A thematic approach to teaching intersectional feminism - why it works?
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Overview
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Carelessness
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Invisibility
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What can I find here?
WHY DO SOME PEOPLE GET TO BE CARELESS WHILE OTHERS DO NOT?
In this unit, we are building on our understanding of feminism and empathy. In particular, we examine what happens when a person refuses to be curious about the experience of the other. The resulting carelessness (a lack of care, a refusal to take care, or deliberate neglect) has disastrous consequences on both a personal and political level. Much of the material in this unit deals with sexual assault, coercion, and manipulation in both fiction and reality. Many people share Humbert Humbert's moral blindness and capacity for self-deception. In fact it is this very slippery capacity of the powerful to use stories to excuse their abuse of the powerless that is at the heart of our study in this unit. By exploring abuses of power from the personal and familial to the national level, students reach a deeper understanding of the important of curiosity, empathy, and listening to one another.