Flynn

Before You Read.

All throughout school while growing up I have had both male and female teachers and students in the classroom. From what I can remember, no my teachers did not treat male and female students any differently.

Summary.

In Flynn's article, " Composing as a Woman", she basically talks about the differences between men and women composing text. A lot of different factors play into the way that men and women write. Not only does she talk about this, but also about how each gender interacts differently in certain social situations.

Synthesis.

One person that can relate to this is Bernhardt. The reason I say this is because both of these articles have to do with women (and the study of women). A second person that can be related to this is Wysocki. I say this because Wysocki discussed the importance of women. Finally, a third person that can be related to this article is Baron. I say this because Baron talked about social influence because of how different men and women are.

Response	Quotation
This is just saying how women's voices have been shut down. I feel that with overtime (clearly) this got better and still is becoming better.	“Women’s perspectives have been suppressed, silenced, marginalized, written out of what counts as authoritative knowledge. Difference is erased in a desire to universalize” (157)
This just goes to show that men and women are different and because of that, their writing will always be different.	“Feminist research and theory emphasize that males and females differ in their developmental process and in their interactions with others” (157).
To me, this just went to show/tell me that this is a way how the men and female thought process is different.	“Jim does not emphasize his fear, despite the fact that his situation was more threatening than the one Kathy described” (161).
Yes, men have a dominance when it comes to women. This still doesn't give us men any better chance of judging them.	“Men become the standard against which woman are judged.” (157)

QD 3.

What I get from that is that women's voices aren't always being heard especially when it comes to writing. I also feel that minorities are silenced still to this day just as women were before.

Thoughts.

I thought this article was interesting. I am not sure that I would ever read it again and/or tell someone else to read it. Anyways, when it comes down to writing, I had never thought about how different it could be because of men and women. Finally, I just didn't like how she said what she had to say whether because it was so strong or because the topic got boring to talk about.