Femininity

choose to utilize the four survival performances (femininity, masculinity, genderless and passing), they gain power that helps to prevent their victimization. Include thesis statement Many homeless women living on the streets face danger day in and day out. This research proposal will explore the various survival techniques that homeless woman can apply in a dangerous situation. Homeless women are able to utilize the four survival performances (femininity, masculinity, genderless, and…

Here, Welter uses “True Womanhood” to describe when a woman fulfills the four cardinal virtues, or the requirements of femininity as defined by society. Meanwhile, Edna breaks all four cardinal virtues of True Womanhood. To briefly discuss her piety, in Chapter VII, during a conversation with her companion Madame Adele Ratignolle, Edna mentions that her relationship with her…

gendered perspective. However, as a number of historians are discovering, gender is fundamental to U.S. foreign policy, and is present in the full discourse of international relations, where masculinity symbolises dominance, power and capability, and femininity symbolises passivity, domesticity and naiveté. Such matters are strategized and filtered through gendered lenses, with the Masculine taking the role of protector of the Feminine, or those who need protecting. This essay will analyse the…

Eliminating Stereotypes in Macbeth Stereotypes are preconceived notions identifiable in society and culture around the world. William Shakespeare utilizes the stereotypes in reference to gender roles in his romantic tragedy, Macbeth, to shape characters and advance plot. The typical characteristic differences between genders in the era in the play are initially revealed but are then readdressed thereafter in a complicated gender-role reversal which Shakespeare portrays the difference between…

lla Rutkowski As ShowTime’s Shameless showrunner John Wells mentions, “We have a comedic tradition of making fun of the people in those worlds. The reality is that these people aren’t ‘the other’ - they’re people who live four blocks down from you and two blocks over” (Rochlin, 2010). This comedy drama TV series takes place in Southside Chicago depicting a flawed family of Frank Gallagher, an alcoholic, drug addict, and crime committing father of six and a bipolar wife. While Frank selfishlessly…

Macbeth: The Role of Gender William Shakespeare’s tragedy, Macbeth is set in a patriarchal Elizabethan society during the 17th century, a time when gender roles were clearly defined. The play tells the story of Macbeth, a Scottish general driven by a prophecy of his rise to power followed by his subsequent demise. Shakespeare uses the story to examine and subvert male and female stereotypes. Characters frequently reference and distinguish issues of gender. At first, Macbeth appears as a brave,…

Gover, C. Jane, The Positive Image: Women Photographers in Turn of the Century America. New York: State University of New York Press, 1988 In the opening chapter ‘There Will Be a New Era,’ Gover outlines the relationship between women and photography from its early pioneer days to the end of the nineteenth century, stating the importance of Eastman’s advertisements in attracting women to the medium by depicting them as fully independent despite the restrictions they still faced. Gover begins…

Euripides’ “The Bacchae,” Dionysus, disguised as a man, goes out to Thebes to assert his rights and gain respect from those who do not acknowledge him as a god. He encounters Pentheus, king of Thebes, still in an adolescent stage and fearful of femininity, something that Dionysus’ worship revolves around. In The Menace of Dionysus: Sex Roles and Reversals in Euripides’ Bacchae, Charles Segal explains why men were so fearful of the out of control woman and how that affected Pentheus, his growth…

John Steinbeck’s ‘’The Chrysanthemums’ is about a proud and resilient woman, Elisa Allen, who is frustrated with her life. Her inability to conceive a child and her husband’s failure to love her are major issues in her family. The flower garden is her only distraction from all her marriage issues. In the garden, she tends lovely chrysanthemums. “Chrysanthemums’ symbolizes Elisa’s and every other woman’s inner-self. Chrysanthemums symbolize Elisa 's children. She cultivates her garden and takes…

In their writings on women’s status in society, John Stuart Mill and Mary Wollstonecraft lament on the female sex’s relegation to an inferior position. Both assert that women have been subordinated to men, and that this subordination is to be opposed to. Mill, in his text On The Subjection of Women, primarily focuses on the institution of marriage and men’s role in fostering inequality while Wollstonecraft, in her Vindication of The Rights of Woman, is concerned with women in general and their…