After reading “The Politics of Housework” by Pat Mainardi, I understand the liberated woman to be free, to be herself, and to do things she likes to do unapologetically. The liberated woman is a feminist who doesn’t want to fit in the box of societies norms on women; the liberated woman is a rebel. The liberated woman does as she pleases without the concern or worry for others opinions, she dresses how she wants to without worry about how society will judge her, she stands on her own beliefs even if they may go against what other people believe, the liberated woman is one who doesn’t agree with conforming herself to make others feel better about themselves. The liberated woman is important for women’s liberation because they give a different outlook on women, they give different meaning to being what a woman is, and they give a different point of view from another woman’s perspective. The phrase “the personal is political” also termed as “the private is political” is a political argument used as a rallying slogan of student movement and second wave feminism from the late 1960s. These two pieces of work show that “the personal is political” because they represent how because women are portrayed throughout society as the housewife’s, mothers, and the overall caretakers however their struggles, issues, and concerns are not important enough to be seen as political issues that need a platform in which changes can be evoked and women can not only feel seen but most importantly feel heard. For as long as I can remember growing up, my mom had always raised me and my sisters to be able to know how to cook, clean, take care of ourselves, take care of children, and know how to attract the “right” man specifically by learning all these qualities. Therefore, in my short twenty two years of life women have always been raised to conform to societies gender roles and norms on how to be a woman even if many of these imaginary rules and regulations were more then likely not created from other woman but instead men. I can only imagine what it was like back then. “The personal is political” is portrayed throughout these two articles by representing the fact that just because women have more needs whether that may be needing more intimacy in their relationship, needing more help with the kids at home, or needing more time for themselves in general are all seen as private issues however, “the personal is political” emphasizes that these personal issues such as sex, childcare, and the struggles of being a mom are all political issues that not only need political attention but need to be taken seriously as well.