The liberated women is different from women’s liberation because liberated women bring “sex without marriage” and has a career. They have much more freedom and don’t follow traditional roles. Women’s liberation calls for housework. The issue is why is women’s liberation a thing to begin with? Why are there gender roles on who does the housework? It begins with men and their entitlement. Mainardi uses her husband as an example. He agreed that they should equally be doing house chores at first, but he changes this mentality over time. Naturally, she was left to do the chores herself because he turned his head away from them. Throughout the text, she translates what a man really means when he communicates with his partner about housework. For example, “I hate it more than you. You don’t mind it so much” really means those chores are below me, but are perfect for your standards. Being a liberated women isn’t only being equal to a man, but breaking the misogynistic behavior that is rooted in our history. The reason behind why men feel entitled to say these things to a women is because they are accustomed to being above us in society. It breaks a man with fragile masculinity to perform a task that is “meant” to be done by a women. Liberated women can be significant for women’s liberation because they are pushing towards liberation in our personal lives also. Doing everything in the house by yourself because a man has limitless excuses (such as the ones translated In the text) is misogny in our own lives. “The personal is political” is true because even debates can arise in your relationship with a man over household roles. “The myth of the vaginal orgasm” connects to men brainwashing women, even in sex. Men have made women believe that a vagina is soley meant to please a man and because of this, an orgasm comes from the inside of a vagina, which is false. They have trouble viewing us as human beings and only look at how we benefit them. This results into women being confused on their own anatomy, being labelled as frigid and lying to please a mans ego that they received an orgasm. Our personal sex lives have become political because men don’t understand a women’s anatomy and instead care more about their ego. Liberated women are great for women’s liberation because they don’t allow a mans ego to control their relationship. They are more open about how they feel and shy away from the traditional roles that are here because of what men decided was “appropriate” and “correct”.
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