In this week’s readings “The Politics of Housework” and “The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm” we got an insight into how such personal things as doing the housework and having sex are shaped by the heteropatriarchal system we are a part of. The statement by Carol Hanish “The personal is political” is evident in these two common things. In the first reading, the author makes a clear distinction between a liberated woman and women’s liberation. She defines a liberated woman as a woman that “brings sex without marriage, sex before marriage, cozy housekeeping arrangements (“I’m living with this chick”) and the self-content of knowing that you’re not the kind of man who wants a doormat instead of a woman”. In my opinion, a liberated woman is one who knows her worth and sees herself as an independent human being. A liberated woman is aware that she’s being oppressed by the patriarchy and it’s constantly working on deconstructing her own sexist and misogynist beliefs. A liberated woman is in charge of her body and sexuality, she knows that it’s her decision when and with who she has sexual relations, that she doesn’t depend on a man to obtain sexual pleasure, and she knows that she should decide what happens to her body. Also, a liberated woman it’s aware that she has the right to an education, to build her career, and earn money in the way she decides to. Basically, a liberated woman is one who knows that she has the right to be in control of her life. On the other hand, to the author, women’s liberation it’s related to housework and its distribution. Women’s liberation it’s explained by the same phrase, women who still need to liberate. Men who refuse to do housework to establish their position as beings superior to women and to prove their masculinity is a huge factor in women’s liberation. Even though it could be unconscious and men may are not aware of this, them not helping with house chores because they take for granted that women are going to do it, it’s a way to perpetuate women’s oppression by being servants of men. Liberated women are very important to women’s liberation because they can be an example of autonomy to them. Seeing liberated women can help women’s liberation by helping them to acknowledge that they are not inferior to men, and they are responsible for taking care of themselves, not of a grown man who has feet and hands to clean, cook meals, and do the laundry. Liberated women can also be great mentors for women’s liberation, and give them great advice and resources so they can transform into liberated women. In the second reading “The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm” it was explained how living in a patriarchal society shaped the way in which women’s sexuality is viewed. It is impressive how even sex it’s shaped in a way women only give pleasure to men, but they don’t receive pleasure in return. Even in human biology classes, it’s commonly taught how men reach orgasms, but not how women do it. Also, it’s not common to learn much about the clitoris and how it is essential for women to achieve orgasms, and that vaginal orgasms are not a thing. And this is not a coincidence, this happens so women can keep being oppressed and objectified by men.