At the beginning of the film, Maggie confronts Frankie and asks if he would be willing to train her, his immediate response is, “I don’t train girls” (Eastwood, 2004). The firm reply demonstrates male domination in the sense that “characteristics of men are used as standards for judging qualifications” (Coakley & Donnelly, 2009, pg. 230). Due to this patriarchy, support for female athletes is limited (Gilbert, Summer 2015b). As demonstrated in the film, Maggie had limited access to facilities, and limited number of trainers who were willing to train a female in such a violent sport. Frankie originally denied Maggie’s request due to the pre-assumption that she was a girl, and therefore would not be tough enough to become a boxer. However, with
Continuing to brain wash the young men today with the “sports is a mans world” mentality only helps to repeat the cycle of nearly oppressing women in the industry. It keeps men feeling secure when it comes to their masculinity, yet making a woman’s fight for respect a never ending struggle.
Ann Hodgman, a freelance writer and former food critic, decides to write a review of various types of dog foods in her piece, “No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch.” The research aims to answer the questions that always puzzled her as a child. Questions about the ingredients in the dog foods and whether it taste like human food. The writer spends a week eating dog food to answer these questions. Her results, however, reveals a disappointing truth that dog food is not as glamorous as she once thought, instead it lacks the quality, health and taste it advertises.
They both have family issues. Between Maggie’s greedy and stingy mother and siblings not supporting her in doing what she loves, and Frankie’s estranged daughter totally avoiding all of the letters he is writing her, both showed that ther family adversities were not going to get in the way of their success. Throughout the movie, Frankie became more of parent to Maggie than a mentor and friend. They both accepted roles and adopted one another as a family. Maggie had a huge fall out towards the end of the movie. She got severely injured by the Women’s World Boxing Champion, Billie. She was paralyzed from the neck down and was hospitalized for several months. She went to a rehab facility where she thought her health and injures would get better, but instead got worse. When Maggie’s family found out she was in the hospital, they immediately came to visit her. Her mother, Earline Fitzgerald was trying to act like she has been there for her through everything, but she really has not. Maggie felt awkward, annoyed, and frustrated at the fact that they were there. She told them to leave because they were acting very selfish and self-centered. After they left, Frankie came in the room to calm Maggie down and be there for her. She started feeling bad and kept making comments such as, “I want to die”, “This is the end for me”, and Frankie had no idea what to do. He felt torn apart and heartbroken that someone
One of the many offensive gender stereotype sayings is “You throw like a girl.” Men often do not want to have anything to do with that statement. In James Fallows report he states, “Having been trained (like most American boys) to dread the accusation of doing anything ‘like a girl,’ athletes were said to grow into the assumption that women were valueless, and natural prey” (138). This suggests how women are looked down upon by men and their own society when competing against men in athletics. To reach supporters of feminism and to appeal to pathos, the author uses offensive language toward women, such as “valueless” and “natural prey”. These insulting words may hit the emotions of women. With just the usage of
I disagree with Lauren Slater’s theory that throughout a person's life, one will only surround themselves with ideas and people similar to their own because, it is easy to see that people enjoy controversy and over the course of our lives, our beliefs and ideas can change.
The character Alonzo does dominate women but this domination is selective. For example, fourteen and fifty second in the Alonzo verbally threaten the female college student during the drug stop. Alonzo stated “move again and I’ll slap the taste out your Mouth”. But eleven minutes and thirty second Alonzo self-disclosed he has four children and refer to one of his children mother as Queens. The term Queen is use to described a woman of foremost or preeminent respect (Dictionary). To be respected is to be equal. I can only conclude Alonzo desire to dominate women is selective. Another example is fifty two minutes Alonzo tells Sara to cook Jake some food. Sara hesitation slightly but said “okay”. Alonzo did not say or did not acknowledge Sara’s slight hesitation. The
Dr. King’s trial was one of the most unprofessional investigations in my opinion. The steps taken to obtain physical and forensic evidence were not normal procedure. The FBI and local police did not secure the forensic evidence and protect it like in our present time. Fingerprints are a form of forensic evidence to identify an individual in association with the findings. Francis Galton classified many fingerprint patterns before Dr. King’s assassination but they took it more serious on how they collected the evidence.
