Reading Response 20

Getting Ready to Read

I have experienced gender differences in class before.  I have had teachers that are sexist.  In middle school my woodshop teacher (an old man) was nicer to the girls in my class and was easier when grading their projects. 

Summary

 In her article “Composing as a Woman” Elizabeth Flynn argues that there are multiple differences in the way that men and women write.  One of her first theories is that when describing a past dilemma, women are more likely to focus on how frightened they felt while men are more likely to emphasize their enjoyment.  Women are also less competitive when they write and mostly write about interaction, connection, or frustrated connection while men write about achievement, separation, or frustrated achievement.

Synthesis

This article does not directly relate to any of the articles that we have read so far.  It covers a similar topic as Wardle; identity.  Flynn describes how your gender influences your identity and therefore how you write.  Wardle describes how your workplace influences your identity and how you write.

QD
1.  In the past, women have not been allowed to write books or express their opinions.  Even after that changed, it was still very frowned upon for women to even express their opinion in public.  This is similar to what happened to minorities because they too had no way of making their voices heard and were pushed down by the majority.