Writing bodies/ Bodies Writing

The quote I choose to post is, "Throughout history women have been subjected to physical, psychological, verbal, and economic abuse at the hands of men, often those who claim to love them- husbands, lovers, fathers, uncles, brothers." I believe this quote is important because you always hear about women coming out and talk about the abuse, but you never hear men really say a lot. But when women are talking about the abuse they have gone through, most people have the tendency to blame the women; saying along the lines of they were asking for it. 

Also, while I am posting I would also like to add some thoughts about the discussion that was held in class. When Laura asked the question if someones sexual preference should matter, mostly everyone said that it shouldn't. But when reading about May Sarton, she was cast many teaching jobs because she came out as a lesbian. I just wanted to add to the discussion, that I think we all believe it shouldn't matter who someone loves, but in reality it does. And I honestly believe that we are never going to live in a society where there isn't one person who doesn't have a problem with it, as sad as it is to say.