Women: Personal vs Political

Equality of Women: Personal Versus Political As a male, I sometimes ponder how it would be as a female. Are they better? Am I expected to do more? Personally, I believe in this day and age that men and women are more similar than not. The real question one must ask is not who is better, but are the opportunities in society equal for both male and female. Dorothy Gies McGuigan, Adrienne Rich, and Evelyn …

…feel, and I am free to speak. Rich strongly exercises this freedom and honorably encourages women everywhere to speak out and be heard, until men and women both have the same opportunities in American Higher Education. Unlike in Keller’s essay, I especially enjoyed the boldness and fearlessness that Rich put into hers. I wonder if Adrienne Rich ever pondered on what it would be like as a male? I have my doubts, but maybe …