/wish/2057606921 cherb003 https://padlet.com/cherb003/cr3u7ncta5p8b05p/wish/2057610543 From there I became quickly overwhelmed with the idea of intersectionality. The idea that all of these spectrums and ideas constantly overlap and multiply to create completely unique and unknowable experiences made the system in my mind become a tangle of points that simply could not be understood.]]> 2022-02-20 19:50:24 UTC https://padlet.com/cherb003/cr3u7ncta5p8b05p/wish/2057610543 cherb003 https://padlet.com/cherb003/cr3u7ncta5p8b05p/wish/2057613892 Then, it all came together. My understanding from the beginning had been flawed! There are so many people in the world that to simply condense them into 4 simple labels would be impossible! What was then showed to me was throughout I was shown the cracks in these labels and how they don't work. In the end I learned that these labels shouldn't be malformed to suit new boxes to fill, but rather an understanding that everyone has their own unique experience. ]]> 2022-02-20 19:55:17 UTC https://padlet.com/cherb003/cr3u7ncta5p8b05p/wish/2057613892