Is Feminism Still Relevant?  visually displays crucial issues in women\u27s studies to showcase why such questions continue to be relevant. Madeleine\u27s poster features statistical blurbs in a clever circular pattern, with different sections for each facet of the issue she explores. The cloud-like formation of these statistics captures the eye and emphasizes the significance of this topic.
Key visual elements:   Cloud-like image formation Central box to highlight main problem Predominance of red, white, and blue colors 
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Stevens, Madeleine

English

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University of PennsylvaniaScholarlyCommonsPosters Browse by TypeFall 2012Is Feminism Still Relevant?Madeleine StevensUniversity of PennsylvaniaFollow this and additional works at: http://repository.upenn.edu/showcase_postersPart of the Economic Policy Commons, and the Social Policy CommonsThis paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. http://repository.upenn.edu/showcase_posters/8For more information, please contact libraryrepository@pobox.upenn.edu.Recommended CitationStevens, M. (2012, October 01). Is Feminism Still Relevant?. Retrieved from http://repository.upenn.edu/showcase_posters/8In	  the	  United	  States,	  50%	  of	  the	  workforce	  is	  female,	  and	  more	  than	  50%	  of	  undergraduate	  degree	  earners	  are	  female.	  There	  are	  now	  more	  female	  Supreme	  Court	  Jus@ces	  than	  there	  ever	  have	  been,	  and	  the	  summer	  2012	  Olympics	  were	  the	  ﬁrst	  to	  feature	  women	  from	  every	  aHending	  country.	  Team	  USA	  was	  actually	  composed	  of	  more	  women	  than	  men,	  and	  women	  won	  the	  majority	  of	  US	  medals.	  Many	  people	  say	  we	  have	  achieved	  gender	  equity,	  and	  that	  the	  need	  for	  feminism	  is	  a	  thing	  of	  the	  past.	  Through	  my	  CURF	  summer	  research	  posi@on	  I	  explored	  the	  issue	  in	  various	  dimensions	  by	  delving	  into	  the	  Penn	  Women’s	  Center	  archives,	  aHending	  the	  Na@onal	  Council	  For	  Research	  on	  Women’s	  annual	  conference,	  and	  gathering	  informa@on	  for	  a	  PowerPoint	  en@tled	  “Does	  Penn	  Need	  a	  Women’s	  Center?”	  	  By	  looking	  into	  the	  history	  of	  the	  Women’s	  Center	  and	  immersing	  myself	  in	  the	  environment	  of	  the	  1970s,	  80s,	  and	  90s,	  I	  was	  able	  to	  see	  how	  far	  women’s	  rights	  have	  come	  since	  my	  mother	  was	  the	  age	  that	  I	  am	  now.	  However,	  it	  is	  clear	  that	  gender	  equity	  is	  something	  that	  we	  have	  not	  yet	  aHained,	  despite	  the	  progress	  that	  has	  been	  made.	  Women	  may	  make	  up	  50%	  of	  degree	  earners	  but	  they’re	  only	  28%	  of	  full	  professors	  na@onwide,	  3.8%	  of	  Fortune	  500	  CEOs,	  and	  16.8%	  of	  Congress.	  However,	  they	  are	  92%	  of	  plas@c	  surgery	  recipients,	  90%	  of	  rape	  vic@ms,	  and	  85%	  of	  domes@c	  violence	  vic@ms.	  As	  these	  sta@s@cs	  and	  the	  surrounding	  graphics	  suggest,	  feminism	  is	  just	  as	  relevant	  as	  it	  has	  ever	  been.	  	  	  	  The	  federal	  minimum	  wage	  is	  currently	  $7.25/hr.	  If	  it	  had	  risen	  with	  inﬂa@on	  since	  1968,	  it	  would	  now	  be	  more	  than	  $10.50/hr.	  Almost	  two	  thirds	  of	  minimum	  wage	  	  	  	  	  	  workers	  are	  female.	  Twice	  as	  many	  American	  woman	  over	  65	  as	  men	  live	  in	  poverty.	  50%	  of	  ALL	  American	  women	  over	  age	  65	  would	  be	  living	  in	  poverty	  if	  not	  for	  Social	  Security.	  	  The	  average	  American	  woman	  makes	  78.7¢	  on	  the	  white	  American	  man’s	  dollar.	  However,	  this	  ﬁgure	  is	  misleading	  because	  it	  does	  not	  take	  race	  into	  account.	  