In Ken Kesey’s One flew over the Cuckoo’s nest, all women, with the exception of the prostitutes, are characterised as evil, sexless, threatening and terrifying figures, which is supportive of the argument that women find it harder to be an individual by highlighting the way woman are viewed and portrayed in society. The novel’s portrayal shows them as either control freaks that emasculate the men around them, such as Nurse Ratched, and Billy Bibbit’s mother, or as objects for sexual gratification, such as the two prostitutes Candy and Sandy. The patients refer to Nurse Ratched and the other female characters within the ward as “Ball cutters” highlighting that they believe women are intent on dominating men to the point where they feel castrated, like their manhood has been taken away and they have no freedom or individuality, whereas the prostitutes are dedicated to pleasuring men and doing what they are told and so are praised and encouraged by the male patients of the ward, further dirtying the image of women in society and telling women that they will only be accepted by men when they allow themselves to become a
She responded mostly by interrupting his questions to let him know that she has the right to be “pissed off” at the world’s current situation due to these idiots and morons. This is where her passion about the argument really shows. She was legitimately infuriated at these people just by talking about them and their beliefs and actions. The whole lecture, movie and all, was very interesting and eye opening. I learned a lot about the truth about fracking and also about the sort of battle between people like Ann McElhinney and environmentalists, which is currently raging on.
Where females were the offenders, the emotional and irrational nature of the crime were outlined whereas for males the violence was made to seem ‘normal.’ Words such as ‘unnatural’ ‘unfeminine’ and ‘sadistic’ are boldly written in newspaper headlines when describing crimes committed by females, their appearances and lifestyles, unlike their male counterparts, are also of major interest. Eric Hickey (Magma, 2002) speaks of female killers and describes them, "These are the quiet killers, every bit as lethal as their male counterparts, but we are seldom aware of them in our midst because of the low visibility of their killing." Tracie Andrews is a former glamour model that was jailed for life for stabbing her fiancé Lee Harvey with a penknife. Andrews appealed for witnesses to come forward as she insisted her partner had been the victim of a road rage incident. At the time of the murder the main focus of the newspapers were on Tracie’s physical appearance (Marsh and Melville, 2009) with headlines such as ‘former model Tracy Andrews’ and ‘blonde Tracy Andrews’ the Sun newspaper also had the headline ‘Death Quiz Tracy in Glamour Poses’ subsequent to her arrest for the murder.
Not only are women abused physically, but also emotionally. Women that are abused emotionally are always usually called names such as ugly and fat by their husbands’ because their husbands only see them as domestic slaves and not as their
Most analyses of this piece have been from prominent feminists, who targeted the patriarchal structure of the society in the 19th century as the major cause of insanity of the narrator. Some of the most extreme feminist critics have even stepped further to claim that the narrator is initially not ill at all, hinting that the societal bonds of marriage imprisoned and twisted the mind of the poor narrator. Though this claim has not yet been verified, there are indeed several conspicuous signs that showcased societal imprisonment of women in The Yellow Wallpaper. For example, John’s overconfidence of his own medical knowledge led to his misjudgment of the narrator’s condition; whereas societal norms seem to force the narrator to believe in that misjudgment: “If a physician of high standing, and one’s own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression—a slight hysterical tendency—what is one to do? (1.10)” And under these torturing social rules,[change] the narrator, as a women and a wife, has no control over the pettiest details of her life, and she can do nothing for herself except from asking help from men, who dictates her life: “My brother is also a physician, and also of high standing, and he says the same thing” (1.11) And it is obvious that the chauvinistic ideas during
Western societies, such as those Ross Kemp describes, often portray women as subordinate and inferior to men. For example, Kemp illustrates the process of initiation for women gang members; “if she refuses, the women surround the girl and invite her to choose between the same violent jumping as men, or the ‘train’. The train is gang rape.” The word ‘train’ is an example of subject specific lexis, isolating the gang from the rest of society with their own language and different knowledge of their concept. There is a juxtaposition between the lexis 'women' and 'girl' highlighting a sense of innocence and vulnerability. We do not expect the women Kemp describes to survive the tortures of the gang, for example having to either be beaten up or continuously raped for the rest of their life, but there’s an argument that assumes they are already surviving.
The Japanese induce fear in the prisoners which takes control and thinking does not. There’s an accurate view in which the prisoners were forced to live. The Japanese saw no human value in their prisoners. Some examples of demanding obedience and submissiveness: Bowing to the Japanese flag, a dog being shot, because the women were too talkative. The more the women challenged their captors, the more brutal the abuse.
Offred copes with the oppression of her government with small acts of rebellion and the memories of the past. Offred can easily be seen as a symbol of rebellion since she attempts several acts against the laws of Gilead which she could have been severely punished for. In most cases they are acts of mental rebellion, thinking about things you shouldn’t be thinking about. “If I could spit out the window, I could hit him” Even though this would be and extreme act of disrespect towards the commander and the government, Offred still contemplates spitting at the commander through the window. There are also physical acts of rebellion, such as stealing the butter from her food and applying it to her skin to try to keep it soft, and swaying her hips slightly at one of the guards.
Pickton sex drive is what initiated this story. Secondly, he did not have sexual encounter with one woman, but with many of them. This indicates the increase of sex drive and proves that Pickton actions were based on the drive theory since the theory states that drive tends to increase over a period of time. Another way of examining this case using drive theory is the drive Pickton had to kill them. Since most of the women’s were prostitutes and drug addicts and because of such personality, their status is tarnished among the society and this may have been Pickton attempt to eliminate them.
Daryna Liutikova SOC-210-01 9/11/12 Boys Don’t Cry In my opinion the movie delves into gender issues, questions of identity, and the ethics of interpersonal relationships. First, the viewer asks why so many people were fooled for such a long time by this masquerade. Second, the viewer wants to understand why this girl undertook the deception in the first place. Third, the viewer will ask another important question about what it is about gender that could generate such anger and hatred to cause young people to commit murder. The film dramatizes these issues so that even if we do not get complete answers to our questions, we do believe that the characters were also tormented by these questions and acted from deep-seated fears, obsessions, desires, and anger.