Media plays a significant role in clarifying to people the harmful consequences of negative anger. In the article " All the Rage", Katie Roiphe (1993) says, " After cutting off her husband's penis, Lorena Bobbitt has become a symbol of female rage"(para 1). Roiphe, Showing the world the anger of a woman after her husband has been beating her, cheating on her and raping her. She clarified that as a rage result Lorena Bobbitt broke all the rules after what she did. And people go to Gail when they broke the rules. Roiphe (1993) reveal in her article the idea of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth and its effectivity in the 18th century. Rophie wanted to clarify and show the world the idea of uncontrolled anger and how it affects people's actions.
Rophie states that Lorena has eager champions who see her as a heroine and a prey. Those people on Lorena's trail that comes up in …show more content…
While she provided qualitative data by describing the relations between the sexes. "When we consider how men and women should live and work together, we tend to think in terms of rational issues, to be thought out and sorted through." (Rophie,1993). According to Roiphe, the story of Lorena and John Bobbitt shows the magnifications of our own experiences with the other sex. "He must have done it, we think. He didn't do it, we think. She was right, she was wrong. But the "he" is no longer John Bobbitt and the "she" is no longer Lorena Bobbitt, and the stage is much larger than we thought" (Roiphe, 1993). Rophie wanted to show her readers that the issue is not between John and Lorena; the issue is in the drama of anger between sexes and how it became more universal and more
Rophie states that Lorena has eager champions who see her as a heroine and a prey. Those people on Lorena's trail that comes up in …show more content…
While she provided qualitative data by describing the relations between the sexes. "When we consider how men and women should live and work together, we tend to think in terms of rational issues, to be thought out and sorted through." (Rophie,1993). According to Roiphe, the story of Lorena and John Bobbitt shows the magnifications of our own experiences with the other sex. "He must have done it, we think. He didn't do it, we think. She was right, she was wrong. But the "he" is no longer John Bobbitt and the "she" is no longer Lorena Bobbitt, and the stage is much larger than we thought" (Roiphe, 1993). Rophie wanted to show her readers that the issue is not between John and Lorena; the issue is in the drama of anger between sexes and how it became more universal and more