Gender Disparity In Bell Hook's Wonder Woman

As a young boy, I’ve always felt like I needed to fit a standard. I needed to be serious and alchemically efficient. I needed to be a leader in my house when my father wasn’t around. I had to be willing to learn to be resilient. I realized that in order to develop, I must view situations from different perspectives. Acknowledging a females point-of-view to a social construct will only help fix the gender disparity present all around me. Countless advertisements from the super bowl commercials to house cleaning ads in magazines, gender disparity can strive anywhere. Bell Hooks, author of the book “Feminism Is for Everybody and Jodi Picoult's synopsis of Wonder Woman are two females that have an alternative perception of a woman. They both believe

Early feminism acquired groups of aspiring members and had civil group discussions in communal areas. They discussed issues regarding oppression. Bell Hook emphasizes “When women first organized in groups to talk together about the issue of sexism and male domination, they were clear that females were as socialized to believe sexist thinking and values as males.” (Hooks, p 7). New members entered these groups wanting to gain the strength to challenge patriarchal forces at work and in their homes. The union of women addressing these issues to each other found themselves leaving these meetings with relief. Hook mentions they felt very comfortable sharing these issues with each another. When oppressed by a social construct, it's liberating to find a source of empowerment. In the 1940s, when female oppression began to shake America. A strong female warrior by the name of Wonder Woman arose to empower the younger generation of children. Wonder Woman was the empowerment America needed to liberate the younger generation of gender norms. The liberation groups Bell Hook wrote about began to creativity spread across America. People saw the innocence of relief and inspired new creative ways to provide this emotion through comic books. Jodi Picoult wrote in her article about Wonder Woman "She was a sister; she was struggling; she was one of us.” Wonder Woman holds issues like any other person, she became emotionally

Could it be that men feel threatened? All feminist want is equality, nothing more and nothing less. “It’s one thing to say women are equal to men…it’s another to suggest that women are superior” (Picoult). Picoult values equality in its entirety. It's important to state this difference because people see feminist as these monsters wanting superiority over men. When in reality, they just want to be viewed as equals. Equals in their household and in the workforce. Hook expands on Picoult statement by stating “Without males as allies in struggle feminist movement will not progress.” (Hook, p 12) Hook doesn’t view all men as adversaries. She sees them as the solution. It's important that men know the fundamentals of feminism before ignorance clouds their judgment. The essence of feminism is equality. Hook and Picoult's message in both their respective writings urges the need for equal representation of a