Wonder Woman Feminist Analysis

To begin, Steinem manipulates the rhetoric situation to help her argument. “Wonder Woman” first made her debut in comics in the 1940’s, which was when women’s rights was first becoming a thing. Steinem realized that just like in the 40’s, women and young girls

DC comics, illustrated the comic book, Wonder Woman, that strive for female superheroes to be envisioned with great empowering messages for the other females who enjoy reading comics. The female superhero, Wonder Woman, is given empowering qualities such as leadership and devotion. Although, Wonder Woman is given these empowering qualities, the comic book artists clothed this female character with clothing that sexualizes them greatly because of the amount of skin that is being revealed. The suits that these female superheroes are shown to be wearing stimulates this sensual excitement to the male audience which erupts these superheroes to receive a greater amount of attention than those female superheroes who do not necessarily reveal as much skin. Similar to the group of girls described in Rat Queens, the female superhero, Wonder Woman, contributes to the way these adolescent girls are being judged for the appearance they should resemble. According to “An Analysis of Embodiment Among Six Superheroes in DC Comics”, the author, Edward Avery-Natale, has incorporated astonishing research on the presentation of female superheroes in comic books. Avery-Natale stated that “Lips, facial expressions, and hairstyles were also coded using the guide's discussion on how to make women appear "sultry"...” [Avery-Natale, 100] which goes to show that female superheroes are created to be shown as physically and sexually pleasing so that these heroes can attract more readers. Comic books

The Puritans were a religious group who left the Church of England because they wanted to have more freedom with their religion. They thought the Church of England was “too Catholic”. They believed the Bible and its rules were the number one thing to go by and that all humans were evil and had to overcome their sin. Women had to cover their whole bodies in clothing. They couldn’t show their ankles or wrists. They also had to wear their hair up and out of their face at all times, except if they were in a room alone with only their husband. They always were on one side of the church away from the men or in the back on the church. These women in the society that will be talked about have broken laws and have been misjudged.

For over seventy-five years there has been a character that has never left the spotlight and still makes a huge impact on everyday woman, girl, and man, and that is Wonder Woman. The woman who changed the way a reader viewed women and broke all the norms of how a woman should be seen and act. Gloria Steinem and Julie D. O’Reilly both discuss the history and the impact this character has made over the years. Gloria Steinem is a feminist journalist that has been making a huge impact since 1963.She is a woman who was more concerned with breaking the feminine norms than sticking with them. Gloria Steinem wrote an essay called Wonder Woman, published in 1995. Her essay is about the Wonder Woman’s history and the impact that the character made

Snow White is a fairy-tale known by many generations; it is a beloved Disney movie, and a princess favoured by many kids. But did you know the fairy-tale was made to teach young children, especially little girls, their duties in life? It also values beauty over knowledge, portrays women to be naive and incompetent, and assumes that women cannot understand anything other than common household chores. Throughout this criticism, I will be using the feminist lens to analyze the fairy-tale, Snow White, through the perspective of a feminist.

Douglas’ humorous and well informed way of writing really inspired me. From examples of magazines, media, television shows, films, retail, and even in music she described and compared to us what is going on among these examples and how real women today are really living their lives. Douglas presents an analysis of how women are presented to the public and how we continue to be treated as inferior to men despite the strides of feminism. After reading this book, I even find myself reading or watching something and pretty much look to see if it is women friendly or not. This is something I really never done before until now. This book definitely got me to think about feminism and the role it plays in my life.

Many women have experienced discrimination due to their gender. Society views women as inferior beings that cannot achieve greatness. Furthermore, women have acquired a set of rules and expectations to meet within their role in society. In the 1850 romance novel, The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne depicts the beauty and strength of women. Despite society’s strict views of gender roles, women can convert society’s oppression into freedom due to the qualities they possess, which surpass society’s assumed capabilities of them.

Throughout the late 1960s and into the 1970s, difference feminists contextualized women’s unique experiences as rooted in their different biological functions (i.e. motherhood). Though significant, these difference should not justify the insubordination of women. Wonder Woman gave audiences the pleasure of imagining the main character as a feminist that appeals to other women’s innate feminine nature. In his creation of Wonder Woman, psychologist William Marston sought to give her feminine qualities, “but with the strength also of a powerful man” (136). Marston emphasizes the importance of giving his character these womanly qualities, as “There isn’t enough love in the male organism to run this planet peacefully,” (136).

