*    During today's class, we took an individual and group quiz over the assigned readings:  "The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm," "If Men Could Menstruate," and
        "A Black Feminist Statement."  After completing the quiz individually, we convened in our groups to answer the following questions.

*    Quiz Question #1 asked, "what was the myth of the vaginal orgasm"
    *    The myth of the vaginal orgasm centers around the male-based definition of women's sexuality and capacity to attain an orgasm in an organ, the vagina, that
            brought men pleasure.
    *    The myth goes on to support the idea that a woman that could not achieve a vaginal orgasm needed psychological counsel.
    *    Most important, the myth involves the fact that a woman's orgasm is not centered in the vagina, but in the clitoris.
        *    Despite male/Freudian ideas that a woman should achieve orgasm via the vagina in adulthood and clitoral orgasm in more sexually adolescent stages, the
                core truth is that it is not anatomically possible for a woman to achieve an orgasm unless through the clitoris.

*    Quiz Question #2 asked, "According to Gloria Steinem, what would happen if men could menstruate?"
    *    In all aspects, an ability for men to menstruate and the corresponding inability for women to have menses would again lead to sexual segregation.
    *    If men menstruated, the monthly bleeding would be deemed desirable and necessary for an individual to hold more power.
    *    Menstruation would be labeled MEN-struation, holidays in public spheres would be accounted for in conjunction with menses, men would deem women
            unclean as they could not expel wastes from their bodies, etc.
    *    Essentially, menstruation would be glorified in men and would yield more power to those that experience the monthly ills that women deal with throughout
            their lives.
    *    Further, the pains and events that would accompany menstruation in men would not be overlooked as they are in women.

*    Quiz Question #3 asked us to make connections between the article, "A Black Feminist Statement" and the  Moynihan Report.  Specifically, we were
        supposed to focus on how the Moynihan Report simultaneously expresses racial and sexual oppression, as described in "A Black Feminist Statement."
    *    The Moynihan Report uses racial and sexual oppression to discuss class distinctions and situations of black women.
    *    From the Moynihan Report, it is clear that the societal ills and poverty of black, southern communities were attributed to the family rearing of black women.
    *    The variance from the dominant family institution gave rise to criticism.  In turn, the liberal document placed black females at the nexus of economic, racial,
            and sexual oppression.
    *    Obviously, the oppression begins with the fact that the Moynihan report missed the whole point of raising such oppressive societal conditions.

*    After completing the quizzes, we discussed the poor outcome of last week's quiz...
    *    Discussion of the difference between liberal and radical feminism
        *    Liberal Feminism - recognized the differences in gender and fought for legislative change to make men and women equal under the law
        *    Radical Feminism - blamed inequality on learned gender traits, and strove to eliminate stereotypes and generalizations that were dependent on gender

*    Also, the Quizzes from the "Cracks in the Mold," "Black Power:  Catalyst for Feminism," "How to Be a Good Wife," and "I Love Lucy" were returned.

*    Introduction of readings for April 5 -    Two readings:  both long and diffuse
    *    Rich's "Toward a Woman-Centered University" - attempts to rethink the structure of the university.  Poses the question of leaving things the way they are or
             restructuring the university.
        *    The article will discuss the worries associated with joining into the established structures, as well as ideas as to what a woman centered university would
                encompass, what materials and subjects will be taught, and who will be taught.
        *    Also, the article will cover the idea that dreams are a necessary catalyst for change.
        *    Going into class, we should consider what differences have been made to the structure of the university, our personal U of A experiences, our dreams,
                 and visions.
        *    ASIDE:  Renaissance thinking limited the education of women.  Women didn't really have a renaissance experience unless they were elite, like
                Queen Elizabeth.  Women were discouraged from writing, and encouraged to transcribe religious manuscripts, canons, and songs so long as the women's
                work didn't challenge or refute men's positions.
    *    Spender's article, "Literary Criticism" is about women in literary studies.  Its focus surrounds transcribed tape recordings of conversations shared by women
            and male academia.
        *    These conversations relay that the academic men/" sexist pigs" led to non self-reflective comments by women.

*    We are to continue to work on Essay 3
    *    KEY POINTS TO REMEMBER
        *    Look at assignment handout
        *    Make sure your researched sources are available to your readers
        *    Possibly discuss the imperfect perception of women
        *    Use in-class literature as a source
        *    Use academic journals
        *    Include analyses from other papers