White	  women	  make	  80.5¢	  on	  the	  white	  man’s	  dollar,	  African	  American	  women	  make	  69.6¢,	  and	  La@na	  women	  make	  59.8¢.	  	  	  (African	  American	  and	  La@no	  men	  also	  make	  	  	  	  	  less	  than	  white	  men,	  but	  Asian	  men	  make	  slightly	  more)	  	  1	  out	  of	  every	  6	  women	  will	  be	  a	  vic@m	  of	  rape	  or	  aHempted	  rape	  in	  her	  life@me.	  There	  is	  a	  2/3	  chance	  that	  she	  will	  know	  her	  aHacker.	  	  American	  women	  are	  more	  likely	  to	  be	  murdered	  by	  a	  current	  or	  former	  roman@c	  partner	  than	  by	  any	  other	  perpetrator.	  This	  is	  not	  the	  case	  for	  American	  men.	  	  	  	  An	  es@mated	  25%	  of	  women	  will	  be	  abused	  by	  a	  roman@c	  partner	  at	  some	  point	  during	  their	  lives.	  Women	  age	  20-­‐24	  are	  the	  most	  likely	  to	  experience	  nonfatal	  rela@onship	  abuse.	  	  27.3%	  of	  PA	  ins@tu@ons	  of	  higher	  educa@on	  are	  headed	  by	  women	  –	  	  higher	  than	  the	  na@onal	  average.	  	  	  PA	  ranks	  42nd	  in	  the	  na@on	  for	  its	  propor@on	  of	  female	  state	  legislators.	  PA	  law	  requires	  women	  to	  wait	  24	  hours	  before	  receiving	  an	  abor@on.	  It	  also	  mandates	  that	  women	  are	  informed	  about	  “the	  possible	  detrimental	  chological	  eﬀects	  of	  an	  abor@on”	  even	  though	  the	  American	  Psychological	  Associa@on	  has	  stated	  that	  there	  is	  no	  	  scien@ﬁc	  evidence	  to	  support	  this	  claim.	  	  	  82%	  of	  Pennsylvania	  coun@es	  lack	  an	  abor@on	  provider.	  	  The	  Aﬀordable	  Care	  Act	  requires	  insurers	  to	  cover	  women’s	  gynecology	  visits,	  birth	  control,	  well-­‐baby	  care	  and	  more	  without	  charging	  copays.	  	  Many	  countries,	  including	  Pakistan,	  Moldova,	  &	  Croa@a	  provide	  paid	  maternity	  leave.	  Liberia,	  Swaziland,	  &	  the	  United	  States	  are	  among	  the	  only	  na@ons	  that	  do	  not.	  The	  USA	  is	  far	  behind	  its	  peers	  in	  this	  regard.	  	  Since	  2010’s	  midterm	  elec@ons,	  there	  has	  been	  a	  huge	  	  spike	  in	  state	  laws	  limi@ng	  access	  to	  legal	  abor@on.	  	  These	  ranged	  from	  the	  defunding	  of	  reproduc@ve	  health	  clinics	  like	  Planned	  Parenthood,	  to	  mandatory	  biased	  counseling,	  to	  outright	  bans	  on	  abor@ons	  amer	  20	  weeks	  –	  without	  an	  excep@on	  for	  the	  mother’s	  health,	  or	  for	  vic@ms	  of	  rape	  or	  incest	  	  –	  a	  direct	  aHack	  on	  Roe	  v.	  Wade.	  	  Penn’s	  undergraduate	  student	  body	  is	  53%	  female	  	  Penn	  ranks	  2nd	  among	  its	  peer	  ins@tu@ons	  for	  percentage	  of	  female	  assistant	  professors	  	  17.5%	  of	  Penn’s	  full	  professors	  are	  female	  –	  signiﬁcantly	  lower	  than	  the	  na@onal	  average.	  	  Penn	  has	  had	  only	  7	  female	  commencement	  speakers	  in	  the	  past	  40	  years…	  and	  just	  1	  in	  the	  past	  15.	  Addi@onally,	  in	  the	  past	  12	  years	  women	  have	  composed	  a	  mere	  26%	  of	  SPEC	  Connaissance	  speakers.	  NARAL	  Penn	  Gender	  Equity	  Report	   Penn	  Gender	  Equity	  Report	  	  Penn	  Archives	  &	  OSA	  22%	  of	  all	  federal	  judges	  are	  female.	  	  Three	  of	  the	  past	  four	  Secretaries	  of	  State	  have	  been	  female:	  Madeleine	  Albright,	  Condoleezza	  Rice,	  and	  Hillary	  Clinton.	  Only	  20%	  of	  the	  90	  women	  serving	  in	  Congress	  are	  women	  of	  color.	  The	  US	  ranks	  80th	  in	  the	  world	  for	  its	  percentage	  of	  women	  in	  na@onal	  legislature.	  Iraq,	  Afghanistan,	  Cuba,	  and	  China	  all	  rank	  higher.	  Rutgers	  CAWP	  	  RAINN	  NCADV	  NCBI	  US	  Bureau	  of	  Labor	  Sta@s@cs	  Susan	  B.	  Anthony	  List;	  NARAL	  Thinkprogress.org,	  Globe	  &	  Mail,	  Huﬃngton	  Post	  

Is Feminism Still Relevant?

