HW22: CH2 Patriarchy

Paper Patriarchy

In the book, “A Room of One's Own,” by Virginia Woolf, she states, “the most transient visitor to this planet, i thought, who picked up this paper could not fail to be aware, even from this scattered testimony, that England is under the rule of a patriarchy” (Woolf 33). she comes to this conclusion very quickly because almost everything she read in the lunch edition of the evening paper was based around males. There was one article she mentioned that involved a women which was that, “a film actress had been lowered from a peak in California and hung suspended in mid-air” (Woolf 33). There were also views of patriarchy in chapter one when she wasn't allowed on the university grass and when she failed to enter the library because she wasn't accompanied by a male. After reading her thoughts i took a look at the Keene Sentinel to see if this was true in todays society. After looking for a bit i came to the conclusion that the paper was pretty equal. There were enough articles that could be directed separately towards women or men, as well as articles that both men and women might enjoy. Some may argue this view but to me it sounds like a big improvement from the story by Virginia Woolf.

HW21: Chapter 1 A Room of One's Own

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The chapter begins with her sitting on the river bank thinking of how she was asked to speak about women and fiction. After awhile she is asked to move by a security guard because women were not allowed to walk on the grass. The narrator then recalls an essay written by Charles Lamb so she goes to the university library to look at it but again is told that women can only enter when accompanied by a male that attends the college. Throughout the chapter she tells a number of stories that are only slightly connected to what is actually going on. She then thinks of the history of the university and recalls a lunch that she attended. Still on the topic of the lute she gets distracted by a cat without a tail. The cat makes her realize that she is missing something in her memory of the lute. She then continues to speak of how the lunch has changed as well as how poetry has changed. Later she wonders why women are so poor and what her life might be like today if her mother had made money and left it for her. Looking back on the chapter there appears to be a lot of nonsense but what you need to remember is that she is asked to speak of women and fiction. I think what she is saying is that in order for women to write about women and fiction then they need a room of their own with their own space and not interruptions.