This week’s readings made me think a lot about how men don’t view women as real people. They want us to do it all and won’t even take the time to understand us. I also began to think about how taboo sex is among women growing up. We’re told not to talk about it. And oftentimes, we aren’t properly taught about our bodies. We were told to keep our virginity while men spent their younger years constantly engaging in sexual activity. This produced so many sexually repressed women. Growing up, my mom never even told me about sex. Normally, when a child hits puberty or goes into high school, their parents would sit them down and give them “the talk”. My mom never gave me the talk. I used to beg her, seeing as all my friends had had it with their parents. Finally, she said to me that she wouldn’t have to give me the talk because she knew I wouldn’t do it. Sex is normal, though. There comes a time when everyone has to have it. I think I deserved to know about it. Instead, I like many others, had to go searching for my answers elsewhere. Sex should be spoken about. We need to normalize educating young women properly on sex instead of just telling them “don’t do it”. I also believe that we should start raising young boys to do household chores. Men shouldn’t be reliant on women to do the simplest of things. And it’s not fair to the wives who have to put up with the husband’s incompetence.