Chapter+2

Narrator goes to British Museum to research about “why was one sex so prosperous and the other so poor?” (pg.25), in other words to find out through history what makes women inferior to men.  -   Unlimited number of books on women written by men, none written by women, no books about men written by women: “Why are women so much more interesting to men than men to women?” (pg.27)  -   Contrast between her note-taking and her neighbors method: he’s been “trained in research at Oxbridge”(pg.28), she lacks this education                  emphasizes importance of education for comprehending reality/truth, thus ability to write fiction - Narrator's anger parallels w/ anger of men written about these women: shift in formality of language <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msoasciifontfamily: Calibri; msoasciithemefont: minor-latin; msochartype: symbol; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastthemefont: minor-fareast; msohansifontfamily: Calibri; msohansithemefont: minor-latin; msosymbolfontfamily: Wingdings;">à  use of slang, even cursing = reflects emotions influence on writing “they had been written in the red light of emotion and not in the white light of truth” (32) - Inconclusive answer to why men write in anger about women (possibly to maintain superiority <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msoasciifontfamily: Calibri; msoasciithemefont: minor-latin; msochartype: symbol; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastthemefont: minor-fareast; msohansifontfamily: Calibri; msohansithemefont: minor-latin; msosymbolfontfamily: Wingdings;">à  fear of losing that status, thus create barriers for women) “ When I read what he wrote about women I thought, not of what he was saying, but of himself. When an author argues dispassionately he thinks only of the argument; and the reader cannot help thinking of the argument too” (pg.34) - Mary Beton had left money to narrator = stable income has more importance over right to vote <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msoasciifontfamily: Calibri; msoasciithemefont: minor-latin; msochartype: symbol; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastthemefont: minor-fareast; msohansifontfamily: Calibri; msohansithemefont: minor-latin; msosymbolfontfamily: Wingdings;">à  stable income allows for true freedom of creative genius (allows her personally not to hate men   prevents her writing from being influenced by frustration, or anger) - Women = protected sex; “anything may happen when womanhood has ceased to be a protected occupation” (Pg.40)
 * Chapter 2 – Men Write About Women**, Not Vice Versa (Aurore)