Research Paper on:
The Male Influences on the Writing of Adrienne Rich

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freedom from the male oppression within her life. Born into a household where her father was the dominant figure and her mother gave up her own career for her family,  Rich recounts the cultural and oppressive issues she felt while living under her parents roof. Later in her own marriage which was a convention expected of women in the 1950s,  and in which she had three sons in the first five years, Rich writes of the dissatisfaction of marriage and her need to change her situation. Luckily, Rich and her  husband became involved in the civil and womens rights movements in the 1960s which gave Rich the confidence to begin the liberation of herself and the liberation of her poetry.  Her original works which promoted women to become "disloyal" to that which was expected of them were heavily criticized which led to Richs further writings of the empowerment of women.  Richs works reflect heavily the oppression she felt in her own life from men but also deal with the oppression she has seen on a global basis and her works  are not only considered important in regards to womens issues but in relation to cultural and social issues as well. Adrienne Rich was  born May 16, 1929 in Baltimore to Arnold Rich, a doctor and pathology professor and Helen Jones Rich, a pianist and composer. She was the elder of two daughters in  the family and from the beginning of her life Rich could remember the conflict which ensued between her parents and the dominance of her father. Her mother it is believed  gave up her career as a professional musician in order to raise her family and was a southern Protestant. Her father was a demanding intellectual and the cultural and religious