Sexual Character Discussed

Mary Wollenstonecraft's, "The Prevailing Opinion of a Sexual Chararcter Discussed" is written with a great amount of intelligence that was hard to understand at times. She proves her points by her intense thoughts and opinons.  The fact that it was written so long ago, really made me realize that at that time men and women were very different. Women were treated more as children, to supply pleasure to the man. She explains through her writting how much respect was expected from a woman to a man. One line that really caught my attention was , " and if then women do not resign the arbitrary power of beauty-- they will prove that they have less mind than man."  That sent the message that more beauty = less power and mind.  I found that very interesting because I'm sure back then that could have been the case, but now in 2011 it really doesn't fit. Although I found a lot of difference between her opinions and mine there was some I found the same.  I am very traditional when it comes to a marriage.  I was raised with my mom having supper on the table around the same time every night, and the house being clean.  Its a stretch to say that women are extremely inferior to males, but in some sense I believe that.  I believe that women have certain responsibilites to their men, but Mary takes it a little furter then I could ever.

Is my Brain Really That Important?

Part of me believes that this entire essay is completly a myth similar to the lockless monster, the other part of me believes there is some knowledge behind it.  In the begaining its talking about these readers who are having a hard time reading long articles and seem to be getting destracted.  I feel as if the concept they have in their head pointing their fingers at media is just false.  As people of the 2000's we are reading more then ever before.  How would that cause us to lose concentration faster?  I just don't see the thought process behind that. How could staring at a screen reading articles be bad, is it any different then staring at a piece of paper?   "  Once I was a scuba diver in a sea of words, now I zip along the surface like a guy on a Jet Ski. "  Could that possibly be because the world is moving faster than it ever has? Like I said, the other part of me thinks that computers could be a bad thing for our brains. That opinion roots from computers taking away creativity. For example when I type a story or essay on  the computer it seems to lose my voice. It doesn't even sound like I wrote it. When I use a pen and some paper my  voice fills the pages. I could never write a poem on the computer because the ideas just wouldn't come like they would on paper. So what to think? Wait until computers become everything we do, then we will see exactly what happens. :)