Phallus

Adam Wingard’s The Guest (2014) subverts the traditional masculine outlaw hero despite the hegemonic masculinity (dominant ways of being a man in society) of the main character. David, transgresses this stereotype in order to gain access into the Peterson family home and makes his presence welcome by assisting each family member in different but distinct ways. This mysterious stranger enters into a family’s life as a fulfillment wish for Caleb − his brother in arms that served with David during…

1.Introduction Artificial insemination (AI), is a procedure often used in livestock production to facilitate and maximize breeding rates. The first official AI was performed on a bitch in 1784. by an Italian physiologist by the name of Lazzaro Spallanzaniand resulted in the birth of 3 puppies (Ombelet & Van Robays 2015). According to Donoghue & Wishart (2000), in commercial avian species, AI has been a significant reproduction since the 1960’s, namely in commercial turkeys due to increasing size…

Vishal Nath Indian Art and Architecture, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Interconnectedness between Lotus, Pillar, Tree and Serpent in early Indian…

Gender Roles and Power in Myra Breckinridge by Gore Vidal The Sexual Revolution of the Sixties was a breath of fresh air for marginalized people. It did for the genders what people like Achebe, Mandela and Luther King Jr. had been trying to do for racial discrimination for years; reversed and broke down the familiar binaries and introduced the ‘in-betweens’ into the midst. Vidal, who had by now established himself as a force to be reckoned with in both literary circles and the film industry,…

the film, the character Saifi is reviled because of being a eunuch, not allowed to participate in the family gatherings or at dinner when Hakim Sahib is there, nor allowed to leave home because of being a shame to the family. Just because he has a phallus, he is asked to behave like “a man." Even Zainab, his sister, who fights with Hakim for everyone’s right in the house, fails to understand his feelings and asks him to act like a man so that he won’t be othered/objected from the society.…

Assess the way any two works from the course delineate and reflect on the roles of EITHER women OR men. One of the most interesting aspects of renaissance literature is the way in which many texts from this period tackle the issue of masculinity. Many writers explore the themes of male gender roles through their characters and Gerry Milligan states that this is intrinsic to Renaissance work as ‘the question of masculinity lies at the heart of masterpieces of Renaissance art, philosophy, and…

In Andrew Marvell’s poem “Damon the Mower,” the protagonist describes his heartbreak after Juliana rejects him. Though readers never hear Juliana’s voice in the poem, Damon freely speaks of her thoughts and actions. His monopoly of narration allows him to exploit gender roles and tell his biased side of their story. He portrays Juliana as a masculine, superhuman creature by aligning her with the typically male Sun and describing her through the use of three symbolic gifts he gives to her.…

women to the same pedestal that men have been on for so many years. Kate Millett observes in “Sexual Politics” that almost every society since we ceased to be tribes has been male ruled. She comments that “vast numbers of peoples have worshipped the phallus openly” and views this as a sign that men have prime position in society. She notes “it may also be true that ever larger number of peoples once worshipped the womb or the fertility powers of the earth”, but that this is not true now.…

His first film Killer’s Kiss dealt with greed, masculinity and the decline in human relationships. His second feature, the superior heist film, The Killing dealt with man’s inherit goal of greed, while his third feature, Paths of Glory, reflected an anti-war sentiment that man was more destructive than any machine. In Dr. Strangelove, he concludes that man and his machines will lead to the end of the world. Almost every movie after Dr. Strangelove explored the dark side of human nature.…

In doing so, Swift, not only exposes Gulliver’s enormous phallus to the vulnerable Empress he also compels the reader to imagine the arrogance and patriarchal nature of colonialism; Gulliver, having earlier consumed copious amounts of glimigrim, exclaims: ‘By the luckiest chance in the world. I had not discharged…