Y The Last Man Analysis

Can you imagine a world without men? Gender roles play a very crucial role in society. Society has very different expectations from men and women and those expectations are sowed in minds since childhood. As the world is changing, the old stereotypes about gender roles are also changing. Women are competing with men in every field. Nowadays, women are pilots, doctors, army, bus driver and many other jobs, once that were traditionally considered jobs for males only. The author Brian K. Vaughn has examined the fallacious traditional stereotypes about men and women in his novel Y, the Last Man. Vaughn, challenges the traditional gender roles in society by contrasting the power structure between men and women which leaves women more aggressive. Traditionally, men are considered more aggressive and violent and women are considered more peaceful in nature. But in Y, The Last Man, Vaughn makes this statement about gender roles completely opposite. Y, The Last Man revolves around Yorick Brown and his monkey Ampersand, who were the only male species left on the Earth. And all other male species were dead due to some defect in Y chromosomes. The problem in Y chromosome wiped out all the men on the Earth. Vaughn, the author of graphic novel Y, the Last Man has shown how women are coming out of their traditional roles and becoming more ferocious like men. The character Victoria is a great example used by Vaughn to show the contrasting power structure between gender roles in the society. Victoria is the female leader of the daughter of Amazon group. She’s an extreme hater of patriarchy and does not want any men to be alive. When she found that a girl from Boston had her gang’s motorcycle. She orders her group member Hero to kill the girl. Initially, Hero was hesitated to kill and Victoria yelled at Hero to shot her. “Now Kill The Girl..OR Kill Yourself” (Vaughn 117). At last, Hero …show more content…
According to traditional stereotypes women are considered physically “small and weak”. In many countries like Pakistan, Israel, Afghanistan, Yemen and many other countries gender inequality is very common. Gender inequality is the social gender discrimination between males and females, between their role and behavior in the society. According to the society, men are expected to do jobs and be the main source of income for the family. On the other hand, women are presumed to stay home and do cooking, cleaning and all other household work. Also, women were not allowed to go school to educate themselves. Before the 19th Amendment was passed, women were not allowed to vote to vote, or claim any property like men. Surprisingly, they were not even allowed to drive. On the contrary, in Vaughan has challenged the the stereotype of women's role in the society. The chrace Agent 355 character Agent 355 (pronounced as three-fifty-five) is great example to show how Agent 355 has challenged the stereotypes of men and women in society. As noted in Y, the Last Man, “And if you’ll be my Bodyguard, you can call me Al?” (Vaughn 83). Agent 355 is a secret agent who is a female spy in the agency of United States of government. She is the bodyguard of Yorick Brown, who was the last man on the earth. Agent 355 is very proficient while using firearms, especially in baton. She was protecting