Professions for Women * * One woman shares her own personal experiences in becoming a successful female in the literary field. It is shared not only outside discrimination from being a woman but self-perception is a major obstacle. It is also necessary to continually challenge yourself. Also set goals, and reward levels for those goals. Regardless of the profession a woman choses one will have its own set of obstacles that must be overcome and shared in order to lend way for other women to follow. * Most young girls like to play house and pretend they are the mother to their baby dolls. Through cartoons where the princess are always saved by the prince or the man choses a wife are all examples of where the perception of self comes to play. This is depicted in doing battle with a certain phantom. The phantom is named “The Angel in the House”. This Angel is a symbolism of the perception instilled in a lot of women. Men are an authority figure and it is not acceptable to go against or question their word. The woman should be demure, unselfish, understanding, and sympathetic even if it is to her own expense. The Angel of the House would constantly remind that a review of a man’s literature cannot be dealt with openly by a woman. So the Angel had to be killed. * Being able to have meet the challenges of becoming a paid journalist. Brought the desire to strive for the next level. The earnings from the book review were used to purchase a Persian cat. The next desired reward would be a motor car. Writing a novel would be the next goal. Again this experience brought an unconscious double standard perception to light. The ability for men to speak about passion, sex and the body. So became the need to share the truth about personal experiences of the body. By being a woman and doing so again another ghost has been slayed and another challenge accomplished.