Reading response #23

Summary
In her article " Viewpoint The Laugh of Medusa",  Helene Cixous says that women need to use their own voice in their writing, not the voice of others. Cixous says that if women do this it will help them discover who they truly are without men holding them back, and that men dominate the writing industry, making it hard for women to write with their own voice.

Synthesis
This article relates to Flynn because the both discuss the lines that are present between men and women in the literary community, While Alexander also discusses the subject of gender by describing transgender rhetorics, which relates to when Cixous talked about bisexuality.

My Thoughts
I thought that this article was a bit long, and a little confusing sometimes as well. I thought that it was somewhat interesting, but I can't really say that I agree with her in the fact that men are completely to blame for the women's style of writing.

QD
1.Yes, this did make me a little uncomfortable, because she blamed everything on the male population, and it's not their fault. No I really don't think that she was trying to make her reader uncomfortable, she just spoke her mind and that was her only mission.

2. When Cixous says "write yourself", she means that writing can help you discover who you are and that women should not be afraid to write, and should not feel like they are being held back by men.