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IS Sherry Ortner Outdated?

I am not sure.

I cannot comprehend.

My mind agrees, but it doesn't.

Outdated...maybe.

Not where I come from.

Education for women:

Not important: or at least that what I got from my upbringing.

Sure we have it; it exist, but do we really flaunt it?

I'd like to think that we are moving up a ladder outside this patriarchal society, but that stands to question.

I think we need to find a way to to connect the past with the future.

Without being able to see the power it took to pop the bubble, we cannot fully understand what we are fighting for today.

To my knowledge coming to a woman's college such as  Bryn Mawr still has meaning, we just can't see it.

I mean if it didn't then why do they still exist?

For me, coming to a woman's college made me feel as though I had the ability to confront whatever obstacle I encountered without in someway or another feeling as though I had to hide it.

Be it the male embodiment or the devil's advocate, I know I do not have to shy away from criticism to public embrace, because I am who I am and not afraid.

 

River Flowing

http://www.hickerphoto.com/data/media/7/flowing_water_sc0544.jpg

 

What we need to do is recognize how much of the past still remains today and why?

For life is like river. There is a beginning and a past, but it all connects.

There may be bumps along the way, but they are all a part of the river's character.

 

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