This is something that even, Father Horvak comments on while talking to Dunn. It is clear that Dunn has strong beliefs in God and Christianity and this has a huge impact on the decision he makes. When Dunn starts training Maggie as a professional boxer, he does not expect injury to come so fast. Just when Maggie starts succeeding in her career as a boxer, disaster strikes. The first title fight that Dunn agrees to, leads to Maggie breaking her neck. Maggie has to depend on a ventilator and is rendered quadriplegic. When Maggie’s condition gets worse, she asks Frankie to help her die but he refuses due to his affection for her and his belief in God. However, as he watches her develop bedsores and get infections, Frankie begins to feel conflicted. He seeks the counsel of Father Horvak who advises him against it. However, he eventually does help her die by disconnecting the ventilator and injecting her with
In the reading of “Amusing the Million” by John F. Kasson and “Where the Girls Are” by Susan J. Douglas we see both writers arguing major changes in society. In amusing the million it tells the story of Coney islands impact on society and various ways it changed it. In where the girls are it tells the story of the many changes of women roles and how mass media was the reasoning behind it. In where the girls are by Douglas, Douglas argues the way mass media portrayed woman at various times throughout America.
Finally, females and individuals of the working class are not only those who are misrepresented within sport and the media, those with disability are also marginalized and under-privileged. In the title match against the champion Billy the Blue Bear, Maggie was hit unexpectedly, causing her to collapse to the ground, hitting her neck off the stool and unfortunately snapping her spine. Maggie then became a quadriplegic, and could no longer fight as a female boxer. Depressed and devastated, Maggie tells Frankie, “I can’t be like this forever, Frankie. I got what I needed, I got it all. Don’t let them take it all away from me” (Eastwood, 2004). In this particular scene, Maggie was referring to the fact that she had lost her leg due to the skin
The film, Million Dollar Baby, is a very powerful story of a young woman by the name of Maggie. While she experienced a very difficult upbringing, Maggie had never lost sight of her goals, and is living proof that anyone can overcome any obstacle that they may be faced with. Maggie’s dream was to be a professional fighter; it was a dream most girls do not share, but it was her passion. She began attending a gym owned by fighter trainer, Frankie Dunn. Dunn was well renowned in the world of fighting for his style and persistence and had brought many men into the ring with promise of a national title, but wanted nothing to do with a woman fighter. Maggie
Women are empowered, encouraged and even pressured into being involved in a sport or some type of fitness activities today; however, it hasn’t always been that way (Cahn 278). In the 1920s, also known as the “golden age” of sports, women and young girls faced obstacles such as rejection, gender discrimination, and stereotypes when showing interest in sports or fitness activities. One famous author named Susan Cahn, wrote a book called Coming on Strong: Gender and Sexuality in Twentieth-Century Women’s Sports, and focuses on the decades between the 1920s and the 1960s. For most of the 19th century, females were accused of causing a great deal of danger to the moral and physical areas of masculinity. Through the research of multiple different aspects, such as media, appearance, and gender roles, Cahn puts together an idea and theme that athleticism is seen as a masculine trait because it was once constructed by society itself; which fortunately for the women, that idea can be changed. In the later centuries, Cahn writes about the progress of woman 's appearance in sports, however then describes the difference in respect, attention throughout media, opportunities and wages between men and women. Through both primary sources such as newspapers, interviews, and journals, as well as secondary sources like relevant literature, Cahn writes her book in a historical non-fiction genre. After reading Coming on Strong: Gender and Sexuality in Twentieth-Century Women’s Sports by Susan
Women have struggled for more than two centuries to be taken serious as professionals. There should not be a double standard in sports especially if it is loved and played by both genders. Over the years, females have competed against the stereotype of being too fragile both mentally and physically to play strenuous sports. The passion and work ethic of the female professional athletes is just as strong as the males and everyone should be treated equal and be able to have a chance at making a better living for themselves as well as their family. One area that still faces a continual struggle in sports is gender equality. Female
There are many existing literatures on women and weightlifting. This research will be focusing on how hegemonic masculinity has set ideas of gender roles and how these women challenge the social discourse that they face being a muscular or look ‘manly’.
Sensor nodes have insured wireless communication limited node capabilities. There are lots of challenges put into the sensor network. As discussed earlier WSN is definitely an infrastructure less network, therefore it communicates on the wireless network. The key challenge in WSN is the power supplied to the sensor nodes. Usually the power supplied to the sensor nodes is nonrenewable [12]. Some protocols are utilized in WSN, they are accustomed to maximize the lifetime of the network by the effective management of the power resources. The key issues are explained