Response #20

Pre Reading
Personally, I haven't really paid too much attention to whether or not teachers treated students differently based on gender, so I honestly haven't noticed. I suppose it depends on the teacher, because now that I think about it, sometimes the teacher tends to sympathize a bit more with those of the same gender as them, but other than that I really don't notice where there is too much discrimination.

Summary
In her article "Composing as a Woman" , Elizabeth Flynn attempts to explain to her audience her argument  that in our society most writing has been from the male perspective over the years, and that a women's perspective needs to be included as well.

Synthesis
This article was quite different from the others that we have read, however, it does still connect with he others in the area that identity shapes a person's writing. The difference is while the others were talking about how identity works within a discourse community alone, this one was focused more on the identity of being a woman.

QD
I think that this means that throughout history, society has seen men as being the "authoritative" gender based on stereotypes. This relates to the marginalization of other minorities because in today's society, uniformity is what is valued, especially in the professional world.

My Thoughts
I thought this article was okay, it was an interesting topic to think about. However, the problem with it was that other than the identity thing, I really don't see how it connects to the other articles we have read.