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Woman exists and is feminine. The feminine is defined as the opposite of the
masculine. The feminine is therefore defined in its opposition to the masculine. The
feminine is referred to here as the ‘other’. Women have always been subservient to men
but this is not because they are a minority. The reason women have never challenged
male superiority is because they have problems organizing themselves into a group that
can challenge male dominance. The argument between feminism and anti-feminism is
stuck in a rut. We should begin a new discussion that fully utilizes existentialism.
Psychoanalysis studied female psychology from the perspective of male psychology and
for all psychic life when sexuality is only one part of psychic life. In order to understand
the mind we need to study the entire thing. Women should define themselves thru
After ARQing this work I believe that the arguments it presents are sound. The
issues and conclusions are clearly stated. All ambiguity is fully explained. In fact, I
would say that ambiguity was used in an artful manner to make points in parts of the
work in such a way that it strengthened the argument. i.e. the use of ‘other’ in the
introduction. Value conflicts and assumptions were all spelled out clearly, the reasoning
was good, and the evidence was solid and plentiful. I can’t think of any evidence or
arguments that may have been omitted. I think that this is the most well written piece I
them. Over the past year or so I’ve been trying to pay closer attention to bigotry than I
I grew up in a very white part of the country. My high school had a total of two
black people in it so I wasn’t experienced with the problems with bigotry. In the book
a well respected Harvard economist). One of the subjects that he studies is whether the
stigma of ‘acting white’ may be a factor causing black underachievement. That idea
opened my eyes to more subtle bigotry. Without reading that I would not have noticed
women were chatting. I wasn’t part of the conversation but I overheard one of the
women talking about how she had been passed over for a promotion again. She said that
she was clearly overqualified for the promotion, but she said that she didn’t get it because
the person who would be promoting her would be a woman and women don’t like to have
other women in charge. I looked around the table and everybody was nodding in
agreement with her. This came as a surprise to me. Either women treat each other
differently at work to keep each other out of positions of power or the women at the table
When this idea sank in fully I started trying to pay closer attention to how
minorities treat each other. I’m not saying that we should blame minorities for the
problems caused by bigotry but we need to be conscious of anything that keeps them in
an inferior socio-economic situation so that someday we might be able to fix the problem.