Response 3 Alexis Levy

Alexis brings up the concept of the underserving poor vs the deserving poor which was something I was unfamiliar with before reading the lecture. It is ridiculous because these two categories were used to judge poor women only not men. The deserving poor were those who had no blame for their misfortune. The undeserving poor were those who lack good work ethic and morals to bring in the cash for their families. The example for the underserving poor was a woman who had a child out of wedlock. To me this is very critical solely against women, these two categories can easily apply to men. Homeless men are the first thing that came to mine mind for present day poverty. The deserving poor are those men who were fired from their job because of the economy or some unfortunate reason. They have lost everything because could not keep their money in order. The undeserving poor are the homeless who just didn't care about their job are addicted to drugs and alcohol. Their families cut them off because they were too deep in their addiction and refused help. They are the ones who are holding up sign need money for alcohol or drugs.  Their addiction makes them feel alive and that is the only reason they need money.