Response to (http://girlwpen.com/?p=1717)

I stumbled across this article while browsing through the Girl With Pen blog site. After about a half an hour I found this article and started skimming through it, and the phrase "But the other discovery here is about the talking" stuck out to me. the first thought that came to my mind when I read this was the scene from Mona Lisa Smile, when the one blonde woman finds out that her husband is cheating on her. She couldn't communicate with him about it for fear of rejection. All she could do was remain quiet and tolerate it the best she could. This opened my eyes,up until this point I had never really thought about the dynamics between men and women in marriage. I knew the actuality, that humans are purely sexual beings and we can't help the way we feel; but I never really gave much thought to how that dynamic would play out in a committed relationship. Reading this article shed light on the fact that committed relationships have indeed changed in the last fifty to sixty years. This is good because it shows that since more men and women are talking things out together, rather than knowing it exists and just turning a blind eye. It means that the dynamic of most households has switched from situations similar to those in Mona Lisa Smile (where the husband did pretty much whatever he wanted), to a mutual relationship where both parties talk things out. Not only does this make relationships better and stronger, but it also shows that women have begun playing a more equal role in their relationships, rather than being considered someone's "private property". This also allows women to be more independent, free to think for themselves, and that is a very good sign for feminism and the fight to end sexism and gain equality.