Who doesn’t love a good superhero? The perfect figure, the spandex suit, the flowing cape, flawless looks, and the powers we can only dream of having. Superheroes have been around for ages now, leaving an everlasting imprint on our hearts. It is no secret that males dominate the superhero industry; both the heroes themselves and those who create them. Superman, Batman, Ironman, and Spiderman have become the top heroes of all time; there is nothing wrong with them holding the spotlight, but female heroes are underrepresented. There are notable female heroes, but they tend to be drawn with a busty figure that few women are naturally blessed with, and show little emotional rational in fights. Take Black Widow (Marvel) for example, anyone would love for her figure and kick-ass moves. Wonder Woman is our hero of the hour, she has made her way onto the big screen; casting her into the spotlight more than ever. She screams fights for love, promotes peace, is a beacon of hope, and screams feminism. What’s not to love? The new movie released on June 2, 2017, has called more attention to the American-spirited, Amazonian woman than ever before. The movie is the first fully female directed movie, Patty Jenkins brings a great female to the big screen. Although the movie is great and supports feminism, is the movie the depiction of Wonder Woman that should be idealized?

This text connects to my focus because Wonder Woman is supposed to be seen as a feminist icon. Wonder Woman became smitten of Superman, but he only considers her a companion and is unaware of her love for him. Wonder Woman is also captured and then used as bait. These examples show how Wonder Woman is taken advantage of because she is a woman.

Books that are composed by feminist writers in particular time periods can have numerous similarities. For instance, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston and The Awakening by Kate Chopin, both express the battle of a lady's liberation from regular societal difficulties. Both creators immovably provide cases of how two ladies originating from differentiating societies can harbor the same interests. In spite of the fact that in distinctive time periods both works pass on comparative messages. Hurston places her fundamental character, Janie, in a transcendently isolated time period while Chopin picks a more persuasive time of American extravagance for her character, Edna. The tale of how temptations, ways of life, and impacts upon

The 1950’s was time of many gender stereotypes. Men were expected to provide economically for the family and be the head of the household. A woman was expected to be a homemaker and tailor to their husband. Unlike society of the 1950’s, the female characters tried to be dominant to the males in the book. Even if they were unsuccessful, they still stepped out of line. Many critics present One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as an anti-feminism work. This is true because Ken Kesey promotes sexism throughout the book. He does this by making the women in the book seem demonic and evil, thus making the men seem powerful when the women suffered any kind of defeat.

In Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns, Mariam and Laila were brought together due to circumstances they could not control. Although they were both oppressed wives of a cruel and violent husband, Rasheed, they were eventually able to regain power over their own lives. The two women supported and learned from each other, finding strength in their relationship. Their relationship was an alliance of sorts and was essential to their ability to regain power over their lives. Once Mariam and Laila befriended each other, they each started to gain courage and hope and began to take more control over their lives in separate, small acts of courage and rebellion that eventually led to significant events which cemented their newly regained power. The developing of power did not come without obstacles, but Mariam and Laila were able to persevere and continue to stand up for themselves against both Rasheed and their societal constraints. Finding strength and motivation from each other and from other loved ones essential to their efforts, Mariam and Laila were able to take power over their own lives by standing up to and retaliating against oppressors in a series of events which led to the pivotal moment when Mariam kills Rasheed, finally setting both women free and giving them both complete power over

All over the world Feminism is a current topic of concern and there are very few advocates who are currently fighting for gender equality. In the media men and women are attempting to use their voices to fight for equal rights and get the message across to all generations. In this paper, I will be analyzing the movie Beauty and the Beast (2017) by drawing upon the feminist theory, which will demonstrate how the main female character, Belle challenges the modern-day system of inequality and the socially constructed gender roles. I will do so by examining why Emma Watson was chosen as the leading actress, how Belle is different than the other women in her town, the modifications from the original movie, and how Belle ultimately gets to decide her destiny. I will also consider why some people may view the film as anti-feminist, which will allow for me to understand a different perspective. It is my thesis that socially constructed gender identities are negatively presented in popular culture, however actors and actresses are attempting to use their influence to make an impact and move towards equality.

The biggest challenge while researching and writing this paper was strictly presenting scholastic and objective arguments in order to avoid bias and reduce critics’ opportunity to discredit or delegitimize my work, especially those who oppose feminism. Presenting a rebuttal statement and then counteracting it with more critical arguments of how that specific repudiation is problematic, acknowledges critical audiences’ concerns while remaining adamantly strong in my stance. I was conscious to pay the respected attention to detail when selecting rhetoric language as it conveys the appropriated tone and mood of the paper to the reader as it represents the film. Just as typical research papers require, my primary source, The Little Mermaid, is immediately and easily identifiable within the paper, and unlike most scholarly works, the analyzed topic is the primary source itself. However, the problematic dynamics the film presents based on the sexist theme it poses, may be too broad and largely based without adequately supportive and specified examples from the film. This was another one of the concerns I had when I first began to construct my paper because there were so many different examples of female