Fearless Girl Vs Charging Bull Research Paper

Sitting Bull once quoted, “If I agree to dispose of any part of our land to the white people I would feel guilty of taking food away from our children's mouths, and I do not wish to be that mean” ( "Sitting Bull Quotes ). Sitting Bull was a kind and compassionate man that had admiration for the Lakota tribe and the tribe's land, and was also known to have led the Lakota tribe to safety during the many years of defiance against the new American policies. Recognized and admired by the Lakota tribe, Sitting Bull was one of the most famous Native American Chiefs who was known for his bravery to bring fair treatment to his people.

“Behold, my friends , the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the result of their love!” December 15, 1890 Sitting Bull was shot and killed while being arrested by U.S and Indian agent. The Sitting Bull was one of the best known Indian chiefs because of his determination, leadership skills, and spiritual aspects.

In Chapter 3 of his book, “Ways of Seeing”, John Berger argues that in western nude art and present day media, that women are largely shown and treated as objects upon whom power is asserted by men either as figures in the canvas or as spectators. Berger’s purpose is to make readers aware of how the perception of women in the art so that they will recognize the evolution of western cultured art.

In 1831 an indian child was born, of the Sioux Nation and the Hunkpapa Tribe. His father, Sitting Bull, and mother, Her-holy-door, did not name him Sitting Bull, he was named Jumping Badger. He was never called Jumping Badger, he was called Slow because of his willful and deliberate ways.

The physical body has been seen as many things both positive and negative. It can be thought of as the temple which houses the soul or can be seen as entrapping, like a cage of flesh. More often it seems that the body, especially women’s bodies, are looked at in more complicated ways than the bodies of men. As I grew up, it began to feel more and more like my body, and the bodies of other women, did not actually belong to us like we believed. Through my Women’s Studies class I have gained more knowledge on the body as a political object. In this essay I will examine six different articles with the similar theme of women’s bodies, the expression of those bodies and how by using feminism as a political standpoint they gain power and ownership of their bodies.

I believe when Lynn Blake said, “We certainly never expected her to be a challenge; it wasn't intended to be confrontational, but to represent that she's there and she can face anything” that in all honesty, that was exactly what they were trying to convey. Nowadays, it can somewhat be intimidating for men when women are working side by side with them in the corporate world. With the booming economy on Wall Street, I am sure that the Fearless Girl and the Raging Bull will eventually be a great symbolization for the corporate

The origins of bullfighting can be traced back to prehistoric times. The Greeks sacrificed bulls for religious reasons, but in its earliest forms, bullfighting did not even involve humans. The bull was often put into a small enclosure with another predatory animal, such as a tiger or lion, and the beasts fought to the death. The spectacle eventually evolved into a struggle between man and bull gaining similarities with what we know today as bullfighting. Along with these changes came the spectacle and formalities that are now an integral part of the corrida de toros. Arguably, the first of the modern bullfight took place in Vera, Logroño, Spain in 1133. The modern bullfight evolved from rejoneo, which

Just as Pygmalion sculpts Galatea, man sculpts the idea of woman. The consequence of this is that man perpetuates the idea of womanhood, and women obey it. Beauvoir encourages women to fight against this idea of womanhood, arguing that “To pose women is to [deny]… that she is a subject, a fellow human being” (De Beauvoir). Most people unfortunately do not fight back against this idea of womanhood, and remain passive to it.

In sixteenth-century Venice, where prostitution and female education were both considered unwholesome, honorary courtesan Veronica Franco established herself as a literary leader for women. Although known among men for her beauty and wit, she became successful for her erotic love poems. With great liberty, she was able to define herself not as a courtesan, nor as a beauty goddess, but as a poet. She acknowledged that men failed to understand women’s innate role in society. Men had become beneficiaries of women’s intellect, and bodies.

     “Raging Bull” (1980) is not a so much a film about boxing but more of a story about a psychotically jealous, sexually insecure borderline homosexual, caged animal of a man, who encourages pain and suffering in his life as almost a form of reparation. Martin Scorsese’s masterpiece of a film drags you down into the seedy filth stenched world of former middleweight boxing champion Jake “The Bronx Bull” LaMotta. Masterfully he paints the picture of a beast whose sole drive is not boxing but an insatiable obsessive jealously over his wife and his fear of his own underling sexuality. The movie broke new ground with its brutal unadulterated no-holds-bard look at the vicious sport of boxing by bringing the camera

In present days gender equality seems ordinary around the world, but there are some areas still have male dominant and existence of prejudice against women, these areas include workplaces and strong cultural beliefs families. Gender inequality surfaced in ancient world, the surviving physical evidence such as temples, buildings and battle memorials illustrate this phenomenon where they all speak of man’s world. Though there are many surviving works of art feature of ancient women in various forms, but has rarely given any insight into other kind of world except that in which women were controlled, contained, and often exploited (Scott, 2009).

Now, I think it would it would be an appropriate time to talk about some personal experiences I have had with bulling. Three instances come to mind. For starters, when I was a freshman in high school, I befriended this girl named Allie. I did not know at first, but as we grew older, she explained to me how she was bullied at home. She was verbally abused by her mother and it led to her to do self-harm to herself and ended up attempting to commit suicide. I know that this was a very tough thing for her to go through. It was very, very hard for me to even listen to her talk about it and for her to show me the cuts on her wrist. Because of this, Allie ended up having way more insecurities than she did, it drove her to start drinking and

The battle for equality snowballed since the birth of feminism. At the frontline of the battle, have been women enraged at the thought of the superiority of men. However, some women believe in taking a violent approach to demolish the ideas of oppression. In the poem “The Rights of Woman,” Barbauld reveals that the oppression of women emanates from impulsive anger by showing the power of emotion in decision making, the ineffectuality of paroxysm, and the irrefutable rule of nature. Barbauld attempts to undermine the false pride of women who believe men are evil and who resort to irrationally regarding the only solution to oppression as attacking the will of men. She takes an interesting approach in arguing against feminist rage by having the narrator seemingly side with violence and later suddenly display the imprudence of acting on impulse.

For the ethics of representation it is important to see whether it is possible to represent something or someone without creating negative ideas and feelings because of it. Sarah Baartman was exploited during her life and it is now key to see whether she can be represented in a way that does not reproduce the sexism and racism she encountered in her life. An example of an image of Sarah Baartman that does represent her in an ethical manner is the statue by Willie Bester. As argued before, at the material level of the statue it is made clear that the relation between signifiers and signifieds is ethical. The recycled material, which stands for the many contexts her body circulated in during her life. The use of iron indicates the metal industry and motor technology, which is traditionally a masculine domain. And probably the most important connotation, as mentioned before as well, the recycled material shows that there is, and was, absolutely nothing natural about Sarah Baartman’s body. (Buikema, 2009)

We still live in a patriarchal society. 60 years has passed since the strenuous movement of the feminists, but the male dominant power toward female has not changed. The word of John Berger who is famous for Ways of Seeing indicate this power relation. “Men act and women appear. Men look at women” (25). The same relation is prevailing when we gaze at an image. Two images collided in this essay both possesses forms of power in different representations.