Susan C. Jarratt’s “Feminist Pedagogy” was informative and on-point. Of course, I am quite biased when it regards Feminist theory and, now, feminist pedagogy. In my classroom, I would like to “Decenter or share authority, recognize students as sources of knowledge, focus of processes of writing and teaching,’ and highlight the world as sexist and patriarchal – especially the literature.
Many students have an ill-informed idea of what feminism entails. It is not male bashing; instead, it is a willingness to uncover the truth – in literature, in politics, and in economics. For instance, why did Eliot’s canon include only white men? Why are women less likely to get tenured positions in English departments? Why do white women make 72 cents for every dollar a white male makes? Or why do black women only make 50 cents for every dollar?
What about gender differences? We know biologically there are differences, but do girls and boys engage differently with text. According to the statistics, why do all girl schools make a difference in female education? There are so many questions and so few answers. It is interesting and engaging work.
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