Analysis Of What We Do For Love By Rose Weitz
What We Do for Love
“Rapunzel’s life turned around the day a prince climbed up her hair and into her stairless tower” (Weitz). Rose Weitz talk of things women do for love, and believe it or not, hair is actually a big factor in how women live their lives. When I first started reading this I thought how bizarre this was, and how on earth do women use their hair to get what they want. Then I just realized, before I even sat down to start reading this essay, my boyfriend was in the room. Funny thing is I was playing with my hair deciding what would look cute to him while I do my homework. My hair is finally starting to grow longer so I wore it down and straight to accentuate it. After twenty minutes of playing around with my hair, to his interest, my boyfriend did not even notice me, that is when I thought to myself, what a waste. Then of course I sat down and started reading this essay without any knowledge of what it would be based off of, that is when I felt like a complete fool. Was I really just …show more content…
Not only do women use their hair to catch a man, but take advantage of it in their relationship. Women use their hair sexually while the men of course take pleasure in it. However, what shocked me the most was that in relationships, men sometimes became possessive and even violent. Men will start telling their girlfriends what and what not to do with their hair. They then get an impression that because you are their girlfriend that they can control you, and this is exactly what Weitz states, “You belong to me and I can do anything I want”. This statement is devastating and sadly true. In order for women to fix this way of thinking they need to realize a few things. “But if men can demonstrate their power over us by controlling our hair, we can demonstrate our own power within a relationship by asserting control over it”.
“Rapunzel’s life turned around the day a prince climbed up her hair and into her stairless tower” (Weitz). Rose Weitz talk of things women do for love, and believe it or not, hair is actually a big factor in how women live their lives. When I first started reading this I thought how bizarre this was, and how on earth do women use their hair to get what they want. Then I just realized, before I even sat down to start reading this essay, my boyfriend was in the room. Funny thing is I was playing with my hair deciding what would look cute to him while I do my homework. My hair is finally starting to grow longer so I wore it down and straight to accentuate it. After twenty minutes of playing around with my hair, to his interest, my boyfriend did not even notice me, that is when I thought to myself, what a waste. Then of course I sat down and started reading this essay without any knowledge of what it would be based off of, that is when I felt like a complete fool. Was I really just …show more content…
Not only do women use their hair to catch a man, but take advantage of it in their relationship. Women use their hair sexually while the men of course take pleasure in it. However, what shocked me the most was that in relationships, men sometimes became possessive and even violent. Men will start telling their girlfriends what and what not to do with their hair. They then get an impression that because you are their girlfriend that they can control you, and this is exactly what Weitz states, “You belong to me and I can do anything I want”. This statement is devastating and sadly true. In order for women to fix this way of thinking they need to realize a few things. “But if men can demonstrate their power over us by controlling our hair, we can demonstrate our own power within a relationship by asserting control over it”.