The Sexist Role

Being a latin woman, the sexist role of a "woman's place" has always bothered me. From machismo to sexist domination, whatever race you are, women have always been forced into the housewife role. Bell Hooks "Homeplace: A Site of Resistance" portrays the housewife role as a place to "as a site of resistance and liberation struggle" (70). While this may be true, it seems to me that Hooks is merely covering up the sexist role with it being a sort of catharsis. She doesn't face nor mention the true explanations behind the sexist role, rather she seems to be giving excuses to make it okay. She doesn't mention the fact that most men probably beat up their wives with a bottle in their hand; she merely ignores these problems that need to be talked about when speaking of the Homeplace.

While there are a lot of things that bother me about this, I'm not entirely bashing Hooks' article. I feel as if she presented a strong story on black womens' struggle to fight racial oppression. I feel that black women bore a lot of burden in trying to maintain a homeplace that a lot of people don't give them credit for. Hooks wrote this to remind readers of the things black women had to go through, to remind readers of the struggle that occured and probably still does in some primitive countries. The role of women, in all, should be exemplified. Contemporary women don't partake in as many hardships as women from other eras had to go through, but there is a struggle nonetheless. I'm sure not a lot of men in this class actually think a womens' role is arduous. Think about pregnancy, a career, raising children after birth.

All in all I ask the question, do you consider contemporary women to have struggles in life?