Female pirates

ground. They found their knight in shining armor in someone, who at the time, seemed to be an extreme underdog. In 1941, the emergence of Wonder woman shocked the comic world by featuring one of the world’s first female superheros. In a time where women still had far less rights than men, a female superhero seemed far from the norm. William Moulton Marston was fascinated with the women's suffrage movement and specifically…

seductress, and used her beauty and charm to seduce the suitors, but without intending to fulfill any promises of love or sex. As I observed before, Penelope can be considered to present both the character of mother and seductress. The second important female character in the odyssey is Athena the goddess of wisdom and intelligence. She was described as confidant, clever and practical; she was always respected because of her heroic deeds. She also had controls over men that most women in the…

She insisted that women should not be reliant on a man, for they are completely capable without. Her parents were never married, and neither were other women in her life, so she saw female independence first hand. This was evident when she decided to join the convent instead marrying off. She also claimed to be a virgin that was free of a man in many writings (“Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz." Feminist). Because of the recurring theme of…

When you think about civil rights, what comes to mind first? For many it’s MLK or Rosa Parks, however there are numerous cases that have expanded civil rights for citizens of America. One important case that expanded civil rights for African Americans was the Rosa Park incident in 1956. Another case in 1974 protected civil rights of pregnant women, and in 1987 a case protected employee’s sex, which determined if they would be promoted or not. To begin with, Rosa Parks was an African…

The imaginary glass ceiling is far from a myth, yet society manages to cover the seriousness of the issue. Sports over the years have helped shed light on some of the inequalities females endure in their lifetimes, except on a much higher scale. Being a professional athlete is a common dream of youth all across the world, and regardless of economic class, most aspire to live the illustrious life of an athlete. The issue with feminism…

Women had suffered of gender discrimination and still do till this day. Women should have equal rights as men do. Women can work the same or even harder than men do and still get paid unfairly. The gender wage gap ,is the difference between male and female earnings expressed as a percentage of male earnings, it is not only about the inequality towards the pay. Higher pay industries or jobs are often dominated by men as Pay Scale stated. According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) ,…

Laura Mulvey states in male controlled society “the pleasure in looking is split between the active-male and passive-female.” this is echoed in the dominant forms in film. Classic Hollywood narratives traditionally focus on a male protagonist with an assumed male viewer. Men are presented as controlling characters and treat women as docile objects of desire; this applies to both on screen and to viewers. Women are objectified in relation to the male gaze, showcasing women as an image and men as…

which embodies the garden of Eden, and a separation of male and female figures, seen most prominently with…

circumstances, it is obvious that a person will feel alienated, even when he or she is surrounded by people, because society does not accept him or her. Friedan creates a similar kind of alienation between society and individuals with his example of females feeling alienated. Friedan writes “Most women with this problem did not go to see a psychoanalyst however. ‘There’s nothing wrong really,’ they keep telling themselves. ‘There isn’t any problem.’”. (Friedan, 19) Friedan evaluates the problem…

In the essay titled “Erotica and Pornography” by Gloria Steinem, the author starts out by pointing out that humans, selfly proclaimed lords over the animal kingdom, are the only animals that have the mental capacity to separate ideas. Steinem says “ for human alone, sexuality can be and often is primarily way of bonding, of giving and receiving pleasure, bridging differentness, discovering sameness, and communicating emotion” (p.1). The author explains at the beginning of her essay how sex…