Dear Ijeawele or a Feminist Manifesto in 15 Suggestions
Auhtor: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Pages: 63
Genre: Non-Fiction, Feminism
First Published: March 2017
Book Description (from Good Reads): A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a dear friend from childhood, asking her how to raise her baby girl as a feminist. Dear Ijeawele is Adichie's letter of response.
Here are fifteen invaluable suggestions--compelling, direct, wryly funny, and perceptive--for how to empower a daughter to become a strong, independent woman. From encouraging her to choose a helicopter, and not only a doll, as a toy if she so desires; having open conversations with her about clothes, makeup, and sexuality; debunking the myth that women are somehow biologically arranged to be in the kitchen making dinner, and that men can "allow" women to have full careers, Dear Ijeawele goes right to the heart of sexual politics in the twenty-first century. It will start a new and urgently needed conversation about what it really means to be a woman today.
The message is very good and many people would benefit from hearing it. Feminism is not about thinking Women are better than men, it does not mean to treat men bad or look down on another gender or other people it is about finding equality.
I really liked it, I heard the manifesto in audiobook. It was pretty good, I would like my sister to read this book now that her second girl is about to be born. There are things I do not fully agree with but it might be because it was made with the cultural reference of another country and the situations women face in there are slightly different but still the main thing to consider is:
Not only to teach girls to be expected to be treated equally but in our homes, we should start by educating boys and girls in it. We must live by example, its no use saying both women and men are supposed to be responsible for children, we need to show that with the example in our homes. We do not need to teach girls to only aspire to marry, we need to inspire them to get an education, to work in a team with their partner, to share responsibilities not only in the aspect of family building, housekeeping finances but in the emotional bonding of it as well. WE need to change the way we educate girls and boys as well.
Not because we want to integrate the feeling of feminism in our family means that we want to make the mistake of giving the impression that marriage, stay in home moms, or depending on men are bad choices. Girls must be taught to make the best decisions based on their personal circumstance, we just need to make sure they have OPTIONS, that they can actually have an OPINION and are not afraid to share it and act upon it.
Used this book for the Short a thon. I really wanted to read this book for a while but this was the final push I needed for it.
Pages: 63
Genre: Non-Fiction, Feminism
First Published: March 2017
Book Description (from Good Reads): A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a dear friend from childhood, asking her how to raise her baby girl as a feminist. Dear Ijeawele is Adichie's letter of response.
Here are fifteen invaluable suggestions--compelling, direct, wryly funny, and perceptive--for how to empower a daughter to become a strong, independent woman. From encouraging her to choose a helicopter, and not only a doll, as a toy if she so desires; having open conversations with her about clothes, makeup, and sexuality; debunking the myth that women are somehow biologically arranged to be in the kitchen making dinner, and that men can "allow" women to have full careers, Dear Ijeawele goes right to the heart of sexual politics in the twenty-first century. It will start a new and urgently needed conversation about what it really means to be a woman today.
The message is very good and many people would benefit from hearing it. Feminism is not about thinking Women are better than men, it does not mean to treat men bad or look down on another gender or other people it is about finding equality.
I really liked it, I heard the manifesto in audiobook. It was pretty good, I would like my sister to read this book now that her second girl is about to be born. There are things I do not fully agree with but it might be because it was made with the cultural reference of another country and the situations women face in there are slightly different but still the main thing to consider is:
Not only to teach girls to be expected to be treated equally but in our homes, we should start by educating boys and girls in it. We must live by example, its no use saying both women and men are supposed to be responsible for children, we need to show that with the example in our homes. We do not need to teach girls to only aspire to marry, we need to inspire them to get an education, to work in a team with their partner, to share responsibilities not only in the aspect of family building, housekeeping finances but in the emotional bonding of it as well. WE need to change the way we educate girls and boys as well.
Not because we want to integrate the feeling of feminism in our family means that we want to make the mistake of giving the impression that marriage, stay in home moms, or depending on men are bad choices. Girls must be taught to make the best decisions based on their personal circumstance, we just need to make sure they have OPTIONS, that they can actually have an OPINION and are not afraid to share it and act upon it.
Used this book for the Short a thon. I really wanted to read this book for a while but this was the final push I needed for it.
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