A Comparison Of Pentheus And Milo Yiannopoulos

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“Only 20% of girls are a level physics students. BECAUSE girls don’t like physics. They are not being pushed out, they are not becoming physicists because they have no interest in it (“The Hopeless arrogance of Milo Yiannopoulos”),” Milo Yiannopoulos explains to College of Cambridge researcher Emily Grossman. Similarly, Pentheus of Euripides’ Bacchae believes that women do not deserve the right to practice what they want. Both leaders also believe that outsiders are a threat to themselves. However, Yiannopoulos and Pentheus are not completely alike. Yiannopoulos, a proud gay man believes that everyone should accept homosexuals. In contrast, Pentheus, a closeted homosexual, hates himself and wishes to change his sexuality. Milo Yiannopoulos …show more content…

Of all the things Yiannopoulos is known for, it is his burning hate for feminism and women’s rights. Yiannopoulos frequently appears on news networks to debate feminists and say that women do belong in the workplace. In a talk on a college campus, Yiannopoulos explained that “The only bit of feminism left is that which is more interested in hurting men than empowering women” (Thornberry and Nguyen, "Milo Yiannopoulos Talks on Campus, Targets Feminism, Rape Culture and Muslims"). Yiannopoulos displays his pronounced fear of women. Identically, Pentheus sees women as threatening as the go out to the mountains to perform bacchic rituals. During Pentheus’ dialogue with Tiresias and Cadmus mentions, “but I hear about disgusting things going on / here in the city—women leaving home / to go to silly Bacchic rituals.” Pentheus sees the Bacchic rituals as a rebellion against men. When the women leave for the mountain, they are doing acts that would be prohibited when men are around. Pentheus immediately tries to quell the Bacchic rituals. Yiannopoulos openly promotes rights for homosexuals like himself due to his belief that Islam threatens his way of life in contrast to Pentheus’ fear of homosexuality despite the fact that he himself is gay. Yiannopoulos, openly gay, enthusiastically promotes his lifestyle

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