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Why is Olivia Benson such a masculine character? Tuning into the television show I would determine her character as masculine because of all the hard work she endures on a daily bases. Olivia has to be brave for her victim’s sake because she is fighting crime and saving lives. A women of different traits that modifies her feminism role as a female detective. Olivia Benson has been rated law and order best television show. Dis spit her being a product of rape, she still remains humble because she knows what it feels like to be unwanted.
As feminism as she may be why does she go unnoticed as a fashionable female character television show? Olivia’s attire requires little to know effort, as she styles in dress pants and turtle necks. I would say this gives her a more approachable approach while on duty. She is very into her community and cares about her victims and their safety. Allot of women inspired television shows portray women seeking revenge on some of the hurtful things done to them. Olivia Benson doesn't follow the stereotype even though she was a product of rape, yet she remains humble and
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Not knowing her past one would think she seemed rebellious to certain victims after being a product of rape. Benson appears on set every day with an open mind and clear head of dead weight and focuses on fighting crime and keeping bad people off the streets. Her victims believe in her more as a person. Benson is not honored just because she a detective. Having life experiences can mean a lot to a rape victim who is afraid of her attacker. Or an alcoholic father that never really cared about nothing but drinking. All of these victims are supportive of detective Olivia because she understands and provides them with a security blanket of trust and satisfaction that Benson will always try her best to keep criminals off the
The media is a powerful tool and has the ability to influence and change one’s overall perspective of the world and the position they play in it. Although Television shows such as Friday Night Lights are seen as entertainment by consumers, its storyline contributes to the social construction of reality about class in the United States.
The key task of this stage is to answer “who am I?” Olivia’s father was a very powerful man and sent her to the best boarding schools and law schools of his choice to mold her into the woman that he wanted her to be. Self-discovery has to occur without pressure, and Eli Pope lay’s the pressure on Olivia quite thick. