Who's Cheap By Adair Lara Summary

Peter Parker
Anderson
EWRT 1A-SK
26 January 2015

During our life spans we observe many relationships developed, and at the same time we witness the breaking up of these relationships. Trust, communication, equality, and respect become key factors essential to a relationship, positioned in your way of thought in ways like parents, school, church, TV, friends, self experience and more. Equality is the one thing that at times, voluntarily or not, gets pushed out of sight giving way to specific gender roles. More harmful than not, is how these inscribed roles can be the cause to end a relationship. In the article “Who’s Cheap?” Adair Lara speaks of how while women have the desire to be treated equally to men, they associate men as the…show more content…
Overcoming that initial uncomfortable feeling was an overwhelming feeling that fulfilled, and came over me. In the opposite sex situation, Adair has a “bracing encounter with her own values” (6) when her friend Danny tells her “As a woman, you are so genetically precious that you deserve attention just because you grace the planet. So, of course, he should buy you drinks, He should also drive the car, open the door, ask you to dance, coax you to bed. And then when you feel properly pampered, you can let out that little whine about how he doesn’t treat you as an equal.” (6) Through this experience Adair should not completely disregard men of doing things for her, but at the same time consider taking part in these kinds of things for it would strengthen the…show more content…
I cohere with no, and as times change, and women seek equality amongst the world, a sense of equality amongst relationships should also be found. This has already been seen to take its toll amongst the newer generations, and it will not be long until it is seen as essential for a relationship, and the old ways become irrelevant.

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