"The Other"

In the Bressler text as well as the Simone de Beauvoir text, the issue of woman as "the Other" comes out. I find this description quite irritating. As a woman, I obviously don't believe that I should be considered as something "other" than "essential" (I'm drawing this from de Beauvoir). My place in the world is just as significant as any other human's, regardless of the sex I happen to be. Reading all the various misogynistic descriptions of women by highly regarded men authors really struck me. I had a faint idea of their opinions based on reading their work, but their blatant remarks, like those from Vonnegut,-- "Educating a woman is like pouring honey over a fine Swiss watch. It stops working." --really amaze me (Bressler 170). I'm glad we're covering Feminism so I can see evidence of this annoyingly abundant attitude from otherwise respectable men. Bleh!