Spice Girls

“Sugar, spice, and everything nice.” This is the beginning of the theme song of the old Cartoon Network show, The Powerpuff Girls. The show was lauded because it broke many of the stereotypes that are usually associated with female superheroes. Unfortunately, there are a scarce amount of images in mass media today that allow people to view women in a positive light; in fact, most of the time it is quite the opposite. The image of a woman in the modern world is negatively influenced by…

What are little girls made of? What are little boys made of? Girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice. Boys are mad of snips and snails and puppy dog tails. The nursery refers to male and females. Men and women behave differently because of there sex. The males are believed to be more naturally aggressive than the females, who are believed to be passive and built for domestic work, while males are believed to be built for providing and protecting. Sex and gender refers to the…

of gay or lesbian couples. For example, in the poem “Why May Not I Love Johnny”, it speaks of a family consisting of a mother and father, it is assumed that the speaker does not know Johnny’s family (45). In the work entitled “Saturday, Sunday”, a girl declares on Saturday she will make herself pretty and presentable, then on Sunday her “love” will come. Assuming she has not meet her “love” yet, she still assumes it will be a he without question; “On Sunday morning/ my love will come in. /…

are being treated in advertisements. However, she also specifies how ads can be misinterpreted by viewers, in this case women. In her essay she talks about a similar advertisement to the Axe shower Gel. The advertisement she informs about is the Old Spice deodorant ad. In this advertisement there is a man who is on top of a woman, the advertisement has the word “NO” in big bold font. Kilbourne first talks about all the negative things in this advertisement but throughout her essay she then…

Letter to Pornographic Companies Greetings, I am writing to object to the word daddy used in the bedroom, which has been spoken by women speaking to their lovers during intercourse because of films you have made public. Because of your involvement in the porn industry, women are told it is okay to call their lovers daddy. I do not appreciate hearing the word used so inappropriately. It should not be used in this context. In response to the disgusting videos your company has released, you have…

is the center of the family who serves as the provider and decision maker in the household, while the mother and girls of the family are the homemaker(s). In this story, however, there is just the daughter while that of the father is mentioned in two very particular scenarios: when deciding to marry the daughter off and after the girl’s heroic and death defying…

both Kubrick and Burgess have made their effort in trying to address the problem of whether or not prefer the inequality between men and women. Throughout the story, there are numerous scenes in which female characters are degraded; whether it is a girl being raped or getting killed. Even the surroundings in the stories, like the sculptures, are extremely sexist in a way that disturbs the audiences to some extent. I will argue that Burgees and Kubrick’s main focus is to demonstrate the mass how…

Connie, the main character of “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? ”, is a personification of both the stereotypical and actual depiction of rebellion. Many individuals feel that rebellion is an involuntary phase of the teenage years. She has a tendency to disobey the spoken and unspoken, yet implied, wishes of her parents. She reduces the likelihood of being caught in her mutinous acts by assuming a double life. Her clothes, attitudes, and actions all differ depending on where she is and…

The girl in Pilon is a child whom is still oblivious to the male species. She has yet to realize that her body is “causing men to look at her.” The girls in The Sleepover are teenagers who are obsessed with males and intrigued by the idea of being with them. While in Hills Like White Elephants the female is an adult woman and has…

The Challenge of Dealing With My Mother 's Behavior Since I was a child, I have received considerable affection from my parents. I am not an ungrateful daughter, but actually it makes me feel nervous. Sometimes, it was embarrassing me because my mother, Izabel, did not know the correct time to treat me like her baby, and I dislike when she talks about our intimacy out loud, talking with a different tone of voice, and with a peculiar semblance of proud mother in her face. Another thing that…