Reading Response 3

The article that I choose to write about for my third reading response was Dorthy Allison What Did You Expect? I choose to read this because of the fact the she is the arthor of Bastard out of South Carolina, a movie that i remember seeing years ago. After reading the few pages I realized that Dorthy Allison is much like myself and other women in the world today. She does not want to fit into the traditional female role of the typical woman or house wife, and neither do I. You ould think that living in 21st century America that this is an idea of the past, however it's not the case at all. I have several of my female friends that whe I ask what the want to do in life the answer get married and stay home with children. However that is definately not the case for me, I don't ven k ow if I want children at all. The one thing that I do want in life is my own identity and being able to be involved in activities that I am passionate about. For xample ten years from now I see myself running Wall St. or a finance company, or even being a CFO but definately not a house wife. Not that there is anything wrong with being a housewife it's a wonderful thing to do for some women (like my mother) just not me. Another thing that I realized maybe by aciident that I am not very domestic, my entire life I actually thought I was. I figured this out my living in an apartment and never really cooking or baking, doing girly type things like that. Don't get me wrong I love to cook and am a very clean picky person, but I definately wouldnt want my life to revolve around it. When it comes down to it I woul much rather spend my evenings watching football or drag races then baking cookies, it's just not my thing. It's funny because when people see me much like the author I am in heals and a girly shirt but in reality I can't wait to get into my sweats and fav jersey. I guess you could say I have many sides, but definately being a housewife or even typical girl is not one of them. Overall I loved the reading, it reminded me of the preasures that women face even today!!!