Ann Cooper Albright's Space And Subjectivity

“Space and Subjectivity”, written by Ann Cooper Albright was an article about how the connection of female bodily uses space and force to a women’s social status. Subjectivity is a “philosophical term that articulates the self in terms of the perceptions, feelings, and experiences from the point of view of an individual person” (Gieseking, J.J., W. Mangold, C. Katz, S. Low, & S. Saegert). Albright was interested in examining relationships between dancing bodies and space. Feminist philosopher Iris Marion Young identifies three different traditional modalities of women’s physical being in the world as ambiguous transcendence, inhibited intentionally, and discontinuous unity. Ambiguous transcendence is defined as not using one’s whole body
Boys are usually seen as rambunctious, running around the house climbing on furniture and girls are typically seen as sitting quietly, playing with their dolls and reading books. Males see themselves as being able to lift or move objects around in their surroundings whereas women perceive themselves as being fixed and rigid and unable to move things around. They wait for others to move the object. Taylor stated in our discussion where inhibited intentionality is not only for women, but it found more in women because women have a higher expectation where the society expects more for ourselves. Taylor gave an example of how women should have more of a presentation more so than guys do. For example, you should look a certain way and act a certain way that we are all judged to a certain standard. As for guys, they can just roll out of bed, put clothes on and go to class and it is that easy. In our society, women are looked at as needing to stand up more for themselves and show that we are capable of the task that is given. I believe that guys and women should be held to the same standard because we are all capable of what is given no matter what the situation