ESPN, Cixous and Butler

Cixous' states "every woman has known the torture of beginning to speak aloud ... because for women speaking - even just opening her mouth - in public is something rash, a transgression (163). I found this to be interesting. From a guys perspective, I never really thought that women would fear speaking. However, it seems to be a universal feeling among women. It is sad as no one should fear the basic freedom speech but I guess it is true. It is hard understand from my side but I know if I were I felt that way I would want a change. It seems that more women are able to voice their opinion more today as we have come a long way but I guess there is still that hidden fear inside. I have never felt a fear to talk because of my sex but I guess that just shows some of the different feelings women may have. Feminism is a hard topic to conquer as there is so much to it in society. In CMC 200 we discussed the notion of how they are portrayed in pornography and that is just another aspect that adds to the hardship. Cixous also argues that a woman is not taken seriously when speaking because “her word almost always falls on the deaf, masculine ear, which can only hear language that speaks in the masculine.” Once again I feel that today everyone does listen to women more so then before. However, there seems to be this sort of unspoken tone that men still may be superior in the roles of society. While women may now have all the same rights there still feels to be a bit of a masculine control. I believe women have a lot of respect now but they tend to be undermined a bit. Men a kind of getting a bad rap here but from a women perspective it is understandable. As a male there is not a lot I feel I could do personally to change the roles in society but to respect and hear them so then they don’t feel that their words fall to deaf ears or are fearful to speak. It seems as if it is a greater issue hard issue to crack that is imbedded in our society.