An Analysis of "Looking At Women" by Scott Russell Sanders

Scott Russell Sanders in his essay "looking at Women" has his views shaped by the people he is surrounded by. This trend is apparent even in his early child hood. He continues this trend thru early adulthood. Well into adult hood this trend show it self through his actions, and through the quotes that he chooses. Sanders forms his opinions from the opinions of others in this essay, and demonstrates thoroughly. Two people, the first …

…seems to him to provide no functional purpose but to dehumanize the wearer. It puzzles him why any one would dehumanize them self. Feminist writers have also had a large amount of influence on Sanders. They have provided him with a woman's perspective and shown him that point of view. This is evident due to his heavy quoting of feminist writers. A good example of this is Simon De Beauvoir whom he quotes several times.