Flynn

Q & D

2. Flynn’s piece took over 30 years to be published. I personally like her revised piece better but, we should take into consideration the time it took to write this piece. Many beliefs and ideas on genders and their roles have changed since 30 years ago. It would be ridiculous to say the ideas today are still the same and that nothing has changed. Her ideas were good for her time and are very good to reflect on. I feel there was a lot less respect for women 30 years ago and we should be happy on the improvement we have made. Things change and they can change into truly great ideas again.

3. I’m not exactly sure what Flynn’s was saying here. If I had to guess I feel Flynn is trying to say in the first part that, Women were forced by men to be looked at as the weaker gender; with men having all control. It’s her cry out for a voice in this world. In the second part I believe she is trying to express how men and women are different in many characteristic traits. You cannot try to blend both or have one with all the control. With more and more ethnic background coming together there will be power conflict. This is where other races are blended together in a common area and one race feels they have more power hence, trying to take control. When both races are clearly equal and should be treated like that.

5. I agree with Chodorow’s claims about feminine and masculine identification and believe there are convincing. Males and females do have different interaction patterns. Each gender looks at life with a different goals and especially emotions. Achievement I feel is a huge goal for men and women do get pissed about that. I believe the major of Chodorow’s claims to be true.

Applying and Exploring

4. I think Flynn’s article demonstrates not very many limitations about feminist but yet, more empower women. It generalizes this discourse by saying it was a women empowering course.  This also powered women in political marginality. This generalization gives women a reputable name within the writing community. This generalization can cause limitations because it may emphasize female and male developmental processes, and may define their fields of inquiry. So women receive benefits and limitation from this generalization.

5. Well obviously a male and female will talk differently in each of their writings because, they have different genes and traits. Gender also has different experiences, especially their early relationship with their primary parent, their mother. So multiple aspects in society and in life shapes what kind of writer you will be.