This semester’s reading that had the most meaning for me was the story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates. This story is very powerful and well-written in a way that shakes your core. As women, we can still experience situations like this one or at least hear about it on the news and it makes us think about male-female relationships. In the story, Connie puts a lot of weight on her physical appearance, and in the end, gets punished because of the way she looked. Would it be different if she looked different? should women hide their sexuality in order to be safe? Also, In our modern society, with the internet and higher education, it’s sad to see how people still stay in their primitive point of view; in which men have the power in a relationship and make all the decisions while women need to obey. Same as in sexual situations where women “lose” their power because they feel weak, and do things they don’t want to just to satisfy the men’s desires.
