The section I read in the book is called dividing lines- subsection: gender and it is mainly about the stereotype that girls talk more than guys do. On page 460 there is a cartoon about “When Guys Hang Out” compared to “When Girls Hand Out” and in the guys comment bubbles there are two words, and inside the girls comment bubble there are so many words that you can’t read what any of them are saying.
For my second reading response I read -Report on the Difference Between Men and Women written by Penelope Scambly Schott. This is a very short passage about a married couple, the husband and wife have been married for thirteen years and after “thirteen years and 27 days” (Pg. 461, Convergences) the husband asked the wife why she never buys lemonade - the kind of lemonade that’s frozen and comes in a can. Sure enough, the next morning the wife went to the grocery store and bought a big can of lemonade…while she was in the checkout line, she couldn’t help but wonder about that else her husband secretly wants but never told her about.
Although it might seem like girls talk more than guys do, it’s not true! In the book, Convergences, there is a statistic presented saying that both men and women speak and average of 16,000 words a day (Page 460). The passage I read had a “deeper meaning” behind the husband not getting lemonade, it was about what other things the husband might have kept from the wife after all the years they were married. In my opinion, the passage is suggesting that girls always speak their mind where as men tend to keep things to themselves.
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I agree with your take on the essay. It might seem like women talk more but we just tend to speak our minds more often than men. I like the fact that you mentioned the cartoon in your response as well as that statistic. I think that you should put the article title in " ". The essay you read sounds interesting.
ReplyDeleteThis is definitely an interesting topic, and I understood your take on it.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if I necessarily agree that guys always tend to keep things to themselves, but I certainly see where you are coming from.
This was a good response, but maybe focus more on one piece rather than talk about several different ones.
Avleen,
ReplyDeleteThere are some interesting compositions in our text. I am sure that there are a lot of people out there that have the mind that women talk more than men. I would have liked to read more of your thoughts on the subject. One thing that bobbled me while reading your essay was the first lines of your first and second paragraphs. You read two compositions that were parallel?
This seems like a great topic, as this kind of stereotypical notion continues to proliferate in our culture and it has no actual scientific basis to it.
ReplyDeleteThe essay felt a little unorganized to me, as if maybe you tried to include too much information in not enough space? Maybe focusing on one piece more throughly would have been beneficial to your response. I do like the way you included your opinion throughout the piece though. Good job overall.