Response to "The Ways We Lie"

By far, this is my favorite essay that we have been assigned to read. It was entertaining, sarcastic, easy to follow, and very informative. I one hundred percent agree with how categorizes the lies that humans tell. She categorizes them in quick, efficient ways that anyone could understand. Especially with the anecdotal examples, any reader could understand and relate to the classified, described lie. I think she covered every lie there could possibly be. I even learned new types of lies while reading this. For example, I had no idea that stereotypes were considered lies. I think this essay got published because it was detailed in such a way that it was relatable. That people could pull up the essay, and classify the lies they tell themselves everyday. 

Okay kind of random, but I just need to say how much the little anecdote about the myths of Lilith shocked me. I literally dropped my book and sat with my mouth open for I don’t even know how long. This myth literally made me question every form of the story of Adam & Eve that I have ever heard, every my own faith itself. But it completely makes sense of why women have believed that they are the lesser sex because of the omission of Lilith’s story. Even though every myth about her has posed her as a Mother of Demons, she was the only strong woman in any ancient religion that stood up to a man. If that story had been detailed in the Bible, or the Quran, in any religious book, women would have thought of themselves much, much differently throughout history.