During the 1960s Pat Mainardi wrote “The Politics of Housework” which address the misconception of gender during her time and her view on why patriarchal system continued. From the article my understanding of liberated women is a woman who has freed herself from labels that society had put upon women to justify men’s actions. A liberated women is a representation of all the oppression and prejudice women have faces especially during the 60s. Women often have this image of a stay-at-home spouse that must do everything in the house such as cook, clean, and even take care of the men in the house. Pat Mainardi states” man’s accomplishments have always depended on getting help from other people, mostly women “which is true because many males depend on their mothers, sisters, and wives. Liberated women are important for women’s liberation because they make the movement, they set change, without those women we would not know what is needed to change the stereotype people have on women. It is a learning experience, but I believe as time goes by, we make more of a change when the women who have been liberated can be part of the women’s liberation. These two pieces of articles show that “the personal is political” because in both articles women are being spoken about the need they have in intimacy and in their relationship and household. “The personal is political” is a phrase use during the 1960s and 1970s to express to any power relations not just government or elective officials. This is shown in the articles when women must compromise to either fake an organism to not hurt their partners feelings or when they have wanted to slip the house chores with their partner but must show them how to do these things but end up doing it themselves because it would faster than having their partner do it. Political for this reason because it will either be discussed to decide or have it expected of them because of society. Overall, both articles speak on topics many do not have knowledge about but must be talked about because it is part of women liberation history.