Abstract
Scholars of communication studies, out of departmental necessity or personal consciousness, are often called to teach courses with social justice at the center. Courses like intercultural communication and gender communication are popular cross-listed courses for interdisciplinary programs, including the most popular interdisciplinary program in the country--women's and gender studies. The Feminist Identification Model recognizes activism as the 5th and final stage of feminist development. Seventeen students at a regional Midwestern university share their thoughts about feminist activism and the barriers to activism they perceive after completing courses in women's and gender studies. Barriers included: (a) financial and family responsibilities, (b) lack of a leader or an organizer, (c) no cohorts, (d) dislike of politics, (e) fear of confrontation, and (f) family ideology. Readers will recognize pedagogical implications helpful in any social justice classroom.
Journal Title
Iowa Journal of Communication
Volume
46
Issue
2
First Page
202
Last Page
224
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Aldridge Sanford, Amy
(2014)
"Feminist Students' Perceived Barriers to Feminist Activism in the Heartland,"
Iowa Journal of Communication: Vol. 46:
No.
2, Article 6.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ijc/vol46/iss2/6
Copyright
©2014 Iowa Communication Association
