According to Estelle Freedman un her book “ No Turning Back- The History of Feminism and the future of Women (New York, 2002), she states that the women really got out of their homes and moved from housework to wage work first took place in Western Europe and America since 17th century. At that time most women work at textile production due to the growth of world capitalism. However, Freedman tells reader that women’s wages were lower than men even they were in the same job position and this situation did not change until 1980s. Furthermore, the author points out that woman first enter male-dominated profession in late 1800s but those professional jobs become feminized once women gained success in those professional jobs such as bank tellers, sales and clerical. On the other hand, the author clams that some professional job fields illustrate the persistence of a gender hierarchy especially in teaching institutes. Freeman shows that in 1997 white male held 70 percent of the full time tenured faculty position in the United States and at famous universities such as Stanford and Harvard, only 15 percent of professors are women. The author also claims that although women emerged in research and teaching institutes, they remain at low level of lecturers and assistants. Finally, the author suggests that as global economy continually expands, there will be more job positions offer to females and the author believes that it is women’s primary responsibility to fight for equality between women and men.

Reference:
Freedman, E.( 2002). “No Turning Back- the History of Feminism and the future of Women. New York: Ballantine Books

“Freud 2000” edited by Anthony Elliot is a book about a famous psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud’s life and his great ideas. The editor states that Freud was born in a poor Jewish family in 1856.Sigmund Freud’s birthplace was above a blacksmith’s forge in Moravia, as part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at that time. The editor also mentions that Freud as the eldest son in his family, he always received education priority from his parents. Elliot reveals people do not know much about Freud‘s early life due to he destroyed his own paper at least twice in 1885 and in 1907. Freud also refused people wrote a biography about him because he thought anyone who writes a biography is committed to lies, concealments and flattery. Elliot tells the readers that Sigmund Freud found psychoanalysis in the early twentieth century and he was the first person who believed psychoanalysis as a science subject. The editor of this book also indicates that Freud has been describe as an ‘evil geniuses because his theories have been blamed for alienate people from themselves and underming the values of Western civilisation. Elliot claims that Freud had a great influence of psychoanalysis over twentieth century. A campaign launched against psychoanalysis in the 1990s and “Time” magazine ran the discussion about “Is Freud Dead?” in 1993. The editor notes that although there are still intense arguments about Freud’s theory in psychoanalysis field, his works such as Psychotherapy and Id, ego, and super-ego principle are well known by public.


Reference:
Elliot, A.( 1998). Freud 2000. New York :Rotledge.

There's sth about Sam (not Mary)

Hey, here we go. I am blogging again.

Actually , I am the kind of person that do not like to intodouce myself to others cuz I feel tired of it now. Whenever i go to a new place , the first thing that I do is introduce myself to new people. How well do those people know me after I dis the self-introduction? They only know my name, how many sibiling I have and which school I go to.That's all the basic information they got . ya, that's all (how boring it is!) .

I think if people want to know me , COME and BECOME my FRIEND!( It's MORE than WELCOME!) Spending little more with me then I am sure that you will not only know my name , my school's name or how many sibiling that I have.


However I will still introduce myself here:

Name : Samantha Tam
Gender: Female
Age: 89
Personality: Easy- going, quiet, love challenges, love to EAT
Favourite Singer: Mary J. Blige, Josh Groban
Favourite thing to do: Travelling, Hang out with friends
My Goal: Obtain good marks in Level 6 and get into undergraduate progam( Atksion) in the Winter term . Become more sociable