From my own personal understanding I believe that a liberated women is someone who does not only push for equality and to break social norms but as well as in their own personal life break traditional norms. Liberated women would mean not conforming to written and ‘unwritten’ norms in their own personal life for example being in a marriage where all the responsibilities are weighed heavier on your shoulders rather than the man.A liberated women is important for women’s liberation because the entirety of women’s liberation is a movement to combat sexual discrimination. Also to gain full legal, economic, vocational, educational, and social rights and opportunities for women that are on equal levels with those of a man. A liberated women is one who would do what she deems fit for herself regardless of what others might think because it is what she wants. She does acts, think , and speaks in ways that go against the restrictions society has placed on her.This goes hand in hand and are important for each other because the entire movement of fighting for equal rights and go against discrimination also means empowering and respecting those women who don’t want to follow those norms. What’s the point of fighting for liberation if in your own home you’re still treated as less than a man because of different perspectives?

Both pieces show a political side and how the personal can be political by giving multiple examples that we can all relate to. Society programs men through different media forms and personal (home) forms to think they are greater than women. I agree with the perspective that Pat Mainardi gives in ” The Politics of Housework “. Men are often programed like I said before to believe that certain things are meant for only women to do and this programming can happen from a very young age in their very own home. Mothers are often seen as the only one who takes care of the household responsibilities and meals after coming back from work while the father just plops on the couch. This feeds into the idea of how women are in a way forced to shape and care for men like children. This idea can go hand in hand of how house responsibilities are deemed as not important so the wife should do it while I just only have to work and thats it.

I also found the reading “The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm” by Anne Koedt political too because of the notion that many men till this day believe ‘that the vagina was made to only please men’. I believe this ties into being a liberated women because many spaces specifically for women and sex are being opened up. Sex in general is not taught correctly to anyone so can be easily influenced by different perspectives and molded. Men are in a way taught that their end goal is just to reach their climax and that’s it without really caring about their partner. Women are never taught how they should feel good during the time but instead how to make THEIR partner feel good. Back then it was very taboo for women to speak about their sexual experiences and if they did were deemed ‘needs psychiatric assistance’. So it makes me very proud for women taking their pleasure into their own hands and making a space and talking about it.