Tootsie

Male characters in the play perceive women as objects to possess and use as they see fit. Unwed women were considered the property of their fathers until marriage, and

Our idea of gender norms shape not only how we act around others, but how we treat others as well. Diaz utilizes the narrator 's point of view and imagery to demonstrate how gender norms let us quickly judge others, often not for the best. He states, “A local girl will have hips and a nice ass but won’t be quick about letting you touch her. She has to live in the same neighborhood as you do. She might just chill with you and then go home. She might kiss you and then leave. Or she might, if she’s reckless, give it up, but that’s rare. Kissing will suffice. A white girl might give it up right then. Don’t stop her. She’ll take her gum out of her mouth, stick it to the plastic sofa covers, and then move close to you. You have nice eyes, she might say” (Diaz 650). Diaz describes what his character believes is the “norm” for the girls he is attempting to have sex with. Rather than actually get to know a girl and have a relationship, the author chases after the norm of flirting around and as a result ends up objectifying the very women he is trying to impress. As demonstrated in the text, masculinity and being “the man” are the most important ideas in the minds of some men and as such, cause men to not only disregard their own feelings and ideas, but to also ignore and condemn the individuality of others. By putting these expectations and limitations on both women and men, we

Using the plays “Much Ado About Nothing” and “The Rover”, discuss and compare each play’s treatment of women.

This play provides a theme of weak men who use their insecurities to belittle women around them. Walter feels entitled to respect, and support, among other things, purely because he is a man. This belief is proven further by insinuating that a woman’s job is to support him in this idea, and to further help him feel entitled to whatever he pleases by allowing him to dictate their own

In addition, the novel switches around the scenes of male-dominated society where women are taken as a way of assistance and pleasure for men. Here, women do not participate in forming life, but they play a distinctive role in encouraging men and guiding them on the right path. In the text, the role of the women includes responsibility towards their family, a beauty that men praise and underprivileged of rights.

The Shakespearian play 'Much Ado about Nothing' explores the position of women in a patriarchal society and the difficulties they face. This play demonstrates how women in Elizabethan society were expected to behave in a passive manner, how the men’s opinion was accepted over the females and how women had to conform to men. The over-arching idea of the ideal female was that she was passive and was accepting of her role in society. This theme is explored throughout the entirety of the play but is highly demonstrated in Act one scene one of the play.

Society in this film has constructed the nature and roles of women and men in different ways. Women are separated into different groups

Primarily, gender expectations for men are used to show power, control, and typecast the characters as manly. The men in the tragedy, including the serving men, are shown degrading women and using them to look better. During the quarrel between the serving men at the beginning of the tragedy, the rape, and murder of “women, being the weaker vessels,” are used to show superiority between the two feuding families and the insignificance women play. In the conversation, the serving men, are talking about the disputing families and what they would do the Montague maids to show that they are more powerful. Women are also not treated as humans, they are treated as “vessels” or objects to be used to do all the housework. Due to this lack of representation

The masculine symbolic world, therefore, denies woman’s subjectivity and shut her up, so she is considered as unspeakable and speechless, hence she must either babble or remain silent. With this intention, the woman becomes the “other”, but she is not the other as the term literally means, she is the other of the same (man), she is simply a eunuch. In this way, she is conceptualized by the masculine language as passive, object of desire, and never conceived as a desiring subject, she exists only in-between, and her only way to existence is through man, so he becomes essential once again. In addition, due to the growing sense of fear of castration the male child becomes more associated with the phallic order, whereas the female child continues to identify with her mother’s pre-linguistic language, for this reason, Lacan believes that girls acquire a different language than boys, a language that is primitive and silent like the “womb world” of the mother. Women’s language consequently remains strange and undeciphered by men and is thus repressed and silenced by the male discourse.

In French literature and film, it is commonly found that women are set in powerless positions compared to men. We now live in a world where women have had the most power that’s ever been given to them compared to the past. Reading books and watching movies where women have so little opportunity to have power was a bit odd. This role distinction is vividly shown in the film, “Love at First Fight”, which is also commonly known as “Les Combattants”. Although this is a modern film, there are many scenes within this film that show how women are not capable of carrying power and show clear representations of women being portrayed as helpless. This movie defines sex, love, and gender as well. Although the sex scenes are minimal, you can clearly see the attraction between the two lovebirds. As a viewer the gender roles play a huge part in the movie as well. The film “Love at First Fight”, directed by Thomas Cailley is a French romantic comedy about Arnaud and Madeleine. The two characters met at an Army workshop on the beach where there is a circle full of people who want to enlist and are practicing self-defense. The self-defense course required to participants, whether they were male or female, to defend themselves amongst each other

The portrayal of women in this play is very accurate compared to the setting because society treats them as if their husband or father own them. However, the author shows that they are not just possessions

In the novels “Scarlet Song” by Mariama Ba and “The Waiting Years” by Fumiko Enchi we as readers are able to experience the way in which the male characters’ treat the female characters of the novel. Women in present time are able to sympathize with these women because the way in which the men treat them leaves a very strong and negative impression and ambiance. It is true that different women may have different reactions toward how the women are treated depending on their cultures; however I

An intriguing play that demonstrates a women’s rights in the late 1800’s. The playwright, Henrik Ibsen, uses this play as an instrument to open our eyes to a different view of what life was like for women back then. Many of his critics view his play as a demonstration of humanism, even though as the play evolves, the audience is able to distinguish how women wanted to be love, considered, and treated; instead of how they were actually interpreted.

In the play Othello, William Shakespeare has written a tragedy and has many scenes in the play where you can see the inequality between males and females. The men in this play over power the women and show a clear authoritative role when with them. Women were treated lesser and almost had no right to speak their mind and if they did they would most likely be reprimanded. Men treated them as objects and did not care if they had hurt them or not. While we worked on our video, Natalie, Devon and I filmed from the feminist criticism perspective.

Firstly, he goes on to appreciate the pink cheeks , then he is mesmerized by her face full of make-up. Then the voice is seen cursing the woman i.e. “oh damned baby”. Although the words are meant to emphasize the extent of the male character’s aw at the beautiful figure of the woman, the words are in no way decent enough to praise someone. Even if one takes them as purely complementary, look what things are being appreciated through them i.e. a face full of make-up and a beautiful body shaped through cardio workout. Hence we see the male voice advocating the traditional ideal image of a woman i.e. slim and beautiful. In the description of her physical beauty, her personality remains