There were many things in the chapter "The Eternal Forough: The Voice of our Earthly Rebellion" that I had a hard time agreeing with or even seeing as a valid argument. However, the author definitely made you think that maybe these ideas are reasonable. By the end of it I was almost questioning some of the things that I thought, but it really didn't change my opinion too much. The article was very well written and it was easy to read and understand. I thought her points were supported very well which is why often times I found myself almost questioning what I thought about the topics. I had a hard time trying to make sense of what the author was trying to get across and where they were getting all of their information from, and wondered from what perspective this was being written.

One of the biggest parts of the chapter that I had a problem with was when it walked about women and the opportunities they have in their countries and even the simply idea of thinking. In America as women we most times find it very easy to think what we want and even give our own opinions without being looked down on for that. In the article however it seemed as though the author was saying that because women do not have the chance or opportunity to think for themselves that they are "less intelligent". This was a very hard concept for me to think about. Many times we do not associate intelligence with the opportunity to think. Leaders of a country can definitely not control what someone thinks in their own mind, only harness what is said after. I do not think that because these countries do not allow women to speak their minds or only teach them the things that the society says are appropriate that they are not as intelligent as others. People have to realize that just because someone does not verbally explain what they are thinking or what they know, doesn't mean that they don't know it or have a valid opinion on the topics. I think people assume too much that the only people who are intelligent are those that make it known and verbalize what they know. I know that at least for me, I do not verbalize what I think in class very often, but that doesn't mean that I don't understand what is going on or have ideas of my own, I am just not a very outgoing person when it comes to being in class. I think that women in other countries who have their voice taken away from them do know a lot more than people give them credit for and people need to understand that.