A liberated woman is a woman that has her own opinion and her own philosphy system. She can stand for herself and she won’t be persuaded easily by what the society said or other people/men said. She knows the points of the topic and she can see things clearly and get the point well. There are some opinions look nice as a poison wrapped with fancy candy paper so that they are accepted by most people but a liberated woman can tell they are still poision easily and she would tear the candy paper and proof that how toxic it is.
Liberated woman belongs to women so that she is one of them and she can understand what women suffering or what the society put on them or try to brainwash them like assume keeping the home clean and tidy is women’s duty. Like raising and educate kids well is the great honor for being a mother. In fact there are nice saying or “honor” to make women work for the patriarchy system. A liberated woman know what is the trick and what is the real respect, so that she knows what kind of deal would be best for women and what is the liberation for them.
These two pieces are very personal and they show the most daily scenarios and also happen frequency. Battles can be everywhere every time, but what the most important battles would be what related to our lives the most. Housework is a burden and especially if the wives are also responsible for their husbands’ housework. If she can’t even set herself free from her daily duty so how could she can set herself free from these traditional toxic thoughts and opinions? Housework occupies her time also her body, so that how could she still have energy to fight? From another aspect, fighting by women are not enough because people who around you and people who care about you should stand with women and should fight with you too. If the husbands/partners are not trying to help you about housework then he is accomplice of patriarchy. He knows what benefits him by this system and his caring or support is fake if he can not really help with the daily housework he is also responsible for. That is why personal is political because the personal ones are happening daily or every second. Movements don’t have to be big, it can be small and consistent like what happening around daily life chores. If we can win these personal tiny movements, we can make a big movement.
Hi Yin,
Most definitely, Understanding the work-home interaction requires a solid understanding of gender roles. They are common beliefs that apply to individuals based on their socially designated sex and serve as the foundation for most civilizations’ division of labor. In Western societies, the home sphere, and household activities as part of this sphere, are thought to be under the control of women, which may have a greater impact on women’s home-work conflict than men’s.
Hi Yin,
I always enjoy hearing your opinion. I like the metaphor you chose about poison and candy. and think it’s spot-on.
I said the same that it isn’t enough for just women to fight, but for anyone else who is as you say, “an accomplice of patriarchy” to fight also. I think this is applicable to all movements, we need the oppressed and those benefiting from the system of oppressions to fight for justice together.
Hi Yin,
I really liked your poison and candy metaphor to describe the stance of a liberated woman. Also, the way you express that she belongs to women yet sees beyond the tricks that many remain blind to (sometimes by choice or convenience) hit home to me as well. You remind us also about the very husbands of the women who take on all the house duty responsibilities in that it is a shame that the union of commitment between spouses suggests that their partner would work towards nothing but the best for their spouse. Because they benefit from this oppression, this is another way in which men haven’t aided women in our struggle.