The readings were very interesting. There was a lot of information to take in and to analyze in my head. It woke up some of my feelings and thoughts on the readings.So regarding Oppression from Marilyn Frye the part that caught my eye was when she compares the oppression of women to the situation of a bird in a cage. This made me think that women can be oppressed due to so many things, it can be work, house hold, bills, treatment of others, how society portrays one. Women have always taken on the work of the house hold chores, cooking tending to their significant other whom ever they may be, the children schooling oh the list can go on. I felt like that Bird in a cage at one time in my life. When I was married I had a husband who felt like the women had to do it all in the home and tend to kids and chores in the house. I felt trapped behind those cage bars. He was controlling I. I thought that that cage had a cement lock on it. But then i remembered i had the privilege of waking up everyday and moving forward and that i could make it with out him with my three kids. Here i am cage free living my best life. Men can be oppressed also why is it that society makes it seem like men are not allowed to have feelings or feel any emotions so unfair. I know for sure that there are men that are oppressed themselves . I know someone who is an oppressed person but still goes about his business and just keeps pushing forward with this no feeling of an obligation at all. He does not act like he is oppressed but we have spoken. How he talks about his Job in which he travels to work and has to leave his wife and daughter for 3 weeks at a time. But he says who else going to do it. I didn’t see myself as being oppressed until I read these articles and it gave me the meaning of it so i could understand and have the knowledge of understanding the word.

Watching the video was just an eye opener. Answering the questions. In what ways do i experience privilege? I am privileged to wake up everyday. I am privileged because i can travel. I am privileged because i am knowledgeable. I am privileged to have three beautiful children i raised well. In what ways do you experience oppression? I can not say that i have experienced any oppression as of today. But I have experienced it when i was married, i was mentally abused my ex husband controlled me. I never thought of it as oppression until this oppression reading. How does watching the video, and doing the readings help you define the concepts of privilege and oppression, what are your current definitions? Privilege to me is like never having to do for oneself, getting things handed to oneself. Never understanding the hard work of real struggles. Always getting your way, getting a job due to your race, color, background or getting a helping hand. Oppression is racism, treat others without respect due to their color, race, religion, ethnicity. Unjust treatment. I can honestly say that before this reading i never associated the word oppression to these ways for me.