Female pirates

In case study eight, we explore the life of a middle-class white girl named Emily who struggles to live her true identity. Emily’s story entails her issues with her gender and sexual identities during her adolescence. She grows up believing that she should behave in a certain way because of her gender, but she finds that she does not enjoy behaving in that manner. She also discovers her attractions toward the same sex but tries to suppress and ignore her feelings to conform to what is normal and…

The Bonnie and Sam series seeks to offer female characters that embarked on dangerous adventures or quests. All its female characters are adventurous, or at the very least, desire adventure, rather than keep within passive pursuits (Diekman and Murnen, 2004, 383). This is made evident when Bonnie, in The Circus Pony, shows restlessness…

Alice Walker states,“While many women had found their voices, they also knew when it was better not to use it.” Janie Crawford must find her voice in a world where oppression of women is common. For Janie, finding her voice does not only mean being able to speak up for herself, but also realizing who she is as a person. In her early years, people limit Janie’s voice because of the belief that a woman’s opinions are not valuable. As she grows older, Janie finds her voice, and she also learns how…

In the late 1800’s, the dynamic of men and women made it so women were inferior to men. Women were looked upon as having no impact on society other than to have children and take care of the home. It was difficult for women to express themselves in a world controlled by men. The men held the jobs, received educations, and ruled society. In "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the narrator experiences this kind of control from her husband, John. While reading the story, it appears…

There has been a variety of different books written about this topic. Multiple people do not support the idea of complete equality between all males, females, and nonbinary. The majority of those people are from the baby boomer generation. Their parents raised them to believe men were superior. But why? There are many distinct differences between everyone, yes, but what difference deems that a man should…

Women’s representation in our culture is no new problem. As long as society as existed, it has been a topic of debate. The overwhelming pressure on both men and women by the media can sometimes be suffocating. In the article Out-of-Body Image by Caroline Heldman, she writes about how women are influenced by the media to think of themselves as objects. To be viewed by people through how they appear, and how society wants them to appear. At younger and younger ages, women and girls are sexualized…

Dove Brand Advertisement: Real Beauty Campaign The Central Claim of the Advertisement While the advertisement was made to emphasize primarily on women, men can also relate to the author’s message. The purpose of the advertisement was to reflect the exacting standards the media has placed on persons. Women are continuously given the message that to be beautiful and attractive, one has to be stick thin and have perfect skin and thin (Barry 4). However, the central claim is that all women are…

hypogonadism and infertility. Individuals are often tall and are able to produce little testosterone. However, there is also a condition that is similar to Klinefelter Syndrome, but it is present in females only these XXX females are taller than usual and have more slender builds than average females. Can have learning difficulties that may be present. No severe phenotype (Normal…

Fantasy and science fiction have for a long time depicted woman as possessing inferior roles than their male counterparts who are often the sung heroes in most of the literary work. Fiction and fantasy genres are a representation of the real world whereby most of the authors concentrate on the traditional roles and attributes of women such as being, submissive, passive, obedient, and powerless and in most cases have few or no roles in the pieces of art. On the other hand, men are portrayed as…

Voicing the Voiceless: Subaltern Female Identity in Mahasweta Devi’s Standayani Dr.Rupali Sharma Lecturer in English, GCW, Udhampur Email id- rupalisharmaju@gmail.com Contact No.- 07298115353 When we talk about position and identity us different email as strong mode of privileged and marginalized oppressor and oppressed, or ruler and subject. But, we could find those people who are not recognized in any part of human world with their level of consciousness and unheard voices. It is the issue of…