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Fall 2012
Is Feminism Still Relevant?
Madeleine Stevens
University of Pennsylvania
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Stevens, M. (2012, October 01). Is Feminism Still Relevant?. Retrieved from http://repository.upenn.edu/showcase_posters/8
In	  the	  United	  States,	  50%	  of	  the	  workforce	  is	  female,	  and	  more	  than	  50%	  of	  
undergraduate	  degree	  earners	  are	  female.	  There	  are	  now	  more	  female	  
Supreme	  Court	  Jus@ces	  than	  there	  ever	  have	  been,	  and	  the	  summer	  2012	  
Olympics	  were	  the	  first	  to	  feature	  women	  from	  every	  aHending	  country.	  Team	  
USA	  was	  actually	  composed	  of	  more	  women	  than	  men,	  and	  women	  won	  the	  
majority	  of	  US	  medals.	  Many	  people	  say	  we	  have	  achieved	  gender	  equity,	  and	  
that	  the	  need	  for	  feminism	  is	  a	  thing	  of	  the	  past.	  Through	  my	  CURF	  summer	  
research	  posi@on	  I	  explored	  the	  issue	  in	  various	  dimensions	  by	  delving	  into	  the	  
Penn	  Women’s	  Center	  archives,	  aHending	  the	  Na@onal	  Council	  For	  Research	  on	  
Women’s	  annual	  conference,	  and	  gathering	  informa@on	  for	  a	  PowerPoint	  
en@tled	  “Does	  Penn	  Need	  a	  Women’s	  Center?”	  
	  
By	  looking	  into	  the	  history	  of	  the	  Women’s	  Center	  and	  immersing	  myself	  in	  the	  
environment	  of	  the	  1970s,	  80s,	  and	  90s,	  I	  was	  able	  to	  see	  how	  far	  women’s	  
rights	  have	  come	  since	  my	  mother	  was	  the	  age	  that	  I	  am	  now.	  However,	  it	  is	  
clear	  that	  gender	  equity	  is	  something	  that	  we	  have	  not	  yet	  aHained,	  despite	  
the	  progress	  that	  has	  been	  made.	  Women	  may	  make	  up	  50%	  of	  degree	  earners	  
but	  they’re	  only	  28%	  of	  full	  professors	  na@onwide,	  3.8%	  of	  Fortune	  500	  CEOs,	  
and	  16.8%	  of	  Congress.	  However,	  they	  are	  92%	  of	  plas@c	  surgery	  recipients,	  
90%	  of	  rape	  vic@ms,	  and	  85%	  of	  domes@c	  violence	  vic@ms.	  As	  these	  sta@s@cs	  
and	  the	  surrounding	  graphics	  suggest,	  feminism	  is	  just	  as	  relevant	  as	  it	  has	  ever	  
been.	  	  
	  
	  The	  federal	  minimum	  wage	  is	  
currently	  $7.25/hr.	  If	  it	  had	  
risen	  with	  infla@on	  since	  1968,	  
it	  would	  now	  be	  more	  than	  
$10.50/hr.	  Almost	  two	  thirds	  
of	  minimum	  wage	  	  	  	  
	  	  workers	  are	  female.	  
Twice	  as	  many	  American	  
woman	  over	  65	  as	  men	  live	  
in	  poverty.	  50%	  of	  ALL	  
American	  women	  over	  age	  
65	  would	  be	  living	  in	  
poverty	  if	  not	  for	  Social	  
Security.	  
	  
The	  average	  American	  woman	  
makes	  78.7¢	  on	  the	  white	  American	  
man’s	  dollar.	  However,	  this	  figure	  is	  
misleading	  because	  it	  does	  not	  take	  
race	  into	  account.	  White	  women	  
make	  80.5¢	  on	  the	  white	  man’s	  
dollar,	  African	  American	  women	  
make	  69.6¢,	  and	  La@na	  women	  
make	  59.8¢.	  
	  	  (African	  American	  and	  La@no	  men	  also	  make	  	  	  
	  	  less	  than	  white	  men,	  but	  Asian	  men	  make	  slightly	  
more)	  
	  1	  out	  of	  every	  6	  women	  
will	  be	  a	  vic@m	  of	  rape	  or	  
aHempted	  rape	  in	  her	  
life@me.	  There	  is	  a	  2/3	  
chance	  that	  she	  will	  know	  
her	  aHacker.	  
	  
American	  women	  are	  more	  
likely	  to	  be	  murdered	  by	  a	  
current	  or	  former	  roman@c	  
partner	  than	  by	  any	  other	  
perpetrator.	  This	  is	  not	  the	  
case	  for	  American	  men.	  
	  
