Which essay did you choose and why?
I chose this essay because the title looked more interesting then the other article and because the abstract described questioning the nature of woman and how women would be attracted to other women.
What is the author's argument about heterosexuality and the relationship between men and women? The author’s argument about men and woman is that, woman who have ha intimate relationships had to be forced into hiding or disguising it. She mentions that the relationship among men and women has always been dominated by the male figure. For example, in the description that she gives from one of the books that she analyzed, its states health professionals have always given woman advice about “reproduction or production” and how this has affected the economic marketplace. She argues that this advice has always been given for male advantage and not for women’s needs. Another argument that she has is concerning another book written by Barry, Daly, Griffin et al. how men and woman have “collaborated to keep history mad”. She mentions that this book ignores woman, who have resisted oppression and have had struggles not to participate in “sexual arrangement”. She also mentions that “woman in every culture have undertaken the task of independence”, and for authors to say that men have shown us “self-creative humanness”, goes completely against woman who died resisting male oppression.
Their argument about sexuality?
Also, how the neglect of lesbianism is shown in a lot writings, including from feminist. Something else that the Author argues is how writings can marginalize lesbian’s existence as something less “natural” or as “mirror image of heterosexual relations”.
The author states that many believe lesbianism exist because men have oppressed women. She suggests that heterosexuality should be studied in a political