I absolutely loved this week’s readings and definitely laughed a bunch throughout The Politics of Housework. I know the reading was meant to be serious regarding women’s feelings and how men completely disregard them, but Mainardi was able to perfectly explicate every response a man could have when asked to do what women have been burdened by for centuries. Her translations at the end of the text provided direct rebuttals to the ways in which men were taught to refrain from any forms of housework- unless it’s “manly work”. Even though these texts were written in the 70s, women were obviously very aware of the oppression they faced. I also really enjoyed The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm. Men are not taught the female anatomy in ways that help them understand how women can also achieve an orgasm. There is a very big assumption around women coming to an orgasm based on just penetration which is SO WRONG! I was frustrated to read that like many other things, psychiatric care was the solution or cure for not being able to orgasm by penetration. Koedt also mentions surgery as an option to change a woman’s anatomy in order for it to be “easier” for men to help a woman achieve an orgasm… without actually learning the inner workings of a woman’s body and the natural ways this can be done.