Body: Main point I: There are many reasons why female circumcision is done. First, it is a Rite of Passage from childhood to complete womanhood, who is chaste, pure, and ready for marriage. Families want their children to be successful and children themselves want to attain status. There is status to both the elder, who circumcises, and for the circumcised. Female circumcision for women is a way of purifying them of their masculinity.
McRobbie’s comparison of girls’ magazines in the 1970s and 1990s show a change in female role models from being house wife’s, to becoming an assertive, independent bread winner. These changes encouraged by feminism may affect girl’s self-image and ambitions with regards to family and careers. In turn, this may explain improvements in girl’s education. Also, the way in which teachers interact
In Amanda Fazzone’s article “Boob Tube,” she explains how TV. show heroines are empowered only because they “bask in the sex object role,” even though NOW (National Organization for Women) states that these “intelligent” and “well-rounded” women are able to “break out of the sex object role and portray authentic people.” Fazzone questions NOW’s credibility for their criterion of their idea of authentic and intelligent women. “If heroines like Felicity are empowered, it’s only because they’ve decided that what really drives female power is sex,” Fazzone states at the beginning of the article. Fazzone takes a stand against NOW asking how they choose their endorsements. NOW explains that their endorsements are intelligent, well-rounded authentic women, but Fazzone wants to know if they are really women who bask in the sex object role, and what are the shows NOW endorses are really about?
An accurate representation of what the decade represented, from its frivolousness to its shift toward modernism, Zelda served as a model for many women at the time. Her effect on the era transcends her true qualities, as the persona she built through her outrageous activities and behavior became the inspiration for the
He starts to justify his reasoning’s by explaining other arts for example self-portraits that were created by women, and in the portraits the significance most likely were how the women would want themselves to be by painting or creating artwork to make herself look a certain way. For instance, the portrait would be of a pregnant women and it represented her wanting to move further in her life and start reproducing. Connecting that to the figurines if a woman wanted to feel as if they were in control of themselves by making the female figurines look as if they were expecting as well. By explaining a similar reason as the first author, how there were only two ways to interpret art like this, either the artist themselves view or another human beings, represents how we should view the women figurine. Naturally, there might be more reasons to think that the artist would be creating the view of another human being but by doing this, it appears as if it is showing their perspective on how they themselves should look like.
Due to the limited amount of resources and the restrictions laid upon women for practicing rhetoric, it is astonishing how many women were still able to make a significant impact on the field of rhetoric which I feel has paved the way for women’s liberations rights today. Christine de Pizan portrayed the art of rhetoric through language and letter writing as she challenged the boundaries of women’s input at the time. She sought to save the reputation of women, who at the time were being slandered and shine a new spotlight for women’s advancement. It is imperative that more time and space be dedicated to Christine De Pizan in Herricks textbook of rhetoric and many more to follow. Christine De Pizan is a brave woman who stood up to the verbal assaults on women in the 14th century.
For instance any of the advertisements that were beauty product related emphasized how important it is for women to be looking there best, and how each product would allow them to create the best image. An advertisement for the Dory Beauty Masque by Du Barry claims to “erase surface lines, and wrinkles, tones up skin and cleanses pores!”. LIFE’s advertisements seem to be focusing primarily on the physical features of women, and how those features can be improved, and shed little to know insight on intellect etc… Also, women during this era clearly took a strong interest into the world of fashion. In the June issue of Life as well as the April issue, there is a quite detailed article that focuses of female fashion trends as time goes on. Including the influence that other countries had on American fashion, the latest trends that would replace the old ones.
During and after World War II, women's magazine served as an advice quide, fashion manual, marriage counselor, catalog and more. This collection of magazines and journals entries provide a resource for understanding how the popular press comprehended and attempted to influence women's behavior, goals and values in the postwar era. History shows that women have been categorized only as housekeepers and nurturers, a fact that continues to torment those women who strive for political and business careers today. The conspicuous images from World War II women's magazines reveal the cultural inclination to focus on women's intrinsic duties of family and home, with a emphasis on fashion and beauty, even during a time of shortage, rationing, and
Another instance where Lluch proposed uniqueness is the portrayal of the character in undressed manner. What then, sets apart a man from a woman can easily be palpable by examining the physical differences. The reason for nudity, perhaps, aside from wanting the sculpture be attributed to timelessness, is to identify how distinct one is from the other. The curves emphasizing the glorious features of a woman suggests the traits that can only ascribed to her; beauty, gracefulness, softness, delicateness. The birth slit just right below the navel stresses out the role of women in pro-creation—a role they take deep pride
Anna Gaskell: The Struggle For Identity “It’s about the suspension of disbelief, the possibility of the impossible, the absence of doubt, and the completeness of faith” –Anna Gaskell. Anna Gaskell is a profound artist that is part of the generation who is passionate about feminist conceptual photography. Each body of work appears to narrate, but hinders one’s ability to draw clear connections among the images. Gaskell’s work is distinct, in a way that most of her series’ are of adolescent girls that reference mind games, literature, and psychology. Her art pertains to surrealism, and relates to fantasy, horror, female sexuality, and the subconscious.