Lorde "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle The Master's House" REFLECTION

The picture that comes to many people's minds when shown the word "feminist" is a white, lesbian woman who probably is dressed down like a man. Many also only believe that fighting for womans rights have only stemmed from the right to vote, but it goes much deeper and includes so many more woman. In the article " The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House" Audre Lorde she connects with so many other woman by telling them that she is a black lesbian femminist.
             Patriarchy is mentioned numerous times in the article. The comparison between a male dominated family and your not so common woman/ woman family is put in the spotlight by the restrictiveness that the woman often has to endure. She also explains how so many woman lead their lives but choose to ignore the fact that it is run by the patriarichal ideal. What was interesting to me was the way she explained a woman to woman family run house hold; the two woman are not fighting for the power of who is the more dominant, but they are working together, the are looking for a "redemptive" relationship. I have seen many different family dynamics, and the ones with the same sex parents seem to be less stressful with the children, less fighting (that I can see). Lorde believes that pregnancy is the only social power open to woman, and sadly unless the woman in the relationship has a higher paying job, that is often what she is used for. You can revert back to the old ages where the womans only duty was to have children, and she see's it as a problem that many woman face.
            What I dont agree with Lordes about is that we are stuck with the tools that our family is made from, and no matter how hard we try we can never get out; that the master is keeping us down. I believe that we can get out of any situation that comes upon us. Because of all of the education there are ways out, help services, and many people to lean on. It is your responsibility of you want a change. You cannot see the masters house as your only source of support, you wont get out. One things that I found amusing about this article was when she points out that there really is no difference between the daily manifestations of marital slavery and prostitution. It made me laugh at first because I immediatly thought "of course there is!" and then came to the realization that they are both stuck in "jobs" that are go no where and at the same time are oppressing woman.
               Men are not the only ones oppressing women, its also women doing unto others. Although womans rights and feminism have been researched heavily, Lorde explains that there is a huge problem of rascist feminism: people involved with spreading feminism, but not for the whole of woman, often third world woman and woman who are not white are left out or forgotten. Lorde uses the example " The woman who clean your house, tend to your children while you attend conferences on feminist theory, for the most part are poor woman, and woman of color."  THESE ARE WOMAN TOO! 

          Lordes had a very eventful life figting for women of all color, sexuality, class and age.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorde