SUMMARY
This story discussed how women are viewed as insignificant to men, that they are treated as the "other." It shows how women are treated as a minority, however unlike with Jews or African Americans, they have to refer to themselves as "women" rather than "us" or "we." The text asks why women were always subordinates to men and whether it was meant to be this way so that in the future women can rise above. It also shows how other minorities can rise up and defeat their "enemies," but since women and men are almost equal in numbers, it is difficult for women to overrule the men. It also discusses how men respects women when they decide to marry and then are shown as equals... until they have an arguement in which the man looks down on the woman as a lower caste of sorts.

RESPONSE
As I read this article, honestly at first I thought I wouldn't like it. I felt as if it were another feminist piece, how exciting. As I read through it, however, I realized how much what the author was saying actually was true. The text says that "man can think of himself without woman. She cannot think of herself without man." I disagree with this statement as how do men get created? Through the birth from a woman, thus the woman is always part of him. I do understand that women are part of man as we came from Adam, however.

REFLECTION
Adam was also claimed to be a "test subject" before Eve, and in that case are men the test subjects for women? If so, then are we in for bigger and better things in the future? In my experiences, I feel that women do not get as much appreciation as they should, such as through the job market and wages. Many of the women I know ended up succeeding in education more than men, receiving jobs in engineering, medicine, and law, while men that I know are majoring in journalism, business, and languages (although with my education in biology, the stats are a little biased as I know many men in biology, too). It has taken a long time for women to receive the same benefits that men do such as voting or getting into the White House. Other minorities such as African Americans were able to do both before women (not that that is a bad thing).

3 QUESTIONS
1. What is your opinion on how women are treated? Do you think they are equal to men?
2. Where are some instances where women have been subordinates to men in your life?
3. Do you think that as women gain equality, the outlook of the future will be better?