Flynn Reading

Questions for Discussion and Journaling

2: I think we should consider the time in which a piece of work was written because style, ideas, and language change all the time. For example when Shakespeare wrote the play Romeo and Juliet the language was completely different than the language we use today, so when it's evaluated you can take that into consideration. Another idea is something can be written and be accepted now today that was not accepted in the earlier years of life. 

3: I think that quote means that the Women's voice is not being hear and pushed aside. This is unfair to women because their ideas can be just as good or if not better than a Man's thought. We can see this with other minorities also. When this happens and marginalization of the voices of other minorities cant be heard it makes for not such a peaceful place because everyone should have the opportunity to be heard.

5: I find Chodorow's claims against feminine vs. masculine identification process quite convincing. It almost looks like a sociologist way of thinking was gone about this because when you look at the claims its all about the behavior of a boy or girl when they grow up and how they are socialized to become the way they are. The claims are pretty much facts instead of opinions so its kind of hard to disagree with the statements.


Applying and Exploring

4: Flynn's claims may have been convincing but there were some limitations on research, If I remember correctly she even said it herself. I don't think generalization serves any benefits because when you generalize something you don't look at the attention to detail or any specifics, so we can miss alot of things when we generalize people or ideas. I myself try not to generalize people or ideas because that can be a bad habit and will hinder you from being a critical thinker.

5: I think gender has an enormous amount of influence on how writers use language. Sometimes as a guy you might you slang that only guys would know or even use vulgar words that a women wouldn't even come close to using. Women may use a softer and more descriptive language than men would use. Obviously women would have more of a feminine language toward their writing while men will have a more masculine language in theirs. Overall I think men and women use close to completely different languages.