Gender Stereotypes In Homage To My Hips

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The speaker in Homage to my hips expresses “hips” are special that can do everything what they want.
Hips are under pressure of something stronger. So, I thought that it would be a country which wants to be independent before I knew about the writer's intention. However, the writer indicates gender stereotype or prejudice toward women as “hips” that are under something's surveillance. It was true and it is still true that women are required by society much more that men are required. For example, in Australia, a male anchor one day spoke that he had worn same suit for a few months but nobody realized his clothes while his female co-anchor was always complained about her clothes. Likewise, society's standard toward women is strict much more

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