Damsel in distress

The wife who’s husband has gone missing, or the reverend who speaks the lord’s words everyday. Who shall be more guilty of a crime like adultery? Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale commit the act of adultery in Salem which then brings Pearl into the world. When Hester’s long lost husband returns to learn of her detriment, he sets out to find revenge on the man who did the deed with Hester, him and the other villagers unknowing it is Dimmesdale for 7 years. The debate between Hester and…

Madison Gecsey ID #77247473 11 December 2014 Current Issue: Women in Media Throughout history women have been hypersexualized in all forms of media whether it be magazines, movies, commercials, ads, or video games and it is no different in today ' media. The only aspects that have changed over the years is what the ideal woman looks like and how the entertainment industry objectifies women. In the past, women were over-sexualized in the media by placing them in situations that depicted their:…

Everyone has family problems at one time or another, yet there 's one certain royal family that has the worst problems of them all. In the Greek tragedy called Antigone , written by Sophocles, the new king , Creon and his son, Haemon are in a conflict over how to rule the kingdom. More specifically , they 're fighting what to do with Antigone who defied her uncle, the king, and buried her brother against the law. Creon resents Antigone for disobeying his law and going against him,however on the…

Rationale This written task is related to Part 2 of the IB Language and Literature course, language and mass communication. In part 2 we studied about gender stereotypes and how they are portrayed by the media. To show my understanding of these topics, I decided to analyze the recently released Disney movie Moana. This task is mainly revolving around the princesses Moana, but also discusses the difference between Moana and the other princesses. The text will also explore several aspects and…

Buck Angel’s “The Power Of My Vagina” illustrates the difficulty humans encounter living in a society where our bodies are owned, policed and subjected to follow the norms due to the social construct attached to a single word. To better understand the way in which a society “owns” our bodies from a simple construct of a word, we examine multiple perspectives from people of different races, genders, geography, and backgrounds. From literally being owned due to the social construct of race, to…

Throughout “Beauty (Re)discovers the Male Body,” Susan Bordo brings light to gender issues as they relate to advertisements and more broadly the male model industry. She also spends time discussing the ever-changing criterion for what it means to be a man and a woman and how it has been represented throughout the history of fashion, lifestyle and more specifically the media. An array of gender issues has arisen categorically regarding the representation of men and women in the world of…

still has her actions moulded by males around her but she has a huge head of red hair and she likes to play with swords. She has no interest in getting married and little girls hate that because she is different. How ever the princess is still a damsel in distress as she has to be saved multiple times throughout the film, keeping the stereotypical message going throughout Disney’s view on society. It is about time Disney started to change its stereotypical view on society and start portraying it…

The road to hell is paved with good intentions. After all, since their beginnings in the 19th century, Western feminisms, which are in and of themselves noble causes, have discounted the experiences and lived realities of women of colour; instead, the oppressions of Third World Women have been moulded under the guise of Western feminisms, as if the struggles of white, middle class women universally apply to all women (Mohanty 2). The concept of intersectionality, coined by black scholar Kimberlé…

From the beginning of “O Pioneers!” readers are shown a complete disregard, or reversal, of gender roles. Gender roles are highly discussed in American literature. Characters in “O Pioneers!” are not shamed for their gender reversals, Alexandra is actually seemed to be praised for being masculine. Alexandra is the character that the audience gets to see gender reversal in. Carl is also described differently than the stereotypical man. While Alexandra and Carl are the most prominent characters…

Abstract: Disney released its first princess movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in the year 1930 and since have produced various others which have been a major part of popular culture in the West and gradually all over the world. This research aims to study how these movies represent the social conditions, especially for women, in those respective eras. The objective of this research is to point out these developments and understand and urge future story tellers, film makers and artists to…