Discriminant

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

Carlson, Lauren K¹ 

[1] Grand Valley State University

关键词: algorithm;    poem;    poetry;    comedy;    math;   

DOI  :  10.5642/jhummath.201701.25

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Cleveland Clinic Educational Foundation

【 摘 要 】

This poem is a reaction to a poem written about being forced to take a Home Economics class in the 1960's. As a woman born subsequent to this time period, I was never forced to study home economics, but was required to study pre-calculus. Unfortunately, at the time I could not appreciate this requirement. The irony of my poem is that it celebrates the subject it claims to reject.This poem also suggests that gender discrimination requires a more complex solution than merely discontinuing home economics, and doing so limits the choices feminism intends to protect. Rejecting gender roles may provide a simple answer, but genuine equality requires discriminant thinking to imagine unlimited possibilities, for both men and women.

【 授权许可】

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