In Adrienne Rich’s article she states that yes there has been heterosexual couplings and marriages throughout history but there has also been lesbian existance. She feels that lesbians developed as a result of the repeated struggle of women to resist oppression from men. She quotes that there are emotional impulses and contemplementarities drawing women toward women even though mystical or biological preferences draw them towards men. Men overrall are emotionally unavailable so that’s why women feel they should be open to other possibilities and choices. Supposedly, the lesbian relationships recreate mother-daughter emotions and connections. I am not too sure how valid that is, how can being in a serious relationship with someone recreate emotions shared between a mother and daughter? I can see the mental connection between women are likeminded, catering, nurturing, passionate individuals. But I can understand that there is a imbalance of power of males over women so there is equal power shared amongst two women. I completely agree that men tend to exploit women labor and control their produce, control or rob women of their kids, deny or force sexuality upon women, confine women physically and prevent their movement, use women as objects, cramp woman’s creativity, and withold women from certain knowledge and cultural attainments. Even though SOME  men do engage in these acts, they are still most women’s preference in today’s society. In my opinion we will never live in a world that is completely bisexual, men want a woman’s nurturing warm embrase and women want men to dominate them, they want to feel a man’s touch, they want to cater or submit to their husband’s/boyfriend’s wants and needs. These acts that men do are overlooked, and not seen as a crime. Maybe if there was a penalty for treating women this way men would stop but since there is no penalty this treatment will always persist. Woman can choose the easy way out and date other women but mostly I see women stay in these heterosexual relationships and try to work out whatever issues they encounter.