Brief Summary Of The Book 'The Female Man'
Sinead McCarron
Ms. Muller
Period 2
21 March 2013
The Never-Changing View on Women For centuries, stereotypes about women have been injected in the heads of people around the world through media sources. In movies, books, articles, the list goes on of places we see women being portrayed as inferior characters. In modern times there has been improvements and room for the improvement to grow into something more. Advances in science, art, literature, and much more regarding the female gender has been documented. Since the beginning of societies, all forms of media have shaped ways and characteristics of the role of women.
Since the beginning of time the stereotype of inferior women began and has not come to an end. One major influence …show more content…
Its fictional content focuses on the different lives of women. There are multiple parallel universes throughout the book, all with focuses on the role of women. One “world” or society that is described in the book similar to the actual Earth in 1970 while another is a utopian world where the men died from a gender specific-plague (Russ). Another that is a dystopia where men and women are always in battle against one another. The characters during the book all travel to each other’s worlds and experience the equality/inequality. This is a book that uses the real world and a fictional world to show the problems and inequality in the modern world. Russ uses allusions in her work that refer to major previous differences in gender such as the Bible, the feminist movement, and the Great Depression.
Another Disney movie which soon turned into a TV show, The Little Mermaid, also has sent a message to the girls watching it. Instead of princesses and crowns, this plot is based in an underwater world with the main character Ariel. She wears a revealing bikini and has long red hair. Disney tends to base its plots and messages on the female craving and needing a man, which is shown perfectly …show more content…
Ariel is always dreaming about the man she is going to fall in love with and marry. This should not be the way the female gender should be portrayed, women can be independent and still be strong, and most importantly, happy.
The last Disney movie to be discussed is “Beauty and the Beast” which was in theaters in 1991 and included improvements. This movie’s main idea is the fact that the “beast” is not perfect. Not all men are perfect in the real world, and movies should portray this in some way. Not all movies show, or even have male characters with any flaws(Maio). During this movie, the idea that is given out to viewers is mostly positive. Men and human beings are not perfect. In order to be happy, we must accept the flaws and mistakes of others and ourselves. The “beauty” in this movie is not only beautiful, but also likes to read. This little improvement makes a big difference. It shows the younger viewers that they shouldn 't only strive to look perfect and beautiful, but also be educated. Being educated is a major part of life and should not be taken lightly, especially as
Ms. Muller
Period 2
21 March 2013
The Never-Changing View on Women For centuries, stereotypes about women have been injected in the heads of people around the world through media sources. In movies, books, articles, the list goes on of places we see women being portrayed as inferior characters. In modern times there has been improvements and room for the improvement to grow into something more. Advances in science, art, literature, and much more regarding the female gender has been documented. Since the beginning of societies, all forms of media have shaped ways and characteristics of the role of women.
Since the beginning of time the stereotype of inferior women began and has not come to an end. One major influence …show more content…
Its fictional content focuses on the different lives of women. There are multiple parallel universes throughout the book, all with focuses on the role of women. One “world” or society that is described in the book similar to the actual Earth in 1970 while another is a utopian world where the men died from a gender specific-plague (Russ). Another that is a dystopia where men and women are always in battle against one another. The characters during the book all travel to each other’s worlds and experience the equality/inequality. This is a book that uses the real world and a fictional world to show the problems and inequality in the modern world. Russ uses allusions in her work that refer to major previous differences in gender such as the Bible, the feminist movement, and the Great Depression.
Another Disney movie which soon turned into a TV show, The Little Mermaid, also has sent a message to the girls watching it. Instead of princesses and crowns, this plot is based in an underwater world with the main character Ariel. She wears a revealing bikini and has long red hair. Disney tends to base its plots and messages on the female craving and needing a man, which is shown perfectly …show more content…
Ariel is always dreaming about the man she is going to fall in love with and marry. This should not be the way the female gender should be portrayed, women can be independent and still be strong, and most importantly, happy.
The last Disney movie to be discussed is “Beauty and the Beast” which was in theaters in 1991 and included improvements. This movie’s main idea is the fact that the “beast” is not perfect. Not all men are perfect in the real world, and movies should portray this in some way. Not all movies show, or even have male characters with any flaws(Maio). During this movie, the idea that is given out to viewers is mostly positive. Men and human beings are not perfect. In order to be happy, we must accept the flaws and mistakes of others and ourselves. The “beauty” in this movie is not only beautiful, but also likes to read. This little improvement makes a big difference. It shows the younger viewers that they shouldn 't only strive to look perfect and beautiful, but also be educated. Being educated is a major part of life and should not be taken lightly, especially as