In my group, we were given pages 303-309. In our group we split into 2 sub-groups of 3 people. My other two group members and I did our last 6 paragraphs. We stated on the second to last paragraph of page 307, and we ended on the second to last paragraph of page 309. In our section we went over the Un-gendered Utopia narrative. “A good portion of our collective imagination,” of this Utopia, “has been constructed by history and sedimented in past experiences and habit.” (307, par 3) After World War II women were no longer needed in the work place, and because of the advanced technology for housekeeping they were expected to become better housekeepers. It has been said that “men use technology to accomplish things; women benefit from technology to enhance the ease of their lives or to benefit their family.” (308, par 1) Selfe then brings in the 90’s women against the 50’s women. She doesn’t contrast these 2 women, I believe that she is comparing them and showing how much they have in common. As a 50’s women you were expected to be the house keeper. Selfe brings a commercial into her paper about a 90’s woman. She is able to be the housekeeper, and because of technology she is able to go to college and get an education. The woman, Celeste Craig, said she is achieving her dreams of “going to college by staying home.” (308,par 3) These 2 women she is comparing have a lot in common, but the 90’s women have a lot more opportunities to achieve their dreams.
In Cynthia Selfe’s essay, Lest We Think the Revolution is a Revolution: Images of Technology and the Nature of Change, we learn about our misconceptions of our cultural narratives. According to Selfe, “A good portion of our collective imagination is constructed by history and sedimented in past experience and habit.” In other works, Selfe believes, as do I, that because of our past experiences that is what affects our views of our culture and world.
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