The movie "Boys Don't Cry," narrates the true life story of Teena (AKA Brandon), which clearly shows that gender and sexual orientation are independent of biological sex. ... Wood wrote that "sex is a designation based on biology, while gender is socially and psychologically constructed" (19). ... Gender identity starts with the recognition and awareness that one belongs to one of the sexes. ...
In the story "The Werewolf", Angela Carter uses descriptions of beastliness to direct the story toward a person's resolve with hatred toward those who are different. The story written by Angela Carter is very odd and awkward in its writing. ... This event parallels to a mother finding out that her daughter is of same-sex orientation and disowns her for that very reason without a single word to that daughter. ... This is very similar to a person with same sex presence committing him to "keeping under the radar" of the public for fear of having to deal with the hatred and defeat he or she...
A bothered and isolated Elisa Allen in the story "The Chrysanthemums," finds herself subject to this phenomenon and is persistently mistreated and in a sense, unnoticed by her traditionally productive, yet dull and dismissive husband. ... Many people wont admit it, but sex ponders through the channels of our minds on a daily basis. ... Her limitation as a women is stated in the first sentence of the story which talks about the Salinas valley being a closed pot with a lid, thus relating significantly to her life. ... Time and time again Elisa Allen is mistreated and misunderstood in the ...
Throughout the story, the element of heat functions as a stimulant that increases the aggressive motivations of the workers. The story takes place during the hot summer in London. ... The young worker imagines how they snuggle together at night and "he [can] feel the bond between the woman and himself" (542) that exists only in his objectified version of her as a sex object not a real person. ... Lessing's message is that Tom only has positive feelings towards the woman on his own terms as he objectifies her in his estimation of her as a sex object satisfying his fantasy. ... Th...
It is the masterful portrayal of this age-old conflict between the sexes that serves as the dramatic centerpiece in both Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire- and Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House."" ... The interplay between Stanley and Stella, between Stanley and Blanche, and between Mitch and Blanche provide the dramatic conflict for the story, driving the plot and structuring the development of the characters. ... In these two plays, Williams and Ibsen display the universal familiarity with male/female conflict, and use those conflicts in ways that are subtle, ori...
"So Long a Letter," was a story written in the form of a letter, that discussed the trails and tribulations that Ramatoulaye and her friend Assioute encountered after their husband wedded for a second time. ... This was highlighted in the story between two women Ramatoulaye and Assioute, who decided to move on with their lives after their husband wedded for a second time, which is an acceptable practice in the Islamic faith. ... It is not an accepted practice to have sex before marriage in the Islamic community. ... She learns from the mistake of her young daughter Assatou and decides to ed...
Whereas, a young woman with a career facing similar circumstances, hopefully, would take a more responsible approach by practicing safe sex, following through the full-term pregnancy, or giving the child up for adoption. ... In addition, Goldberg and Elder found that "People know little about morning-after pills, hormones that women can take up to 72 hours after sex to prevent a fertilized egg from developing. ... Almost every abortion clinic counselor can tell stories of patients who say that they have always opposed abortion but that their own situation is different. ...
As you read Maggie's story, the connections we can draw between her life story - particularly its often-unfulfilled ambitions - and Victorian constructions of femininity. ... In today's society it is a child right to receive a full education up to the age of sixteen for both sexes, however in the 19th century education was not compulsory and if the opportunity of education arised it was rarely for the women. ... Maggie's desire for "masculine" knowledge is related using images drawn from the biblical story of Eve's sinful acquisition of the forbidden fruit. ...
As you read Maggie's story, the connections we can draw between her life story - particularly its often-unfulfilled ambitions - and Victorian constructions of femininity. ... In today's society it is a child right to receive a full education up to the age of sixteen for both sexes, however in the 19th century education was not compulsory and if the opportunity of education arised it was rarely for the women. ... Maggie's desire for "masculine" knowledge is related using images drawn from the biblical story of Eve's sinful acquisition of the forbidden fruit. ...
These magazines boast interviews with celebrities and stories by renowned writers, primarily about dating, how to become a millionaire in five easy steps, tricks to staying fit or ways of driving her crazy in bed. ... Nothing promotes and sells men's magazines more than sex. ...
For me, such a segment of the novel was the variety of characters of women depicted by Allende throughout the story. ... La Senora was fond of Eva, a little girl that came into her life from nowhere and fascinated her with stories. ... But hiding away and even leaving the country with the help of her powerful friends did not take away the only stir of feelings that La Senora was to have in her life: imprisonment of Melesio did not let her sleep at night or carry on her revolutionary activity in the sex-care industry during the day. ... Without her patronas knowing this, Eva in a way exploited ...
Abigail Adams" account stands as a testimony to the birth and political maturation of the U.S while Mary Todd's story gives insight into the more factional nation of Civil War years. ... She saw the female role as a "supporter of virtue and conscious of her supposed limitations, but also insistent that sex roles be fully reciprocal, that men be as accountable to their obligations as women."... (Akers 37) And even though, she eventually became a best informed woman in the nation, when it came to issues of public affairs, Abigail Adams remained within her sphere, careful not to cross the ...
Diane Di Prima presents feminism through the use of her female character living out the unique, atypical female life of a bachelor in her autobiographical short story "Dinners and Nightmares" and "What I Ate Where". The uniquely styled short story primarily focuses on a woman living in what seems to be a one-bedroom apartment, jumping from job to job, eating anything she can to survive. ... The woman in the story spends the majority of her adult days painting, drinking beer, stealing small amounts of food from a local grocery store, and hanging out with what seems to be her...
The natives were not always as successful as in the story above with the involvement of the Spanish disturbing the culture of the indigenous. ... In turn, Maya men resented the hypocrisy from the Spaniards, and also the declaration of power through the monopoly of sex (645). ...
It is in this marriage where she holds the least power because, unlike her first four marriages where she dominated the rich, submissive men and forced them, with sex or lip, to give her money, she actually loved her fifth husband. ... Griselda's patience is unparalleled to that of the wife in "The Wife of Bathe " and Noah's wife reluctance to enter the ship to stay behind with her friends is seen nowhere else in the other two stories. ...
Now when we talk of spirituality in particular, there is a long path that lies between the stage of a woman's spiritual novice and the ultimate state of transcendence where all boundaries of caste, class and sex get eroded. ... Instances of vociferously protesting the ties of marriage, as in the case of Akka Mahadevi, or the outright refusal of marriage, as in the case of Andal and even the rejection of the fiercely imposed widowhood, with regard to the story of Mira- are all exemplified stories that that travelled through time as tales of rebellion in the name of God, the beloved. ...
" The scene segues into a montage of different women being sexualized for the camera in cinema: a woman being sexually dominated by a man on a rock by the ocean, a woman disrobing before entering a bathtub four times, a woman taking off her bra, another her pants, and a final scene of a woman refusing to have sex with a man but giving in. ...
Theorist William Rathbone Greg best summaries the feelings of the Victorian age towards fallen women: "If the passions of woman were ready, strong, and spontaneous, in a degree even remotely approaching the form they assume in the coarser sex, there can belittle doubt that sexual irregularities would reach a height, of which, at present, we have happily no conception" (Greg 10). ...
