Violence Against Women Portrayed in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo “Eighteen percent of women in Sweden have at one time been threatened by a man.”(Part 1.9), “Forty-six percent of the women in Sweden have been subjected to violence by a man.”(Part 2.127), “ Thirty percent of the women in Sweden have been subjected to aggravated sexual assault outside of a sexual relationship.”(Part 3.273). These are just a few troubling statistics the novel, The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo, written by Stieg Larsson, offers to its readers to highlight an integral issue explored in this story. When a scion of one of Sweden’s wealthiest family goes missing, her uncle searches tirelessly for over forty years to learn the truth of her disappearance. Continuing
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Nils Bjurman is appointed Lisbeth’s guardian after her previous one suffered a stroke. The guardian is entrusted with Lisbeth’s bank accounts, they must conduct meetings with Lisbeth to assess her progress and they may do write ups of these meetings. Nils Bjurman completely abuses his power he has over Lisbeth, which again, is a very real life situation for women. Many men in places of power over women will abuse them and harass them to please their dark desires. Nils Bjurman is one of these men who oversteps his boundaries and violates his position of guardian, especially when he presses Lisbeth about her sex life, “Bjurman took her account as a pretext for meticulously mapping out her sex life. How often do you have sex? Occasionally. Who takes the initiative- you or him? I do. Do you use condoms? Of course- she knew about HIV. What’s your favourite position? Hmm, usually on my back. Do you enjoy oral sex? Er, wait a second...Have you ever had anal sex? ‘No, it’s not particularly nice to be fucked in the arse- but what the hell business is it of yours?” (10.200-201) The invasiveness of the questions Bjurman is asking Lisbeth is completely inappropriate and has nothing to do with anything involving their meeting. Sadly, this is again a situation many real life women must deal with. Many women are subjected to …show more content…
Lisbeth suffers abuse at the hands of Bjurman and society, Nils Bjurman is a perverted rapist who enjoys tormenting Lisbeth and Martin Vanger is a sick, sexist psychopath who killed and raped multiple women to fulfill his twisted sexual desires. The novel The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo portrays more instances of violence against women as well as offers a more descriptive view into this issue. The film adaptation of the story still offers viewers a look into violence against women, yet through its omittance of certain scenes and lines, the tone of violence against women is turned down a bit for the
Nils Bjurman is appointed Lisbeth’s guardian after her previous one suffered a stroke. The guardian is entrusted with Lisbeth’s bank accounts, they must conduct meetings with Lisbeth to assess her progress and they may do write ups of these meetings. Nils Bjurman completely abuses his power he has over Lisbeth, which again, is a very real life situation for women. Many men in places of power over women will abuse them and harass them to please their dark desires. Nils Bjurman is one of these men who oversteps his boundaries and violates his position of guardian, especially when he presses Lisbeth about her sex life, “Bjurman took her account as a pretext for meticulously mapping out her sex life. How often do you have sex? Occasionally. Who takes the initiative- you or him? I do. Do you use condoms? Of course- she knew about HIV. What’s your favourite position? Hmm, usually on my back. Do you enjoy oral sex? Er, wait a second...Have you ever had anal sex? ‘No, it’s not particularly nice to be fucked in the arse- but what the hell business is it of yours?” (10.200-201) The invasiveness of the questions Bjurman is asking Lisbeth is completely inappropriate and has nothing to do with anything involving their meeting. Sadly, this is again a situation many real life women must deal with. Many women are subjected to …show more content…
Lisbeth suffers abuse at the hands of Bjurman and society, Nils Bjurman is a perverted rapist who enjoys tormenting Lisbeth and Martin Vanger is a sick, sexist psychopath who killed and raped multiple women to fulfill his twisted sexual desires. The novel The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo portrays more instances of violence against women as well as offers a more descriptive view into this issue. The film adaptation of the story still offers viewers a look into violence against women, yet through its omittance of certain scenes and lines, the tone of violence against women is turned down a bit for the