Ariel Levy

Ariel Levy’s book Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture is about the post-feminism movement. Here many women have taken to wearing scandalous clothes because they “no longer needed to worry about objectification or misogyny.” This new view confuses Levy because feminism changed so much in such a short period of time. This is like any movement when one goal is achieved the group will try to solve the next issue that arises. Levy seems to not understand this progression because she is confused why women “burning their bras” and “picketing Playboy” evolved to women with revealing clothes and breast implants. For most, this change in feminism is appreciated because it shows that the war past feminists were fighting has been won. Her lack of understanding that the priorities change leads me to believe that she is ignorant to the topic. Her ignorance is also shown in the way she judges other women and she is misogynistic in what she wrote. In her first chapter, Levy is judgmental towards the girls who want to dress in revealing clothes. One of the points of feminism is to not judge people…

Nice Legs In modern society, overly sexual representation of women is widely accepted. Women who engage in pornography, stripping, nude photography, and magazines are now accepted. Some women perceive a career in the strip club or pornography as degrading. Other women, like FCP’s (Female Chauvinist Pigs), encourage women to utilize their beauty and/or physical attributes to get ahead. “Their bodies are their instruments” (Nevins 267). This concept of women encouraging other women to objectify…

Let me start by saying that when I first read this article I thought that Ariel Levy was crazy. Her point of view was completely opposite from mine. The way she expressed of everything females have accomplished in the past 80 years was wrong comparing it to my ideas. I didn’t like the way she refer to female’s has chauvinist pigs; women who have objectified other women and themselves. But after doing some research of my own and comparing it to my own life experiences, I started to see her point…

In “Female Chauvinist Pigs,” the author Ariel Levy writes on her point of view as to how she feels about women who abide by raunch culture. Levy believes women have to identify with several different gender stereotypes in order to participate in raunch culture. Gender stereotypes refer to simplistic generalizations of gender attributes and roles of individuals or groups. They may also be positive or negative but hardly disclose accurate information of others and reflect judgement. In addition,…

The beach was my favorite song. The gull’s obnoxious caws as they flew overhead hunting for snappers, the toddlers laughing at the mischievous waves that grazed their unexpecting toes, the running dialogue and staccato beats of laughter that danced between me and my friends: every sound was a note in the ever-familiar symphony of the bay. When I was here, the rest of the world seemed strikingly bleak. Nothing could compare to the rickety green dock called my name, the soft sand that warmed my…

make it out of there fast enough. The day was coming to an end and I could feel the sadness wash over me. Yet the day wasn’t over yet. As we were walking out of the theater, I saw her. There in the gleaming sunset with the cresting of white sea foam waves was my mermaid. She had strands of liquid gold hair, sea glass blue eyes, and a velvety teal tail. She flashed me a pearly smile and waved. I slowly approached her transfixed as I shamelessly stared. Here was my mermaid. My dream come true.…

mermaid is no exception. The little mermaid’s change of character is far more obvious in Disney’s version of the tale. While the original little mermaid is quiet and thoughtful, Ariel is daring, courageous, and full of curiosity. It’s a refreshing change – she is not like all those other meek and submissive Disney…

Ariel the little mermaid has become unhappy living in the ocean and wants to embrace the chance to live in the supernatural world, where humans live. Again, she can’t accomplish such task alone, therefore, getting help from the sea witch, Ursula. Ursula’s overall plan is to take over the ocean waves from the king and sees Ariel’s delemia as the opportunity to do so. Ariel, the little mermaid, is convinced by Ursula’s eels to take a visit to her. Once there the sea witch knows the answer to…

so and instead throws the knife towards the sea and dissolves into sea-foam. In spite of this, the mermaid discovers that due to her selflessness she has been turned into an ethereal spirit and is given the chance to earn her own soul. Alternatively, in Disney’s “The Little Mermaid”, the mermaid is portrayed as a 16-year- old girl named Ariel, who too longs to visit the human world. However, in this version she spends her time with her companions, Flounder and Sebastian and constantly visits the…

In the movie Ariel is a beautiful teenage girl who is stubborn and very curious. She has a lot to learn about patience and wisdom but she is not blind towards good and bad but she is an explorer that wants to see the world. She falls in love with a human and can’t help but to constantly think about him, Ariel ends up coming across Ursula, who is very evil. Ursula has ulterior motives and strikes a bargain with her. Because Ariel was acting independently she thought she had everything under…