Bell Hooks A Room Of One's Own

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This quotation from A Room of One’s Own suggests that being a woman is empowering in the sense that we can see each other as equals rather than seeing certain individuals as more superior to another. Virginia Woolf thinks that by being a white woman, you don’t necessarily see colored women as being different; all women during this time period were at a disadvantage equally. Bell Hooks would argue that it is important to see different race because a black woman is oppressed at a different level than a white woman is oppressed. This relates to intersectionality. We all want to believe us women are equal, but unfortunately other factors and judgements play a role in making this temporarily unattainable. The thoughts of others alter the determination