Field Trip: Museum

I agree with you as well C’vette. I did enjoy the trip top the museum but I went in with the wrong mentality as well. I thought that were going to be more paintings that showed protests or statements; more like photographs and paintings of women saying no to violence and rape. Do not get me wrong, there paintings did show that type of resistance. However, more artwork expressed feminism through the vagina than what I expected. Not saying that I am a prude or anything, it is just that I never thought of the vagina being a potent symbol of feminism until we all went on the trip to the museum. I understand that the vagina symbolizes the “power” or “center” of the female. It also symbolizes creation (in my opinion) because of reproduction. I think that those are very powerful things, but I wanted to see more art that showed protesting. The dress that was made of white gloves was interesting and the piece of artwork that had various quotes and pictures of women that were abused was intriguing as well. I guess what I am trying to say is that I am glad that I received a new prospective on feminism, but I wish that I could have seen art portraying obstacles that we as women are going to overcome.