The Men We Carry Our Minds By Scott Russell Sanders

Peoples’ differing views on feminism is cause for constant debate, as shown by Scott Russell Sanders, in his essay The Men We Carry in Our Minds. He brings a rather different, but accurate view point to the feminism debate. His perspective is not one that is overheard; instead it brings a new fresh idea and argument to the debate. He describes a man’s point of view, but not just any man’s view, one that witnessed and was around men that had jobs at steel mills, or a coal mines. The men that had the jobs that no one wanted, but were forced to work because they needed to make money so they could support their family. Sanders’ starts his essay with a conversation between him and his friend Anneke, in which he says â€Å"This must be a hard time for women† (329), Anneke then later replies â€Å"I think it’s a lot harder for men.†(329) This conversation is an ironic counter piece to Sanders’ argument, for he begins to divulge his view on feminism by bringing up the black convicts and white guards, which he describes in great detail, illustrating and creating an incredibly vivid description of what the barbaric scene in his field looked like. He talks about how to his perspective women have nothing to be jealous over; the men he knew and grew up around did not lead lives that he thought had anything to be envied of. 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