• What do you understand the liberated woman to be? 
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• How might the liberated woman be important for women’s liberation?

In the readings there was definitely more discussion about the women’s liberation movement than the liberated woman. From what I gather, I actually think the liberated woman is not as liberated or free as the women who are looking for success through the the women’s liberation movement.

As it has been defined, the liberated woman has sex freely and has a career. This could be seen as important for the women’s liberation because women’s liberation is about finding a shared way of living with a man, when both have careers and (she) needs to be able to have the housework divided.

The liberated woman is one that has a career and would most likely have been pushing for shared household responsibilities. Since the main defining factors of a liberated woman are career and sexual activity, I would say this cross over is mainly about the career. Additionally, this could’ve been a step in the direction towards women not needing men, but shining the light on men needing women.

However, the second article, The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm by Anne Koedt, was very enlightening on this same topic. For women to look for shared responsibility in bed as well as in household chores, was held up by the make dismay of losing his own enjoyment and freedom. In bed and in the responsibilities of the home.

How do these pieces show that “the personal is political”?

Sex and home are two of the most personal subjects, yet the issues that women face in these areas are directly related to the social constructs of the way society has built the man’s life. So, for any progress to be made in a women’s personal life, the politics of the social structure do need to be considered.