Fey makes choses to talk about the way women are treated in the entertainment industry with a joke on Betty White, which targets both sexism and ageism, which Fey repeatedly addresses, but with a softer approach through the use of humor. When Fey states “Science shows that fertility and movie offers drop off steeply for women after forty” she addresses both her ageing in the entertainment business and the concern that society places on women having a certain number of children by her age, but all centered around a funny tone in order to make her remark sound witty yet strong. The use of comedy made Fey’s argument regarding the negative portrayals of working women in the entertainment
Society seems paradoxical in its reverence for innocence and purity, while at the same time indulging in the very hedonistic lifestyle it so condemns. Sober productivity to work and sexual purity are exalted, but everywhere scantily clad women peddle the best product that will achieve drunkenness in the hopes of leading to casual sex. ‘Sex, drugs, and Rock ’N Roll’ has become the mantra of an entire generation, yet people still hold in esteem the values of living a virtuous and wholesome life. Roman Polanski’s Repulsion (1965) explores this contradiction between thought and action through the protagonist’s psychological state and mental breakdown. Polanski argues that the human ideal of wholesomeness and purity cannot survive in a male- dominated civilization ruled by sex.
She stands higher in the hierarchy, and feels that she has power over Jean. Jean is cautiously hesitant, and understand the risks involved in a love relationship with the count's daughter, but when Miss Julie finally almost offers herself, he can not resist the temptation, he starts flirting back, which means that they have sex with each other. Afterwards, it is up to the two possible consequences and the drama reaches its tragic point. Jeans inviting charm instead goes over to a very nasty tone and the mood becomes suddenly much worse. They begin to despise each other.
As we soon learn, the Papin gals aren't just your ordinary servant sisters meant to tend to their duties as assigned. They are also incestuous lesbian lovers in addition to their unflattering label as complicated killers. To say that Christine and Lea have some serious major issues is a blatant understatement in the making. The interesting dichotomy here isn't so much the sisters' dealings with their boss Madame Lancelin as it is with their complexed and strained feeling for their single mother (Isabelle Renauld). Apparently there are eery shadows of resentment and
There is much that can be said about how media portrays, and even masks, certain issues in our society. While individuals may enjoy pop culture on the surface, it is always what is underneath it that tends to be ignored or not taken seriously. The Devil Wears Prada is certainly guilty of this. Based on a true story, the movie, described by IMDb, is about “A naïve young woman (Andy Sachs) comes to New York and scores a job as the assistant to one of the city’s biggest magazine editors, the ruthless and cynical Miranda Priestly.” This description definitely sets the tone of the overall movie but it certainly begs the question: What is it about both of these individuals described in the movie, on one hand, naïve and the other ruthless? While the media sets the character’s description in stone, after critical analysis, the movie itself exemplifies the gender ramifications present in our society.
Girls Rule: “My Sassy Girl” as an Attempt to Promote Women’s Inequality By Olga Fedorenko “My Sassy Girl” is a hilarious comedy, which invites the audience to laugh at the misadventures of Gyeon-woo, who regularly gets beaten by his mother and by bossy girlfriend. Jae-young Kwak, the director of “My Sassy Girl,” seems to question the traditional gender roles; however, from another perspective, the movie can be interpreted as reinforcing the double standard for men and women and thus endorsing gender inequality. In this essay, I will argue that Kwak promotes gender inequality by portraying it as women’s secret weapon. While looking into how gender relations are presented in “My Sassy Girl,” it is important to keep in mind the social context of South Korea. Though the feminist movement took a strong hold and the ideas of gender equality are promoted within the educational system, women still have limited opportunities for self-realization outside the family (Cho, 2002; Janelli & Yim, 2002).
09/29/09 The film “Boys Don’t Cry” is a powerful work of art, made more visceral by the fact that it is all based on a true story. It tells the tale of Teena Brandon, a young woman whose natural attraction to other girls leads her to live her life as a male under the alias “Brandon Teena”. It tells of the discrimination and even violence she encounters based on her sexuality, and her ultimately fatal attraction to another young woman named Lana Tisdel. One aspect of the film that interested me was Teena’s overall personality, influenced by her confusion of what gender she is and what gender she wants to be. She clearly is sexually attracted to girls, and identifies with herself as a boy.
Pornography: The Degradation of Women as a Class Regardless of the many successes women have had in society, they are still seen as the inferior class. One way in which this is demonstrated is through the depiction of women in the pornography industry. Women in this industry are often dehumanized, humiliated and degraded by men for the sake of entertainment. However, does this degrading portrayal of women in the pornography industry reflect upon the portrayal of women as a class? I argue that the representation of women in pornography lowers the moral status of all women and is shown through the treatment and perceptions, which are created by men, making all women as simply means and less than persons in society.
Film Analysis 1 The Big Boss, The Machismo Gender politics is one of the hot issues involved in the modern movies. Among the movies we have watched in class, The Big Boss represents manhood and womanhood by reinforcing the male characters’ masculinity and female characters’ femininity. However, the movie is problematic undermining women’s social status since male characters dominant the film while female characters are almost non-exist. The pointless action of the female protagonists reveal of powerless of the group of women. Some clips negatively affect women’s image by showing that women are obstacles to the male protagonist’s development in the film.
How Hamida’s prostitution and her consequential fall are presented as a critique of patriarchy in Mahfouz’s Midaq Alley. Patriarchy has been around in the Arab society for years. In Najuib Mahfouz’s Midaq Alley, Hamida, a beautiful young ambitious woman, seeks to extricate herself from a patriarchal oppressive society. The dominant attitudes of the male characters in the novel stand as obstacles to the females throughout the story. However, a few characters do not accede to such acts and consequently accost them; Hamida is one of them.