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

mail to order

1. I believe that this piece was written for all women. I think that Ehrenreich wants to make all women aware of house hold chores. When it comes to women who are a part of the upper middle class who can afford and have cleaning ladies, Ehrenreich assumes that they do not realize the amount of effort cleaning the house takes, therefore she is trying to convey the amount of work that the cleaning ladies do daily. When it comes to women who do all of the household chores, I think the Ehrenreich assumes that they do not know the degradation that is associated with it. She wants to inform these women that since men are constantly cleaned up after by their wives, their messiness becomes habit, knowing that they do not have to take care of it. Finally, I think that Ehrenreich assumes that not everyone know about how demanding their job is and the injuries that come along with it, such as sore knees and backs and even muscle spasms.
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2 comments:

  1. DanielleDecember 2, 2010 at 10:57 PM

    I agree that the author is trying to reach out to all women. Especially after what we went over in class about the way the media targets children into gender roles.

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  2. Andrew RDecember 3, 2010 at 1:52 AM

    I agree that Ehrenreich was trying to tell other women about the work that maids do and that they shouldn't be taken advantage off and that they should be appreciated.

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