Female pirates

authored in predominately patriarchal societies. Historically, Western society has proven exemplary at excluding female voices; leaving literary interpretation from the perspective of feminist theory limited, at least somewhat, to work written by men. Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw affords the opportunity to explore feminist ideals with the interesting, and arguably, rare perspective of a female protagonist. James even gives the main character a voice with the use of first person narration.…

expectations and is surrounded by immense controversy. One of these hot button transition topics regards what a female is supposed to be in this world. Through the ages there is evidence that the accepted view of sexuality has changed, and through each European and American century it can be attributed to male favoring sexism. Before the colonization…

(2012) did an outstanding job summing up the influence movies can have on society. One thing that he addressed was the Bechdel test. In order for a movie to pass this test it must meet three criteria: First, it must have more than one female actress; second, the females must talk to one another; finally, when they do speak they must discuss something other than a man. There are a large number of movies that fail to pass this test. This in turn consciously or subconsciously reinforces the…

The view of gender is a part of a society women and men are needed to form a perfect and functioning society. Generally, women are needed to bare and raise children and men are needed to care and protect those who need it. While there has been changes in the way that gender is viewed and treated, for the most part the way gender is viewed has stagnated. In the nineteenth century there were clear cut boundaries between what was expected of girls versus what is expected of boys. Girls were…

first observation took place at a Mexican restaurant in Rosarito. There were three female and two male involved in the conversation. The setting appeared to be a family dinner. The estimated age for the female differed; there was a teenager, a woman in her early thirties and the other appeared to be in her mid-forties. On the other hand, the males were between their early thirties and mid-fifties. The apparel for female is best identified…

big affect in the way they differ. Female chimps are much more solitary than the females of bonobos and are often harassed by chimp males. For chimps, sex is strictly for producing offspring and to ensure ones genes are passed along. Chimps are also guilty of infanticide. This enables the infant-less mothers to become mate worthy much sooner. In contrast, the society of bonobos is strengthened by powerful bonds between the females and as I mentioned earlier, female bonobos control the group by…

Females tend to have more connections between neurons and increased blood flow in this area. As a result, they may process information more quickly and may be able to respond to information faster than males (Gurian & Stevens, 2010). Additionally, the hippocampus, which converts information from short-term memory into long-term memory, tends to be larger in the female brain. The larger hippocampus may provide females with increased memory storage and the ability…

What behaviors are considered feminine and what traits are considered masculine? Being either male or female in today’s society begins with the classification of gender depending on the sexual organs each human is born with. Judith Lorber talks about what it means to “do gender” in “Night to His Day”: The Social Construction of Gender. When men act “manly” and when women do things in what is considered to be “girly” this is known as “doing gender”. To begin with, everyone is born with a name…

An ad for a cologne called Reveal by Calvin Klein shows a well-dressed man with a nude female celebrity in his arm behind a shiny silver cologne bottle (Reveal Calvin Klein 11). BonAppetit magazine is designed for both males and females with targets of varying ages with ads ranging from fashion to food products. There is an ad in particular that is female perfume called Euphoria by Calvin Klein showing a female half covered in a purple cloth holding a flower (Euphoria Calvin Klein 17 ). The…

What does identity tell us about someone? Can they be identified without having an identity? In my opinion, identity is not something that identifies our race, gender or sexuality. I believe that when identifying someone, it comes within that person, meaning you identify someone by their thoughts and actions. Not everyone has their own identity because they can be someone who follows another person’s footsteps, but that identification technically does not belong to them. For example, I read a…