In Women Images and Realities by Amy Kesselman, Lily D. McNair, and Nancy Schniedewind I read the readings in the first chapter and there were a few that caught my attention. Women's studies is the study of women in the past, present, and future, it also explains what we perceive as "normal" really isn't it's just been implanted in our minds as normal for so long that we see nothing wrong with it; I will be able to use what I learn in this class in the future because as a women from a strict culture that believe that the men are kings of the home's and the men bring home the bacon ONLY, it's good to educate myself with information like because the next time my father or mother tell me to go and clean the house and I say no and the reply with how will you ever get married if your so lazy I can reply to that in an educated way.
My Favorite readings were in section 7 " Voices of Women's Studies Student's." Out of all the readings in thi
s section I could relate mostly to "Finding My Latina Identity Trough Women's Studies" by Luana Ferreira. In Luana's article there are certain things she says that I can relate too, for example the way her family put thoughts into her head about being a good woman, is very similar to what my culture implants in girls minds also. Being an arabic teenager is hard not only because of what is going on now in the world but of what our culture tells us is right and wrong. When Luana said "I asked myself at the age of 17 I still was not engaged or in a relationship, and what would happen if I never got married" that question is the same question a lot of girls my age who are arabic ask themselves every day. Some start at a young age to search for the perfect man. There is no time for fun in between doing school work, cleaning the house, and searching for the right husband.
In Section 13 I read an article called "Blazes of Truth" by Susa
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