Argumentative Essay On Graffiti And Women

When people think about Graffiti, they mainly picture males, such as Banksy or Shepard Fairey. Many people do not think of Lady Pink or Femme9 because they do not relate graffiti to being done by a woman, even though they have been in the field for just as long as men have. Women have always been involved in this culture, but there are just fewer of them in the primarily male dominated field. Likewise, their work can go unnoticed because it is often destroyed or covered up shortly after completion. This has led many females to move towards the street art scene instead. While both genders are greatly involved in Graffiti, there art work changes drastically across both paths. The symbolic meaning of both women and men’s graffiti greatly differs, men’s is more related to crime while girls is more about expressing themselves and getting their work out there. When defining Graffiti, it is hard to come up with a single definition that everyone will agree on. Many different websites and organizations define it by how their work explains it. People who enjoy graffiti will give it a positive connotation, while people against it will make it negative. Graffiti is made by all different types of people too, …show more content…
Lady Pink said, “They didn 't take me seriously, some little girl like ‘Take me to the train yard, take me to the train yard’, and they wouldn 't have anything to do with it” (Ganz 13). Women typically work with people on their art because it is dangerous for them to be out along at night. This is a significant reason why there are not that many female artists because you have to make your pieces at night so you are not caught by the police. They also already carry a negative stereotype of being feminist and only sharing artwork that promotes feminism. Even though there are many artist that create other work, they seem to be overshadowed to the majority of the