Read the 2 articles in the attached file, and write a 10-12 sentence article review.
Professor Instruction:
Each
contribution should be at least one substantive paragraph long, roughly 10-12 sentences. The content of
the contributions can vary, based on how you are interested in engaging the assigned text(s). Some
examples of the kinds of contributions you can make, though you are not limited to these examples: (1)
ask clarificatory questions that relate to the argument of the assigned text; (2) assess, question, or criticize
a philosopher’s claim or broader argument; (3) offer an exegesis of a particular part of the assigned text;
(4) make a connection between different assigned texts, themes, or concepts from the seminar; (5) follow
up with further questions or reflections after a specific class discussion; and (6) make a connection
between the assigned text(s) and our social and political landscape.
Sample work from other student (What it should look like):
Though The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution was published in 1970, Firestone’s commentary remains relevant to issues in America today. An interesting component of Firestone’s argument is her analysis of the biological family and the truths that accompany such a structure. According to Firestone, the biological differences between men and women in terms of reproduction is the cause of female oppression and female subordination to males. Firestone’s primary fact of the biological family is that throughout history, women, prior to the advent of birth control, were at the continual mercy of their biology in terms of menstrual cycles and childbearing. The former female lack of control of reproduction made women wholly dependent on males who were responsible for pregnancies. Firestone’s assertion infers that the invention and development of female contraception, as well as the individual access to her own body, has equipped women with a newfound freedom and control over their bodies, allowing for sexual promiscuity, family planning, and menstrual management on their own terms. The tone of this text sounds reminiscent, focusing on the harrowing biological factors that women had to endure at the mercy of their male counterparts prior to the advent of birth control. Despite this, examining this text in the modern day bears an aura of defeat. A constant topic of debate recently has been female access to reproductive healthcare, including the right to safe and legal abortions as well as contraception. Recently, the Supreme Court has voted to delegitimize the Roe v. Wade decision, according to a drafted majority opinion. A woman’s control over her own body, which Firestone suggests has, in part, been achieved at her time of writing, can now be potentially stripped away in the 21st century. The threat of future illegality and removal of female reproductive rights is inherently oppressive, as it forces a reversion of women to operate at the discretion of biology and males. Firestone does, however, admit in later paragraphs that the elimination of sexual classes altogether relies on the full female seizure of the control of reproduction, manifesting in the full restoration to women of ownership of their bodies and their fertility. Though this had not and has yet to be achieved, it is disheartening to know that American society today has strained even further from the barriers once broken prior to the 20th century. Only when womens’ rights to their own bodies have been fulfilled can the distinction between sexes, as well as female oppression, be dismantled.