Description In Siren Songs: Gender, Audiences, and Narrators in the Odyssey, Lillian Eileen Doherty shows us that the attitude of Odysseus, as well as of the Odyssey, is highly ambivalent toward women. Odysseus rewards supportive female characters by treating them as privileged members of the audience for his own tales. At the same time, dangerous female narrators--who threaten to disrupt or revise the hero's story--are discredited by the narrative framework in which their stories appear. Siren Songs synthesizes audience-oriented and narratological approaches, and examines the relationships among three kinds of audiences: internal, implied, and actual. The author prefaces her own reading of the Odyssey with an analysis of the issues posed by the earlier feminist readings on which she builds.
In an interview, Lady Gaga announced, “’Born this Way’ is about being yourself, and loving who you are and being proud” (Setoodeh). Gaga’s zombie zealots are subconsciously comforted when Gaga publically encourages independence; this proclamation implies that she appreciates and approves of her Little Monsters. Although Gaga’s followers are initially fiercely independent thinkers, they ultimately conform and rely on the muse of monsters for sympathy and strength. Thus, in becoming a Little Monster, the individual ultimately transforms into the contradiction of his or her original being and is imprisoned in a diva
In a patriarchal society or religion, moods and motivations decide that women are psychologically depend on the male authority. Women have long been forced to believe in male power, therefore, the mood of trust in male power has been formed. As a result, the mood becomes motivation that direct women's behavior in the society. That is why in a patriarchal society, women act as subordinate to men in social and political fields. In the next section, Christ discusses the four meaning of Goddess symbol.
Everything seems to be contemporary, where gender issues would not be a problem, but when the viewer should peel back the layers of the show, it would not take long to see that Heroes relies on traditional stereotypes in terms of the gender lines of protection. Although it’s my opinion, and I am not the quintessential chauvinist in any way, I think that there are two sides to this matter. Those women who like the idea of being protected and those who want to stand up alone for themselves. Meaning, while the female and male characters may possess equal powers, but the
Do you agree that Shakespeare presents Beatrice and Katherina as “offending against society’s expectations about women”? The idea that both Beatrice and Katherina offend against society’s expectations of women in the plays Much Ado About Nothing and The Taming of the Shrew is open to personal interpretation. We must take into account which society it is we are suggesting they are offending against, if we are judging it on Shakespearean society’s expectations we could, in theory, agree with the statement, due to the fact that at that time, women were largely expected to be submissive, quiet and respectful to the superior sex, males. However, it would not be correct to say that Beatrice and Katherina offend against modern day expectations of women. Further to this, it would also depend on at which point in the play we are making our judgement.
Before her story even begins, Marie de France contests the idea of female inferiority. She believes the women deserve as much respect and power through literature as men. Guigemar’s lady herself is a representation
For example, her third point shows how men and women react differently to complaints. Tannen argues that women “are looking for emotional support, not solutions” when they complain. On the other side, men think “a complaint is a challenge to come up with a solution.” As you can see, this can cause a lot of controversy, and the couple will argue that the other one is at fault. However, neither one is at fault; the two simply see the world differently. It is appropriate that Tannen places a bold subtitle before this paragraph stating, “Advice vs. Understanding.” This guides the reader and helps them understand what the following paragraph will be about, and to be prepared for it.
Clearly the way to get beautiful women is to ignore them, perhaps mistreat them" (272). The ad Kilbounre is describing is similar to the picture in the Bebe ad, and she is trying to make women see just how degrading these images are. The woman in the Bebe ad is very desperately attempting to get the man's attention by leaning on him and focusing her attention on him, but he doesn't seem interested. The image is posed like that to show superiority and power that men supposedly have over women. This teaches women that they need to constantly dote on the man, whether he pays attention or not.
Module 4 Answering the Opposition ITT Technical “The Latest from the Feminist Front” What was your initial reaction to Limbaugh’s claim that “feminism was established so that unattractive women could have easier access to mainstream of society?” My initial reaction was that Limbaugh was being disrespectful to women in general. Al women have a right to easier access to society whether they are attractive or unattractive. They are still women and women should be respected as much as men are respected. His statement is also very insensitive. What are two of Limbaugh’s main points?
The most significant part of this theory reveals that men feel that it is crucial to be respected, and it is important to preserve their independence, while women feel that it is more important to be liked, and they are always seeking a human connection. In short words Genderlect is the word used to describe the relationship between a speakers gender and the language that they use. For example, it is stereotypical accepted that women gossip, often discussing personal and domestic issues whereas men communicate at an exposed minimum level only to communicate important topics. This happens also with the sound of voices of different