In today’s reading I learned a lot about what people, more specifically, what females think about how they are viewed as writers in today’s society. For example, French feminists believe “that the structure of language is phallocentric: it privileges the phallus and, more generally, masculinity by associating them with things and values more appreciated by the (masculine-dominated) culture (452).” In other words, I think that this means the French feel like they are competing to gain the respect of all of their readers in a world that is basically geared toward the male’s likes and dislikes.
When I thought about this particular passage, it kind of reminded me of today’s society. In some cultures, women are still expected to stay at home and cook, clean, and if needed, take care of the kids. I believe that today’s world is still mainly a “masculine-dominated culture.” Generally, people aren’t looking for females to be bold enough to come outside of their comfort zone and write a book. Of course, you do have exceptions like Oprah and other powerful women like herself; but for the most part people are still in the mentality that women shouldn’t stand up for themselves, shouldn’t be able to have much of an education because all they are going to be doing is staying at home keeping everything in order. And to be honest, I loathe this mentality. If someone ever comes up to me and tells me that all I’m going to be is a housewife, I can go from happy go-lucky Shanelle, to angry-serious Shanelle in 2.5 seconds. I just can’t wrap my head around the fact that in some cultures, women are still expected to do that. But, I am not here to judge at all; that’s not my job. This is just simply my opinion.
I'm going to disagree with you about females not standing up for themselves. It could be that I'm a guy and don't understand what it's like to be a woman, but I think that women are more powerful than they have ever been. We have women running for president, and some succeeding.
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