“…Forcing [women] to work around or outside hierarchical structures of power which may exclude them…very few men can respond non-defensively, since the whole idea is either beyond their comprehension or threatens to expose them…the usual response is laughter. That inability to see the whole issue as serious as the straightjacketing of both sexes…that is, all the problems between men and women and all the problems of women functioning in society as equal human beings are among the most basic that people face.”
Casey Hayden and Mary King circulated this paper on women in the civil rights movement based on their experiences as Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee volunteers. It is widely regarded as one of the first documents of the emerging women’s liberation movement. This passage explains the sex and caste society that historically overshadows women in America. Women have historically been not taken seriously when they stand up for their identity and their rights in society because they have been so objectified.
Sources: “Casey Hayden and Mary King, ‘Sex and Caste: A kind of Memo,’ 1955.” Week 12, Lines 40, 77-83, 106-109.
Woman as an Object of Society 
I like this quote and your explanation, I was just wondering if you could just word “This passage explains the sex and caste society that historically overshadows women in America. Women have historically been not taken seriously when they stand up for their identity and their rights in society because they have been so objectified.” In a different way, it’s kind of confusing. I am able to get what your saying and maybe all it needs is just a few commas and such though out. But like I said, I liked the quote and your thought.
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Your pieces seem to relate a lot to women’s movement’s over time, i think it’s important that you it back into the objectification of women and how they’ve grown out of it/from it.
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