Marilyn Monroe's Death Through Feminist Lens

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Marilyn Monroe’s death can also be viewed through a feminist lens. She was known to be more on the provocative side and was even called “America’s Sex Symbol”. The media definitely made anything related to Monroe a big deal mainly due to the fact that she was a woman. Men could also be very rude and abusive to Monroe due to what she stood for. She was viewed as an object and men easily took advantage of that. A lot of women had an opinion on Monroe and what she stood for. Some respected that she represented a figure that empowered women but others believed she made a mistake by reveling herself to the public like she did.

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