	  
	  An	  es@mated	  25%	  
of	  women	  will	  be	  abused	  
by	  a	  roman@c	  partner	  at	  
some	  point	  during	  their	  
lives.	  Women	  age	  20-­‐24	  
are	  the	  most	  likely	  to	  
experience	  nonfatal	  
rela@onship	  abuse.	  	  
27.3%	  of	  PA	  
ins@tu@ons	  of	  higher	  
educa@on	  are	  headed	  
by	  women	  –	  	  higher	  
than	  the	  na@onal	  
average.	  
	  
	  PA	  ranks	  42nd	  in	  
the	  na@on	  for	  its	  
propor@on	  of	  
female	  state	  
legislators.	  
PA	  law	  requires	  women	  to	  
wait	  24	  hours	  before	  
receiving	  an	  abor@on.	  It	  also	  
mandates	  that	  women	  are	  
informed	  about	  “the	  possible	  
detrimental	  chological	  effects	  
of	  an	  abor@on”	  even	  though	  
the	  American	  Psychological	  
Associa@on	  has	  stated	  that	  
there	  is	  no	  	  scien@fic	  
evidence	  to	  support	  this	  
claim.	  
	  
	  
82%	  of	  
Pennsylvania	  
coun@es	  lack	  an	  
abor@on	  
provider.	  
	  
The	  Affordable	  
Care	  Act	  requires	  insurers	  
to	  cover	  women’s	  
gynecology	  visits,	  birth	  
control,	  well-­‐baby	  care	  and	  
more	  without	  charging	  
copays.	  
	  
Many	  countries,	  including	  
Pakistan,	  Moldova,	  &	  
Croa@a	  provide	  paid	  
maternity	  leave.	  Liberia,	  
Swaziland,	  &	  the	  United	  
States	  are	  among	  the	  only	  
na@ons	  that	  do	  not.	  
The	  USA	  is	  far	  behind	  
its	  peers	  in	  this	  
regard.	  
	  
Since	  2010’s	  midterm	  elec@ons,	  
there	  has	  been	  a	  huge	  	  spike	  in	  
state	  laws	  limi@ng	  access	  to	  legal	  
abor@on.	  	  These	  ranged	  from	  the	  
defunding	  of	  reproduc@ve	  health	  
clinics	  like	  Planned	  Parenthood,	  to	  
mandatory	  biased	  counseling,	  to	  
outright	  bans	  on	  abor@ons	  amer	  20	  
weeks	  –	  without	  an	  excep@on	  for	  
the	  mother’s	  health,	  or	  for	  vic@ms	  
of	  rape	  or	  incest	  	  –	  a	  direct	  aHack	  
on	  Roe	  v.	  Wade.	  
	  
Penn’s	  
undergraduate	  
student	  body	  is	  
53%	  female	  
	  
Penn	  ranks	  2nd	  
among	  its	  peer	  
ins@tu@ons	  for	  
percentage	  of	  
female	  assistant	  
professors	  
	  
17.5%	  of	  Penn’s	  full	  
professors	  are	  female	  
–	  significantly	  lower	  
than	  the	  
na@onal	  average.	  
	  
Penn	  has	  had	  only	  7	  female	  
commencement	  speakers	  in	  
the	  past	  40	  years…	  and	  just	  
1	  in	  the	  past	  15.	  
Addi@onally,	  in	  the	  past	  12	  
years	  women	  have	  
composed	  a	  mere	  26%	  of	  
SPEC	  Connaissance	  
speakers.	  
NARAL	  
Penn	  Gender	  Equity	  Report	   Pe
nn	  Gen
der	  
Equity	  
Report
	  
	  
Penn	  Archives	  &	  OSA	  
22%	  of	  all	  federal	  
judges	  are	  female.	  
	  
Three	  of	  the	  past	  four	  
Secretaries	  of	  State	  
have	  been	  female:	  
Madeleine	  Albright,	  
Condoleezza	  Rice,	  and	  
Hillary	  Clinton.	  
Only	  20%	  of	  the	  90	  
women	  serving	  in	  
Congress	  are	  
women	  of	  color.	  
The	  US	  ranks	  80th	  in	  the	  
world	  for	  its	  percentage	  
of	  women	  in	  na@onal	  
legislature.	  Iraq,	  
Afghanistan,	  Cuba,	  and	  
China	  all	  rank	  higher.	  
Rutgers	  CAWP	  	  
RAINN	  
NCADV	  
NCBI	  
U
S	  Bureau	  of	  Labor	  
Sta@s@cs	  
Susan	  B.	  Anthony	  List;	  NARAL	  
Thinkprogress.org,	  
Globe	  &
	  M
ail,	  
Huffi
ngton	  Post	  


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