WoolyBully7, Cixous & Butler

“If woman has always functioned ‘within’ man’s discourse, a signifier referring always to the opposing signifier that annihilates its particular energy, puts down or stifles its very different sounds, now it is time for her to displace this ‘within,’ explode it, overturn it, grab it, make it hers…you will see how easily she will well up from this ‘within’ where she hidden and dormant…” (165-166).
As hard as this reading was, I think I was able to muster up some sense out of this paragraph. This quote was the only one with substance that I thought I somewhat understood. Even to this day, women are still being overshadowed by men. On the outside it seems like women have earned so much equality but they really haven’t. I’m going to preface this by saying that I grew up in a very, very matriarchal household. I don’t believe women can do great things; I know they can do great things and I have lived to see this happen on numerous occasions. There are female CEOs, governors, senators, cabinet members, TV show hosts, professional athletes, etc. The CEOs of Xerox and EBay are women, Hilary Clinton ran as an potential presidential candidate, the Chancellor of Germany as well as the President of Chile are women, and then there’s Oprah, who brings both gender and race into the spotlight. Hilary used to function underneath her ex-president husband, Bill Clinton, now she has taken the stage for the most part. Women are taking charge but even now, with Michelle Obama, I think it is being taken even further to help women gain equality in the workplace, at home, school, everywhere. They talk a lot about writing in this article, and I thought that writing was one of the only real mediums left today that knows no gender. Sure some writings may make more sense if we know what gender the author is but for the most part, all writers are created and treated equally.