One Dimensional Woman Textual Analysis

In any job there will be a various rules on how to present yourself while on the job, which is reasonable enough. But the variety of demands from a job can cause a worker’s personal and professional life can become fairly intertwined. The idea of appropriate professional behavior has managed to extend it’s hand through the workplace and straight into a worker’s personal life. Whether by the expectations of an establishment or the pressure a worker feels to make themselves constantly presentable, the need for work has a way of completely taking over one’s personal life.
In Nina Power’s book One Dimensional Woman, she discusses how the line between a worker’s professional and personal life can become extremely blurred, specifically in relation to their bodies. Power states, “If men and women are at all times supposed to be a kind of walking CV, constantly networking, constantly advertising themselves, then this ‘body’ is the prime locus for any understanding of the way in which the logic of employment overcodes our very comportment.” pg 23. What bothers me, other than the body becoming a walking advertisement, is the underlying tones that suggest that sexualization is somehow equal to and …show more content…
With working at home the line between professional and personal can become especially blurred. The only person to hold you accountable is yourself, which can lead to work not getting done in as timely of a manner as it might with a scary boss biting at your heels. The many distractions of being at home are always present as well. It can be tempting to simply turn on the TV, do the dishes, or to tidy up the house. When working at home, that place that was relaxing and an escape from work literally becomes the place of work. Any time spent at home but not working could turn into a time of anxiety and self