Blog 5

Quasjale Selders
2/13/2019
Climate Justice, digital media, and gender
Professor Frances

While most people argued about race and class after Katrina, people seem to have forgotten about the gender aspect in the aftermath of Katrina. The article "Women of Katrina: How Gender, Race, and Class Matter in an American Disaster" it talks about the things that were left silent from the women after the hurricane. This article gives us an inside look at he women and how they were vulnerable before and after the hurricane, and how many of the rescuers seem to put the men first, which lead to a lot of mental problems down the line for the female survivors. In the article "Men, Masculinity, and Disaster" it talks about a study done which show how men gain and use power to control women. This article also "highlights the high costs paid by many men in disasters and the consequences of dominant masculinity practices for women and marginalized men"(Enarson, Pease 2016).



I really enjoyed reading these article because I can relate to them. Not only was I born during the disasterous hurricane, but I am also a women. I see how women are being treated as well as how men are being put above us. These articles showed me how women are being marginalized and being second to men. I also didn't know that women were being treated this way during hurricane Katrina and it brings a new light to my eyes as to how strong these women are to have gone throw these events.



Masculinity- qualities or attributes regarded as characteristic of men.

Gender- either of the two sexes (male and female), especially when considered with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones. The term is also used more broadly to denote a range of identities that do not correspond to established ideas of male and female.


Diversity- the state of being diverse; variety.