Analysis Of ' How A Woman Can Get Hurt ' By Jean Kilbourne

Many of the critiques that go against Fifty Shades are dependent on its comparison to Stephenie Meyer’s bestselling teenage vampire romance novel Twilight. Yet while Twilight is aimed to focus on pre-teenagers, Fifty Shades has been dubbed as “mommy porn, alongside jokes about the poor literary quality of the novels… revealing a disdainful attitude towards fans of the franchise who are often dismissed as bored, borderline illiterate housewives” (McCann). On top of the controversy, many feminist groups are up in arms “challenging the Bondage, Discipline, Sadism and Masochism (BDSM) practiced negatively in the novels” (McCann) and is furthermore argued by many to be sexually objectifying to women. Finally, my essay will be focusing on the mentality of the Fifty Shades anti-fans, as “research suggests that anti-fan critics gain enjoyment from perceiving themselves as having greater knowledge of literature and sexual practices compared to the “ordinary fans”... and adding to the pleasurable culture of mocking the series means even the most critical anti-fans usually have read all three books… In fact, a survey in the UK found that many first started reading because of negative responses to the books: people wanted to join in on the conversation and make their own assessment” (McCann). Through these studies, I will additionally be assessing the mentality and believed

For the longest time now, advertising has played a huge role in how we identify ourselves in the United States with the American culture, and how others identify themselves with all the cultures of the rest of the world as well. It guides us in making everyday decisions, such as what items we definitely need to invest our money on, how to dress in-vogue, and what mindset we should have to prosper the most. Although advertising does help make life easier for most, at the same time it has negative affects on the people of society as well. Advertisement discreetly manipulates the beliefs, morals, and values of our culture, and it does so in a way that most of the time we don’t even realize it’s happened. In order to reach our main goal of

Eavan Boland’s poem “It’s a Woman’s World” illuminates the fact that history has shaped an unfair role for women in today’s society. Boland criticizes the gender bias with regards to the limitations placed on women and their job choices despite their ability to be just as successful in the workplace as men. Regardless of the fact that the bias against women in the workplace is often overlooked, Boland aims to show the shared reaction of women to the gender bias prevalent in our society by using short sentence fragments, repetition, and a fire motif throughout the poem.

In the essay “The Wife Beater” by Gale smith, the author offers a brief background of where the term “wife-beater” is said to have originated from and she also gives her opinion on the name. In the 1970s the origin of the term came from the stereotype of a Midwestern male beating his wife while clothed in a wife-beater. Then, in the 1980s the undershirts were popular to wear during sports events as well as wet t-shirt contests. In the ‘90s the term was said to have arose from sources such as gays, gangs, and rappers (Smith 517). Although this type of shirt and term has clearly been around for many years and is worn by thousands of people, Smith feels as if, “[t]he name [of the shirt] is an issue” (516). Many women around the United States

In “It’s a Woman's World,” Eavan Boland utilizes several literary techniques to reveal the poem’s complex conception of a “woman’s world.” Boland sheds light on the static nature of a woman’s role in society, which sparks their desire to overcome the societal limitations that is put upon them by men. Through her sarcastic title, use of personification, and critical tone, Boland is able to expose both genders stereotypical responsibilities and to convey society’s desire to silence women’s outrage against their role in this world.

Expressing one's sexuality is often considered a taboo, especially if it concerns women’s sexuality. A woman expressing her sexuality is often looked down upon because of the notion that women must be innocent and demure. These notions were meant to repress women’s sexual gratification and constrict women into feminine roles as mothers or as wives. These stereotyped feminine roles caused women to be viewed as less of a threat to male masculinity. However, in the Victorian Era, new ideas on what it meant to be a woman challenged these feminine roles and the patriarchal order. The “new woman” wanted to be equivalent to men, financially independent, and sexually liberated. The new woman threatens the patriarchal order because equality of the sexes challenges power dynamics and gender roles. In Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula, he challenges the social constraints that limit individual and sexual desires through vampires who are capable of revealing the characters’ repressed desires. With the use of vampires as figurative representation of the new woman, the novel reveals the fear of female sexuality through the erotic acts presented by the women and the men who must confront them.

This article “Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt” explains how articles are making women sex symbols in advertisement. It goes into depth also how by doing this can cause men to sexaully harrass or assault women. The author Jean Kilbourne says this because if you show women as object and have all of these images of women being overpowered by men and it's acceptable in society, then boys will learn that this is an acceptable way to treat women this way. In the article there are pictures of women in ads, and then explains why women are sex symbols. She also talks about how kids can be used in these ads in the same way women can be. There was an ad done by Calvin Klein that had kids on it, and was bad enough that the ads were pulled.

