First Passage: Marilyn Friedman makes the important point that his decision to leave behind his family in
favour of independent pursuits, in line with the more atomistic ideal of autonomy, was not socially censured. On the contrary, it was by and large viewed as an expression of his autonomy, with his resulting artwork culturally prized and widely celebrated thereafter. One might argue that the underappreciated aspect of autonomy hidden from view here is the fact that Gauguin's artistic journey depended on the support he received from his family, as tends to be the case for many career-oriented men who might depend on the domestic work of mostly women to be able to focus on their careers (Friedman, 2014, p. 58).
Relation: I personally think that because men are usually the most free and "more" significant than women at the time. They are able to go chase those things that they care about since they have a social factor like wife to take care of things at home. For myself, I was able to chase my dreams of going to Haverford college due to social factors like my counselors helping me talk to my family about leaving home to go somewhere far to get my education. The social factors of my teachers telling me that Haverford college is a really good school also influenced me to go.
Second Passage: Another procedural theory in the feminist tradition is Marilyn Friedman's content-neutral theory of autonomy. According to Friedman, autonomous behaviour involves personal commitments, as well as self-reflection and ‘reaffirmations’ of those commitments. (Friedman, 2003a, p. 11)
Relation: I believe that this passage is important since I was thinking about how this can relate to myself. I was thinking about my appearance and how its affected by others. I really like to wear baggy clothes because I was inspired by kpop stars but also my friends around me. To me I believe those clothes are the best for me and my style due to how I think its cute and I want to continue buying clothes similar to the baggy style.
Third Passage: Externalist approaches, on the other hand, focus primarily on conditions external to the agent as the relevant criteria, like the phenomenon of social oppression or the agents who perpetuate the oppression and the way that these external factors encroach on the individual agent. External approaches are typically constitutively relational accounts because they posit the strong claim that autonomy is not merely caused by social patterns, but itself constituted by “social relationships, norms, practices, and institutions.” (Mackenzie, 2021, p. 36)
Relation: I have done research on feminists during the time of fighting for equality. Not everyone was treated equally because the norm at the time was for women to stay at home and be wives for their husbands. This connects well with the thought of external factors that contribute to the oppression of minority groups (externalist group).