Blog Post due Tuesday 11:59PM or in class on Wednesday at 9:05AM

Homework due Tuesday Nov 30 11:59PM:

Read Barbara Ehrenreich's “Maid to Order: The Politics of Other Women's Work” 479-495 and compose a blog response based on ONE of the following prompts:

1. Consider what audience this piece was written for. What assumptions does Ehrenreich make about this audience?

2. Consider Ehrenreich's ethos. What is the central argument of this piece? In what ways does her personal experience build her case?

3. Ehrenreich incorporates a range of research and statistics into her essay. Which statistical examples surprised you? Which are most persuasive? Least persuasive? Why?

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Maid to Order: Response 1

I think Ehrenreich wrote this piece to address women. Ehrenreich wants upper class and middle class women to know what it is like for lower class women who work as maids. She assumes these women do not know what it is like to work as maid and are not aware of all the chores the maid must take care of. Ehrenreich assumes they do not realize how much work it takes to clean and do the tasks associated with cleaning. She also assumes that other people do not realize what working as a maid does to these women. Ehrenreich says these women sometimes go unnoticed while cleaning houses, or just plain ignored, and are looked down upon by many of the home owners.
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  1. Sophia DixonDecember 2, 2010 at 4:54 PM

    While I agree that Ehrenreich assumes that most women don't know what it's like to do work as a maid, I think she also assumes that sizeable portion of her female audience knows what it is like to feel like a maid because she goes into so much detail about women cleaning up after their husbands and children.

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  2. Christian BruchmanDecember 2, 2010 at 11:40 PM

    I think that the piece was written for women but I think that it was written for all economical classes not just the higher class. I feel like the point the Ehrenriech was that women have an important place in the world. And that even women that have a titled maid name to them that hard work comes with being a maid.

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