Week 12 #3

In Chapter 35, Kramarae concludes that " in order to participate in society women must transform their own models in terms of the recieved male system of expression." ( Griffin, E 2008) ( P 459). It`s a good idea to transform women`s own models to recieve male system expression. It can help women understand more men`s thinking; and women can find the best way to communicate with men. But, men have to transform their own models to recieve female system expression. Like men, women also have their own thinking that is different from men`s thinking. It can help men to find out why women have different explaination in the same things or ideas than men do. Also, men can have more sense about women`s thinking and emotion. It can help men make good relationship with women. If only women make change, and men have no change anything, it will create the different unequal between women and men.

Week 12 #2

In chapter 35, Griffin explains muted group that is " people with little power who have trouble giving voice to their perceptions because they must reencode their thoughts to make them understood in the public sphere; e.g., women. " ( p 455). Women are in the muted group . It doesn`t mean that women have no voice in the society, but women have no power in the society. They can`t react the ways they like to ; they have to follow the roles that are provided by the culture. Before they get married, women have to follow their fathers and brothers` orders. After they get married, the women have to listen to their husbands` orders. If not, the society will be reacted the women badly. As a result, women are tought to be in muted group by their own cultures when they were young.

Week # 12 #1

In chapter 34, griffin mentions standpoint is that " a place from which to critically view the world around us." ( P 441). The story in P 443 was so bad and touched my feelings. In our society, men and women are not equal in real. In China, based on the Chinese culture, the people like baby boys because boys have power, can continue the family bleed. In some small villages, when baby gilrs were birth, the fathers would threw the baby gilrs away and tried to have other babies because they hoped the other babies would be boys. 90% of orphan in orphanage in China are gilrs. Also, there are still many abuse cases which are husbands abuse their wives in physically , psychologically, and sexually. But some wives think that they have to suffer the abuse because the men are their husbands; and the husbands should control the wives. I hope that the women will change their mind to fight back and get away the hurt.