tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post5757484923498695762..comments2023-09-23T11:16:00.352+02:00Comments on The Franco-American Flophouse has moved: Getting an Education and Learning to Ask: Where Are the Women?Victoria FERAUGEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16319699673885400472noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-8803684241244739132016-02-12T07:23:23.051+01:002016-02-12T07:23:23.051+01:00@Donna, I'm learning that I don't know mu...@Donna, I'm learning that I don't know much at all. :-) And that this state of confusion from all the texts I've been reading is absolutely normal. NOTHING is as simple as it appears. But the great part is that I have no axe to grind, nor am I 25 years old and worried about kicking off a career. There's a certain freedom in that which makes being an older student less stress and more joy.<br /><br />@Ellen, I took a stab at one of the renunciation lists from 1998 (might as well start at the beginning). So far it appears that about as many women as men renounced that quarter. I'm also seeing couples and siblings which makes renunciation a FAMILY affair? Now wouldn't all this be an interesting spin? <br /><br />@Cj Thanks very much for the encouragement. It really clicked for me when I was reading Enloe and I began to look at some of my other readings in a very different light. Yes, women are generally not acknowleged or appreciated and they are usually there but they become invisible so you have to look for them. My professor for gender and conflicts talks about peacekeeping and rehabilitation for soldiers in post-conflicts and noted that in cases she is aware of the powers that be decided that "soldiers" meant "men" and ignored the fact that women had been combatants too. <br /><br />@Andrew, That and something called intersectionality which looks at gender, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic class. I originally thought it was a rather odd approach and now I'm seeing that it makes a hell of a lot of sense.<br /><br />@Blaze, Interesting. I'd love to lok at that case more closely. I suspect that it has to do with the balance of power in the relationship. I've also talked to aspiring renunciants whose spouses have refused to allow them to renounce. To the extent that they don't feel threatened by FATCA (perhaps they already have separate accounts and assets) they are reluctant to lose the possibility of being able to move to the US as a spouse of a US citizen.<br /><br />@Anonymous, I'm about to begin a book called Gender and Nation by Nira Yuval-David which is about citizenship and gender. I'll continue to do reviews when I find good ones and also add the books to my readings lists here if I think they are REALLY good.<br /><br />I would also really appreciate readers proposing titles they've read.<br /><br /><br /><br />Victoria FERAUGEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16319699673885400472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-16053341236290240682016-02-11T18:19:55.890+01:002016-02-11T18:19:55.890+01:00Victoria, thank you so much for sharing your educa...Victoria, thank you so much for sharing your education with us! I am eager to follow up on your book tips. I teach intercultural communication at a university and never heard of those three women. Yes, what else am I missing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-61133263080108556962016-02-10T20:15:25.958+01:002016-02-10T20:15:25.958+01:00I know of a man whose wife left him because of FAT...I know of a man whose wife left him because of FATCA. Renunciation was not an option for him for a variety of reasons.<br /><br />But it does seem to be far more the opposite. Gender matters.Blazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12871285356307431578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-71545361179103094312016-02-10T12:18:26.555+01:002016-02-10T12:18:26.555+01:00Always worthy to assess policies and programs for ...Always worthy to assess policies and programs for their impact on gender and other aspects of diversity, not just assume policies and programs affect all equally or fairly.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10191267025812828244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-77754586003015155302016-02-09T16:56:08.869+01:002016-02-09T16:56:08.869+01:00What a delight to witness this moment of enlighten...What a delight to witness this moment of enlightenment! I'm sure you will contribute greatly to enlightening many others. So YES, you go Sister!<br /><br />For me, true feminism is humanism. Meaning we cannot have humanism if we cannot acknowledge, accept, validate, admire and justly compensate the feminin and its contributions to human survival and genius, both in individual men's and women's lives and in society.<br /><br />What about "manism"? That would cover the default position of humanity for a good many thousands of years, so there was no need to coin such a word for separate concept.<br /><br />Vive la différence !! CjAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-61763376630638980142016-02-09T12:12:54.288+01:002016-02-09T12:12:54.288+01:00Go for it!Go for it!Ellen Lebellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01929639076042070115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-41966588898851910662016-02-09T09:01:41.811+01:002016-02-09T09:01:41.811+01:00If you knew everything you wouldn't need cours...If you knew everything you wouldn't need courses. Makes me wonder what I don't know that I don't know.DL NELSONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12740409132697546671noreply@blogger.com