to point out the roots of womens movements. I believe that her purpose was that she was interested in looking at the intersection of gender, race, and class. There is a big difference between those three categories. Gender, is a persons role in society. This refers to whether that one person is masculine or feminine. There are different traits that go along with both of those genders. For instance: people look at what both boys and girls wear, how they walk, talk, what their interests are, etc.. Race, is the social construction and categorized groups based on biological things. For the last category, there is class which is a categorized group primarily based on a hierarchy. Davis does some talking on slavery in her book. I can not believe how these women were treated. I knew that slavery was something so awful, but I never really knew or understood about it entirely. These people did not have official identity other than the fact that they were slaves and that is how they were treated. They were treated as if they werent even humans. I have always thought of everyone to be equal. I have been treated differently because I am a Jewish girl. I have been treated differently by students and most of all by teachers in high school and even some in college. It is something that is very difficult and frustrating to deal with. I know that what I experienced does not even compare, but I do know what it feels like to be picked on. It does not matter if you are: White, African American, Oriental, Mexican, Indian, etc. What does matter is what is one the inside. It is in my opinion that no one should judge a person by what they may look like from the outside or what race they happen to be, look inside of that individual and then you will really find what is inside of that person.These women only had power because of their husbands and where they were at. If it was not for the husbands than of the women would not be where the...
