The story looks into the way the society has a repressive opinion about sexuality. The society has some stereotypes about sexuality that jeopardize the sense of self of women. It is this misconception that eventually leads to sexual violence and hostility in general toward women. For instance, Arnold Friend, the 'predator' portrays an impression of sexuality as an art of control and mastery.
Connie is a representation of a society that considers women as objects of sex whose sole purpose is to be desired, looked at, and owned. The society forgets that women have desires too. In a symbolic parody to Christianity, Oates portrays the grinning boy holding a hamburger aloft, as where Connie feels home that she misses in her life.
Connie is a representation of a society that considers women as objects of sex whose sole purpose is to be desired, looked at, and owned. The society forgets that women have desires too. In a symbolic parody to Christianity, Oates portrays the grinning boy holding a hamburger aloft, as where Connie feels home that she misses in her life.