![]() She thinks, as I do, that any woman should be allowed to be work towards whatever goal or profession she desires, but that doesn’t mean that every woman will want the same thing. I think Sayers represents this idea well. It’s not about being “fair” to someone of a smaller size, it’s about being able to lift the equipment and carry someone out of a burning building. If a woman wants to be a firefighter she should have to fulfill the same physical requirements as a man who would want to. I don’t want different (aka lower) standards for a woman to be able to qualify for a field. She’s just expressing her opinion and stating that women don’t deserve special treatment, but they do deserve equal treatment. the title piece) because Sayers never sounds preachy or condescending. They want to be able to decide how to live their own lives, nothing more. She makes it clear that she doesn’t know exactly what every woman wants to do with her life, because women want the same options that men have. ![]() I loved the way she lays out the issue and the simplicity of the answer. ![]() The title essay was actually a speech Sayers’ gave at an event. This collection of essays looks at the role women play in society. Sayers gained literary fame for her mysteries, which feature Lord Peter Wimsey, and her translation of Dante’s Inferno. ![]()
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