The first passage I chose is "This is suggestive of the fact that the ideal of autonomy, as understood within the cultural imaginary, is extremely costly if not outright inaccessible to women against this background of oppression, whilst exclusively lionizing men who become ‘independent’ at the expense of social relationships and the supportive women who are expected to take up caring roles in their stead." To a certain extent, I believe this passage resonates to me because it demonstrates the double standards between women and men especially when it comes to autonomy and me being a woman. This double standard can be seen taking place in my family where my brother is allowed more freedom than I do solely because of our genders. This double standard can also be seen in my life when it comes to making opinions like when I share my thoughts on a situation, it becomes dismissed easily whereas if my brother or any other male family member were to share their thoughts, they will be taken seriously and be considered. This connects back to the passage as it shows that men, who do what they want, share their opinions freely, and overall desire to be autonomous is fully in support, but me being a women, I would be looked down upon especially in my family, specifically my dad side of the family, because women is supposed to obedient and respectfully as in not sharing your thoughts that contradicts the men.
The second passage I chose is "He further developed his view by asserting that one ought not to be alienated with respect to one's characteristics upon ‘sustained’ critical self-reflection. That is, one ought not to want to repudiate or feel ‘constrained’ by one's preferences (Christman, 2009a, p. 143) given the conditions under which they came about, upon continued critical self-reflection over a period of time in a variety of contexts. Unlike Frankfurt or Dworkin, Christman has explicitly acknowledged that the Self which undergirds autonomy is “constituted by social elements,” and thus social patterns that induce self-alienation could be said to be inimical to autonomy" This passage resonates with me because I, myself, sometimes feel constrained from sharing my own thoughts and what I believe is right due to my environment that I grew up in where my family is not in support of females advocating for what is right and what is wrong, which means my autonomy is restricted by my social environment. Whereas, for individuals that had a supportive environment growing up, would be able to practice and develop autonomy more easily.
The third passage I chose is " Strongly substantive approaches claim that “not all sober and competent choices can be autonomous: some things simply cannot be autonomously chosen.” (Holroyd, 2010, p. 180) By contrast, weak substantive views do not place any direct constraints on an agent's decision-making inputs. They may, however, require that agents hold certain self-regarding attitudes, such as self-respect, self-trust, and self-esteem or self-worth." This passage resonates with me because once again due to my environment growing up, it makes it hard to be able to have self respect when speaking up on a situation and that's when I have to reflect and think if this is truly my opinion or just an opinion that is shaped from my environment to satisfy them. This connects with the weak substantive view where It makes it much harder to make choices and opinions that truly feel autonomous.