When I was reading the essays on sexuality for this particular part of the course, I almost felt as though I had been lifted up and taken back in time - to a place where I was the only person who felt the way I did, the only person who saw the world the way I did- and then I read a book and my whole world changed.
Reading the " Woman's Room" by Marilyn French in the seventies was enlightening but this class is clarifying for me how far women have come. I was almost afraid to write my response, but then I began and the words flew from fingers to keys- liberation, flight, at last.
Then I read the response to my response and was thrilled that the other women were not reviled but supportive and in many cases of like mind. Is this because it is a woman's studies class or because of the times we live in- or the general age of the generation in the class. I am not certain. All I do know is that it was like a jump in a wonderful cool lake on a hot Sunday- and I loved it!
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