In the reading “ The politics of housework” by pat Minardi, a liberated woman is described as having a lot of sex without being married and pleasing men. Many times, women like this respect themselves and know they’re worth it. They understand that it is just a pleasure until they choose to settle. Sex isn’t the only thing they do. Liberated women usually also have careers/ jobs outside of their sex life. Mainardi stated, “ has sex a-lot and has a career, preferably something that can be fitted in with the household chores- like dancing, pottery, or painting. This is also why liberated women are important to women’s liberation and helpful. Especially once they realize the oppression they face while being a housewife.

Liberated women may be necessary for women’s liberation because it helps them understand that being a housewife isn’t the only thing. From the very beginning, men grow up taught that housework is a women’s job, no one else’s. Both husband and wife could have jobs, but when it comes to the house, the wife is expected to come home to shop for groceries, cook, and clean before she can rest. As liberal women, they understand the oppression of being a housewife, which is why they take a different path. For women’s liberation, the liberated women can be seen as a beacon for change, away from the imbalance in a household; this is why the liberated women are important to the women’s liberation. 

In the piece “ the politics of the housework,” Mainardi gives us an example of a pyramid, stating that men have always been placed at the top and the bottom by women. For man, oppression is built into the system for him to receive the benefits. Since man has always been dependent on help from others, once personal becomes political, men become fearful. “He is losing some leisure, and you (women) are gaining it,” Mainardi says. “ The measure of your oppression is his resistance” it is traumatizing when you begin to lose something you are accustomed to. These are the ways Mainardi shows that the person can be or is political. The Oppression and imbalance in the relationship of men and women and the effects they would have if changed.