Reflection 8

In “The Politics of Housework” by Pat Mainardi, the idea that some men believe housework is a job for women is the main example spoken about , this also has a lot to do with the thought of women’s Liberation & what a liberated woman is. Housework shouldnt be seen that way throughout history. The author talks about how women have been portrayed doing house work and the man coming back home from a hard day of work chilling. I agree that I’ve seen plenty of scenes in a movie, show or cartoon where a woman is the maid or doing housework. Why couldn’t it be a man or both because of sexism? I think so. In reality in my life at least …Women do the majority of the chores in the household. The man becomes irritated or feels like it isn’t right when he has to. This introduces the thought of what Liberated Women is and What women’s liberation is. What I learned from the article: A liberated woman knows her worth enough  to  not live under sexist expectations, that society built from patriarchy. Women’s Liberation is The freedom of women from sexism. In The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm by Anne Koedt Myths and Facts were spoken about. Giving people who don’t have a good understanding of vaginal orgasms a better understanding. It didn’t only speak about organisms it also spoke about some myths/ facts functions or similarities of the clitoris and penis. In general I liked this weeks reading.

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