Blog post number 2

I also wanted to write a blog about "Ain't I a Woman?" by Sojourner Truth. I specifically loved the video that was shown in class. I think that the video showed the way an African American women would say this speech. It made it easier to see the main points in the speech due to the way she presented her self and the way that she said the speech. However, I enjoyed the speech as a whole.

The first quote I wanted to touch upon is "That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifter over ditches, and have to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain't I a woman?" Is'nt this quote the truth. I will never understand why it is seen that women can not do anything by them selves in a mans eyes. I understand that many men are just trying to be romantic and respectful by doing these things but it is really men believing that woman can not do anything by themselves. A woman does not need to be helped for a lot of things. I grew up in the country and trust me my Dad made me learn how to do things by myself and I am a better person for that. However, I think that Truth wanted men to see that she is a women and that she has never had help with things that most women apparently can not do by themselves. This is her stating I'm a woman and I do not need help into a carraige or over a puddle, I'm a big girl and I can do it myself. I feel like this is another example how women dumb themselves down to make a guy like them. Or they will pretend that they do not know how to do certain things or need help with things just to get attention from a man. Truthfully no woman in good health should need help with simple things like this even in the oldern days.

Second, I would like to touch upon how Sojourner states where Christ came from. Men constantly think that they are better than women. However, Truth makes it evident that men had nothing to do with Christ. She wrote "Where did you Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him." This is by far my favorite line in this speech because it is so true. Please explain to me why men control this world when they did not even have anything to do with Christ coming to this planet. How can men look down upon women when it is a women that gave birth to you and to your Christ. I think that the problems with women's rights should have never happened because we were all created equal to begin with so why is it that men are better than women still. This is will never understand.

Suprise, we can do that!