Unexpected Pleasure

Before I started my women’s studies class, i thought “oh great, a waste of time, blow off class so i can focus on my other, more important classes”  I mean I had just as many rights as everyone else and i felt good about who i was and where i was in the world.  But even after the first week i realized I, really most women, weren’t as “liberated” or equal as i thought.  I learned that all over the world the oppression of women is still extremely prevalent.  I also learned alot about just how hard other women have worked so that i could stroll through my life for 20-odd years before realizing that there were still changes that need to be made to our society and our world.  I guess my question for others is, have you felt either one or both of these yourself?  Was your course more that you expected too?

~ by terbear on November 5, 2007.