Female Chauvinist Pigs

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…

This week’s reading, the third chapter from Ariel Levy’s piece “Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture” was a truly striking chapter. In it, Levy explores a wide-spread yet widely unexamined subset of females of today: the female chauvinist pigs. In order to explore the phenomena that is the female chauvinist pig Levy takes a look at several women of today and how these women live their lives and in particular, looking at how these women have succeeded or aim to succeed in…

From birth gender is defined by physical characteristics. In the twenty-first century, a person now has the option to define his or herself as whatever he or she pleases. Transgender is becoming more culturally accepted in American society. With the transformation of Bruce Jenner to Caitlyn Jenner, even the media has taken a stance on accepting the switching of sexes. Defining one’s gender can be a tough process to go through for the outcome of achieving happiness. The process of identifying…

After watching “Miss Representation”, it provided to me some sort of clarification to the text “Female Chauvinist Pigs”. I can personally conclude that the text was trying to convey that not only is there a serious issue with gender and sex roles within our society, to where women find that the use of their sexuality to get what they want is okay, but also that very same message is portrayed throughout the media, and it’s not helping the future generations. What I find very surprising and can…

I think that Levy´s essay talks about how society still sees a big difference between genders, how women need to act like men in a male-dominated field just for others to think they can be as successful. The concept Female Chauvinist Pigs or FCP´s is used to describe this women who have decided to act more like men to be more successful, women who praise other women by using their body as a tool for making money, and who would do whatever they can to not be a “girly girl”, a girl that in their…

In this book it talks about the new raunch culture and how it was becoming more prominent in today’s society. In this culture women make sex objects of themselves and of other women. Shows like Girls Gone Wild, other movies, and music videos are common types of media that women are used as objects to get better ratings. We can see this everyday. The sexualization of women in these videos influences the people that watch them to either act like these women, or treat women like objects. Ariel…

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 themselves to gain success is known as raunch culture. Ariel Levy, author of the book Female Chauvinist Pigs,…

boys by establishing rules. However, the demanding Jack disregards Ralph’s rules and establishes those of his own—killing pigs. Soon, the boys slowly lose their innocence as they become attracted towards Jack’s regulations. The modern day readers can understand that the desire for power, lack of civilization and violence all lead to the loss of innocence, which results in savagery. The antagonist, Jack, desires power when he leaves Ralph’s group in an attempt to be his own leader.…

over society. Power attracts the inferiors of all mankind and corrupts the finest. Either society kills to gain the upper hand or they get killed. Power knows how to manipulate mankind and gain dominance over it. Power makes society do atrocious things. In the book “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding, the island sees survivors from a plane crash so dreadful that no one would have been alive, but miraculously a group of young cadets survives. One of the survivors, Ralph, becomes the first…

Throughout the novel, there are countless examples of vicious and bloodthirsty acts that the boys indulge in. These horrendous deeds began as small things, but as time spent on the island increase, so did the severity of their crimes. The first instance of violence can be traced to Jack and his devotion to hunting pigs. Upon returning from the hunt the group of hunters are heard reciting an obscene chant, “Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood” (72). This chant becomes a ritual for the…