Katha Pollitt

Decent Essays
Improved Essays
Superior Essays
Great Essays
Brilliant Essays
    Page 3 of 5 - About 42 Essays
  • Improved Essays

    topic concerning marriage has surfaced. Specifically, gay marriage. Marriage between same sex couples is something one hears often in this day and age. There are usually two sides: those who oppose, and those who support gay marriage. Two authors, Katha Pollitt, and Charles Colson, bring up the argument with points for and against gay marriage. Gay marriage should be allowed to happen, despite what some believe. It is a person’s choice to marry whomever they want, and the matter of procreation,…

    • 1267 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In the essay “Why Boys Don’t Play with Dolls”, Katha Pollitt explores the reasons behind why boys and girls behave differently. She builds a disdainful attitude toward the recent arguments that account for gender differences by innate biological tendencies. She argues that reasons behind the gender differences are the child’s family and culture in which they matured in. As she insists that the society, media and culture makes up a child’s mind, she also claim that parents use the arguments which…

    • 669 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Introduction For a long time, there has been a huge controversy in America over the topic of abortion. Many argue that it is not morally ok to terminate a human pregnancy; whereas; others believe that it is ok if the mother chooses to, and that it is a women’s body and they can do as they please with it. Book Sproul, R.C. “Abortion: A Rational Look at An Emotional Issue.” Reformation Trust Publishing, 1990 In the book, Sproul gives a different perspective that many don’t see. He talks as an…

    • 650 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Gender Stereotypes Gender stereotypes have played an important role within our life since we were young. We were taught to be either feminine or masculine and that we have to live by certain roles. Stereotypes have evolved so much as time progresses and it can be analyzed by observing how men and women are treated in society, the fight for equal rights, and how it effects society in general. Till this day men and women are being treated differently. “As we are growing up we are taught…

    • 1183 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    “Could it be that even sports-­resistant moms see athletics as part of manliness? That if their sons wanted to spend the weekend writing up their diaries, or reading, or baking, they'd find it disturbing? Too antisocial? Too lonely? Too gay?” Katha Pollitt brings up some good points within her article HERS; Why Boys Don’t Play With Dolls. If boys begin enjoying things that are deemed too feminine, a parent may wonder what is wrong with their…

    • 749 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    While reading Katha Pollitt’s essay “The Smurfette Principle” I began to think about my almost two year old niece and how the entertainment she is watching and soaking up will mold her into a young woman one day. You flip through the channels and watch a childrens television show and you are still seeing examples of what Pollitt wrote in her essay “The Smurfette Principle”. The female characters are still the little sisters following their brothers around, weak and quiet, in the background. Now…

    • 964 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In the essay What’s Wrong with Gay Marriage? by Katha Pollitt, she clearly notes that “People may think marriage is a word wholly owned by religion, but actually it’s wholly owned by the state” (531). Marriage has always been a form of trade. Today, true marriage is about trading protection and knowledge…

    • 808 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Abortion Is A Right Essay

    • 1953 Words
    • 8 Pages

    Abortion every 90 seconds: the whole story. 2015 Print Hadley, Janet. Abortion: between freedom and necessity. 1996 Print Marzilli, Alan. Fetal Rights. New York: 2006 Print Pollitt, Katha. Pro: Reclaiming Abortion as Good for Society. 2014…

    • 1953 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    Smurfette Principle Essay

    • 1912 Words
    • 8 Pages

    Have you ever heard of the Smurfette principle? As discussed in a New York Times article by Katha Pollitt in 1991, the Smurfette principle is when “a group of male buddies will be accented by a lone female, stereotypically defined” (Pollitt). It was named after the comic franchise The Smurfs, a story about a colony of blue characters, all notoriously male with the exception of one female, Smurfette. The Smurfs isn’t the only place we find this disparity between men and women. In the first…

    • 1912 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    feminine strengths while learning to value things more. Katniss befriends a younger girl named Rue. The two girls form a bond by supporting each other through a tough time of the harsh abuse. To the viewers, Katniss is seen as Rue 's older sister. In Katha Pollitt 's article, she states, "At the same time, she’s feminine: never aggressive or swaggering, tenderhearted and protective of the defenseless." Katniss ' character is not only feminist because majority of her skills are masculine but also…

    • 985 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Page 1 2 3 4 5