Deviance And Social Change: The Transformation Of Thelma And Louise

Women were raped because of their beauty and how weak they were in terms of rights. As a result, women would just experience rape since it was their way of life so much so that they even believed that the more often you were raped, the more virtuous you are. When Voltaire describes how women were raped, he uses a humorous and offensive tone because Voltaire wants to exaggerate this topic about rape. He expands on how women were raped by including every

This catalyst is set up to promote tension, which shows Louise’s behavior, while awakening Thelma is from her ordinary reality as a housewife. At that moment that Louise shoots Harlan, in self-defense, in self-protection and revenge, she automatically changes their destiny. The crime committed is the key that holds them together in search of freedom from their past, their identity, and their actions. This dramatic event also serves the story, first to address the issue of rape, abusive relationships, and its aftermaths. Secondly, it serves to point out the characters’ acceptance of their fate.

A careful evaluation of damaging "habilitative" control strategies and the consequences of this new correction method exposes a mechanism that continues the insubordination of women. The every day life of the institutionalized has always been a source of fasc... ... middle of paper ... ... arenas upon their release from prison. The biggest irony of this book is not that the women described here fail, or remain at the bottom--sex discrimination within societal structure has already been doing that since the beginning of time. The most astonishing revelation is that these privatized programs, which appeared to instill more promise in female offenders, and "go easy" on them in comparison to male offenders did just the opposite. These degrading, haphazardly designed programs pointed female offenders back in the misguided direction that they originated from while only achieving a political goal of temporarily alleviating the prison population problem.

I would like to discuss the specific parts of the novel that lead to this opinion, and then discuss whether I believe this novel was intended as or can be seen as an attack on feminism. The issue of pornography is one of the most significant in the Republic of Gilead. Pornography has become illegal and is used as a generalized illustration of the many perceived societal problems before the theocracy gained power. While receiving training at the hands of the Aunts the handmaids are repeatedly shown violent pornographic videos to demonstrate how much better off women are in this time as opposed to previously. Offred's experience of watching these videos is intertwined with her memories of her mother and her participation in anti-pornography riots and magazine burnings.

The shift in the nature of the feminist movement is in Levy’s opinion attributed to by the massive industry now profiting off of the sexualization of women, the reverse mindset now adopted by post-feminists and women in power roles in our society, and ultimately the women who further their own objectification as sex objects and thus, so by association, deem themselves lesser than man. The image of female sexuality in our society has been corrupted in Levy’s opinion, tainted by the countless industries profiting off of the sexualization of women, who are the main driving force behind our current day raunch culture. Take Girls Gone Wild (GGW from henceforth), GGW is a perfect example of how the younger generation of women is effected by our current day raunch culture. GGW often targets women whom they see as the average looking girl, “the girl next door” so to speak. They are often college students ... ... middle of paper ... ...gument against pornography is claiming that intercourse is an act of rape, the argument immediately seems outlandish and almost laughable, and it surely seems that way to the average person.

Imagination provides all three protagonists with freedom from oppression and abuse. In Pan’s Labyrinth, the main character, Ofelia is abused by her Fascist stepfather and utilizes her mind to escape his tortured. In Alice in Wonderland, the protagonist, Alice employs her imagination to free herself from societal norms. In The Company of Wolves, the heroine, Rosaleen liberates herself from her sister’s mistreatment. In Pan’s Labyrinth, Alice in Wonderland, and The Company of Wolves, the protagonists employ anger to produce a fantasy world that mirrors the injustice of the real world and provides them with control, but ultimately their bodies become susceptible to their minds.

He sees a woman he covets and takes her by force because he has the power and she does not. This violent rape demonstrates the knight’s initial attitude towards women and his need for rehabilitation. Queen takes over the knight’s punishment for raping the young girl. Instead of death she provides the potential for rehabilitatio... ... middle of paper ... ...re for the most part consistent with her tale. All this suggests a feminist interpretation of the tale.

In reality, Mary is a product of herself and wishes to continue on in the fake reality her drug abuse creates. Mary’s mantra exists to further manipulate her family and throw them off the scent of her intentions. Another actress to portray Mary, Geraldine Fitzgerald, agrees, saying, “Her Mary was ‘not trying to escape from something so much as going toward something – a place where her son could not be in danger – in other words, a reality of her own creating’” (The Play in Production, 233). While Fitzgerald’s Mary used the drug for a more maternal reason, she still acknowledges that Mary used morphine to create her own world. Mary’s creation of her own reality as an escape is developed more in the final act, when she believes she is still a young lady at the

A state leader is aware that any abusive action they take against their population will be noticed and criticized, and in extreme cases, might even be acted upon by outside states. This puts pressure on the state, encouraging it to change oppressive laws. As legal gender equality becomes more of an international expectation, states are feeling increasing pressure to adopt equal-rights laws. This is helping to empower women, as laws which favor men often put them at the mercy of the men in their lives. For example, there are countries in which only men have access to obtaining a passport, and others still in which a woman cannot legally prosecute a man for rape.

Ideologies of objectification and forced repression of sexuality conglomerate and monopolize women’s lives. Healthy sexual self- discovery is replaced by the adaptation of widely accessible representations(such as media portrayals) of women(Costa, Nogueira, Lopez 6). A woman, instead of being able to find her own sexuality and grow into her own womanly identity, may contrarily be forced to accept gender normativity and play into stereotypes because “according to society” these are women’s identities. Here is an account of one woma... ... middle of paper ... ...f our various life endeavors bring us closest to that fullness”( 54,55). The erotic is very much rooted in a strong understanding of self, fundamental to the self-worth that women of society, of every culture, so desperately need.