NewYorker - Irigaray

This article seemed a little backwards to me, and somewhat outdated. Today, women are the most equal with men than they have ever been before. Sure, maybe in some cases they may earn a little less, or are still stereotyped as a homemaker, but overall they have come a long way. We even have our first woman running for President. That is something so new to us, yet in many other countries they have had women Prime Ministers for years. He talked about women wanting the masculine features, and while that may be true, we would be saying the same thing if the roles were reversed. But since it is man that is "dominant" of course women are going to want to be "dominant" as well.

Some people have already made interesting comments. Someone said that sometimes women aren't taken very seriously, simply because she is a woman. Therefore, it is key nowadays to dress for success - do not reveal too much skin, and look polished and professional. That way one can look the part. Just saying this though made me think about what we said in class- when a man wears a tie, it is more dressed up and professional - but why? Because somewhere in our culture that was the standard that was set. An unwritten rule.

Also, the Rosie the Riveter sign, brought up by someone also, was the beginning of change for women. Of course we wanted to show that we can be just as tough as men, because they were getting praise for being tough, so shouldn't we? Now more and more females are in the workforce than before, some women making even more than men. Despite this being true, I see thousands of commercials on TV of a mother in a middle class home doing all the housework. It's always a woman in a commercial for vaccums, cooking, Ziploc bags, Febreeze, etc... Why is this still the case to show women at home and not men? It is more common and acceptable now for men to be at home and take care of the house while the woman works, but since it is not "mainstream" yet adverstisers fail to show that on TV.

I also found it interesting that Marx categorized women as a different class - that is absurd to me. I don't even know how anyone could support that. I also thought it was funny that someone mentioned the pregnant man. I watched that Oprah episode and looked it up online, and the thing is is that the person is a female, just that she is undergoing a sex change - which is a whole other topic of discussion.