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I say that absolutely men can make feminist art. Feminism is not just for women, feminism is for everyone. Since feminism is for everyone, so is feminist art. It does not just have to be a woman whom creates it. For instance from watching Part III What About Men video, Judy Chicago’s husband Donald Woodman helped Judy on certain occasions with different pieces. I think anyone just has to understand what feminism is all about in order to produce feminist art. As long as men let’s say have a full understanding or even somewhat of an understanding of what feminist art is, then there would not be any doubt in my mind that they could create a work involving just that. Feminism in my eyes is the act of supporting women’s rights in all aspects. So if men want to create art in a social formation in relation to womanhood, why not? No one is stopping them! I think it would be crazy for men not to be able to produce feminist art. If they have a passion for women’s equality why would we even stop them from doing that? We need more men to help define what feminism truly means in broader terms and what better way to share and express with others than art? Personally anyone can produce feminist art, even males.

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I definitely believe that men have a role in the struggle for women’s equality. We live in such a patriarchal society that nothing is going to change no matter how many women are on board, without the help of the male role. It is male dominance and male privilege that take over, and without seeing other males helping out women trying to get full equality, then yes it is going to be harder for men to call themselves a feminist, even though feminism truly is for everyone, man and woman. Males currently are the dominant leaders and to help change that we need more male figures on the women side to help speak up and reach out to those other males in order to get them more educated. Had I not taken a class on Feminist Art I truly would not have grasped the idea of feminism and what it truly stands for. If more males were educated on that, I believe that more would be willing and more confident to in fact call themselves that crazy word, “feminist.” The gap in education really has a big influence on the roles of women in our society and it is really important for more people to become greater accountable for the struggle of women’s equality and how us women are going to achieve the highest state of equality we can get to.

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