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This weeks reading we switched it up a little bit. We threw vogler to the curb and started read The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir. This book was actually about females. I find this very interesting because females are an important part of this earth. In this book she explains that women are basically charcterized by men. Women have always been judged and til this day are still judged. She finds that she should not even have to talk about this anymore because the topic has been drug around for many years. In this book she asks many questions about women. she really gets deep into the topic of women to try to explain why they have been oppressed for many years.

I think this reading can pretty much match my life. I am a black college student. Although slavery has been out of power for many years i still sometimes feel like i am opressed and catogorized as other. Women , even white women have been opressed for years and havent been giving the priveleges that they need and want. i think the same thing goes for me. Sometimes i feel like i am not apart of a "white" society and i feel like people are privleged when it comes to their color. i still think people are racist and doubtful of "black" people and althoughthey might not think they are they look down on us. Ive ran into many situations that have made me un comfortable and that is why to this day i still think blacks are opressed just like women.

I also so can reflect this to playing basketball. There are so many players around the world. Only those few players get their shots to play bvasketball and the big leagues. Alot of players are the same buyt the ones who mo ve forward are the players who have been on the big scene since they were young. If you have not been doin that then you really dont get a chance at playing on high named teams . i think this is kind of how women get oppressed. The kids who doont get much exposure are the ones who hardly get a shot at doing anything.

1. Have you ever been opressed?
2.Do you feel that women are still less priveleged.
3. Are women capable of doing the same things a man can do in any situations?