Bram Stoker’s “Dracula,” a novel about a vampire who disrupts the lives of Jonathan Harker and his friends, seems to turn the sequence of events into an expression of the fears and anxieties that are prevalent in Victorian society. Lucy Westenra could be seen as the Ideal Victorian woman through her purity and beauty. However, such moments as “why can’t they let a girl marry three men, or as many as want her,” disrupts that idea (64). The novel registers concern about women’s gender and sexuality. Indeed, Dracula can be read as a warning of what will happen to woman who exhibit these behaviors through showing and comparing the experiences of Lucy, the vampire sisters and Mina. Such concerns are resolved by the end of the novel with the death of Lucy and the vampire sisters symbolizing the death of the sexual New Woman.

Samara Green’s article, “Fairy Tales and Gender Stereotypes,” tells us that in fairy tales they all have a common trend, that women are weak and vulnerable and only succeed when a man steps into their lives. This is the gender stereotype that is just downright disrespectful. Women don’t need a man in their life to succeed, some women are stronger than men and this world needs understand that. In the same article in paragraph one she states, “Take Twilight, for example, a great example of a 21st century teenage girl-crazed phenomenon. Twilight represents the idea of a girls dependency on strong capable men. Bella, the main character, is a weak and clumsy human, which requires her vampire boyfriend Edward and werewolf friend Jacob to constantly come to her rescue. This is a great example of pointing out the gender stereotype. This stereotype can devastate women by them living up to that stereotype. As you can see, the gender stereotype is very dangerous to

For the past century, feminist narratives have inspired existential viewpoints and movements that ignite social change. Writers have formed a foundation for societal progress, which has so far given the marginalized a voice, brought attention to discrimination, earned women a right to vote, and given female perspectives on issues. However, today’s narratives have been subtly deteriorating the progress of feminism, although hidden by distracting tropes such as the supernatural, science fiction, or horror. The popularity of such narratives has led to a disdainful and disrespectful view of feminism, as well as many feminist goals to be counteracted. A novel that exemplifies this, the Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer, has developed an enormous fan base who idealize traditional gender roles and feminine autonomy, romanticize abuse and emotional manipulation, and glamorize a static, incapable

“The emotional, sexual and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says, “It’s a girl.” Shirley Chisholm. Despite the statistics, being half the world’s population are in actual fact women. Nowadays in society woman are faced with many challenges, some being discrimination, margination and gender inequality. Though regardless of many attempts to eliminate these problems there are still many social media, advertisement and more indicating that woman are still extremely marginalised in today’s civilisation. Woman are still being marginalised in society through crude or sexist advertisements in the media; this needs to be readressed and changed. I will identify how woman are marginalised in current society through various advertisements where woman have been illustrated as sexual objects, sexist annotations and much more.

For the last few decades it is argued to what extent popular fiction reflects such things as social changes in our society and topical debates. In this paper I will discuss to what extent popular fiction reflects debates about gender and sexuality. Moreover, I will look at the difference between postfeminism and third-wave feminism, afterwards I will more closely look at Candace Bushnell's book Sex and the City (1996) and relate the book's ideas about woman and woman's sexuality to postfeminism and third-wave feminism ideas. I will also look at cyber-feminism in relation to another chick lit - Helen Fielding's book Bridget Jones's Diary (1996).

“One of the means by which humanity addresses the inequities in society is through art. In its various forms, art has, in particular, confronted the double standards waged against women throughout the ages” (Foster, Reetz). As depicted by the Pantene Commercial, “Labels Against Women”, double standards against women are shown through the motif of the milieu. The surroundings of the individuals portray words that are used to describe the same exact actions in different points of view based on gender. The Miller’s Tale in Canterbury tales explores Alison’s point of view and describes double standards about women’s sexuality and behaviors. “#LikeAGirl”, by Always, creates the idea of how the words, “Like a Girl” became an insult, and how double standards of how girls are weak, or incompetent/inept affect them. Both “Labels Against Women” and “#LikeAGirl” show the oppressive society in which those of the female gender are faced with. The Miller’s Tale shows Alison as the oppressed female who wishes to escape that oppressive environment. “#LikeAGirl”, “Labels Against Women”, and The Miller’s tale all show examples of double standards faced by women while also examining feminist theory using the motif of an oppressive environment, analyzing the cliche “Like a Girl”, and by describing the behaviors of stereotypical women and showing objectification.

The panel presentation on Women (W) Righting Trauma, Resistance and Resilience was very informative and empowering. The presentation educated me on the trauma that Greek women endured during the Greek military dictatorship (from 1946 to 1974), and the current sexual harassment that Egyptian women are experiencing. Presenters also shared personal and creative expressions of past trauma that they suffered and how it has helped shaped them into the women they are now. I left the presentation with a greater knowledge of global women history and enthusiasm for and therapeutic effect of writing.

What is Love? Webster’s dictionary defines love as a strong, deep affection. Many of those who are or have been in love can definitely agree with that. My definition for love is all of earth’s surroundings that make one feel good or happy; to me, love is not just love towards another, but it is also love towards something beyond. Everyone knows that love is a beautiful thing to experience: it feels like all the happiness in the world is in your hands and you could never be happier. But what happens, coming from a woman’s perspective, when your husband uses that love as a weapon against you? What if he raised his hands against his woman, bruising his hands so that they started to swell up? Well, that is the case in many women’s lives around