Sex, Love, And Romance
Femst 150: Sex, love and romance
Please respond to both questions below with at least 500 words.
1. How does Traister dispel the myth that marriage will bring greater finances?
2. How does Hartman attend to the relationship between labor and intimacy?
For the second question, you need to read a book. I just download it from my school website using my own account. But the book is too big, and I cannot upload it or make it a zip file.
The name of this book is: Hartman, Saidiya. “Book One” in Wayward Loves, Beautiful Experiments
Answer preview
Rebecca Traister dispels the myth that marriage brings higher finances. It is because women are forced to be submissive and sacrifice to take care of the children and the family. They are not independent, and due to financial hesitation, they are forced to comply. On the other hand, Hartman Saidiya explores the oppression back women face in the society as they seek freedom. It forces them to engage in acts such as prostitution due to the overall rejection of the black people.
- How the Traister Dispel the Myth That Marriage Will Bring More Significant Finances
Traister dispels the myth that marriage will bring higher funds by pointing out that for those women who lacked economic shelter with men became reliant on men (Traister p.183). It created two significant issues one is that most women would lose their jobs or maintain household chores in the past marriages…
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