The liberated woman is a woman who is self-aware and doesn’t follow the rules society has put in place when it comes to her freedom. A liberated woman fights for her own equal rights and those of other women as well. They fight sexism and the stereotypes society has created and fight to eliminate the expectations placed on women inside and outside their homes. In The Politics of Housework, by Pat Mainardi, it is stated that liberated women are very different from Women’s Liberation. “The first signals all kinds of goodies, to warm the hearts (not to mention other parts) of the most radical men…On the other hand is Women’s Liberation-and housework” (pg.1). In a household where both the man and woman have careers to manage, the woman is still expected to be the one to maintain the house. And do all the housework, how is that fair? Men are known to have a passive resistance when it comes to chores and cleaning, and they believe women are born to do that kind of work.

“The personal is political” is a common belief among feminists that their personal experiences result from gender inequality. In The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm by Anne Koedt, she states, “men have chosen to define women only in terms of how they benefited men’s lives. Sexually, a woman was not seen as an individual wanting to share equally in the sexual act, any more than she was seen as a person with independent desires when she did anything else in society.” (pg.8-9). It’s so infuriating that women were fooled into believing that there was something wrong with their bodies. All in favor of men. A woman’s body being treated like a man’s property is terrible enough. Still, it’s extremely damaging for women to blame themselves for a literal fake problem and think there is something medically wrong with their bodies. Imagine the mental and emotional torture that must have been brought upon these women. Mainardi writes, “Women’s liberation isn’t really a political movement.” MEANING: The revolution is coming too close to home. ALSO MEANING: I am only interested in
how I am oppressed, not how I oppress others. Therefore the war, the draft, and the university are political. Women’s liberation is not.” (pg. 3). The fact that women do not have equal rights in politics and other ways outside of their home plays a factor in their rights at home. A liberal woman will only accept the respect and rights she deserves, but the way the man treats her reflects gender inequality. Which is a reason many men believe cleaning and housework are only meant for women, even if they claim that women deserve the same rights they have.