This week’s reading helped me to realize many things. To start off, the importance of activism. Activism is something that is so strong, empowering, and can bring great change that many want. This week also made me realize just how complex oppression truly is. I only thought that oppression was referring to how a group of people is being treated but after this week’s reading, I realized that there are different levels and kinds of oppression. On a personal level of oppression, we are taught from a young age certain things we can and can not do. With interpersonal oppression, we are taught what we can or can’t say. Within institutional oppression, we saw it occur in Texas with the ban on abortions. Which led me to wonder and question why MEN were allowed to make that choice and decision. A choice and decision that they can not say would impact them because they are not a female. Some may argue and say abortions are bad. This is where Pro-Life and Pro-Choice would come in. However, I think we should look beyond that and realize that although it is involving abortion, it goes back to women being oppressed. Something that is meant to be for women is being taken away by men. Not to mention, although right now it is abortion being taken from women, this can open a road where more rights could potentially start to be taken away which will add to the constant battle women have to face in today’s society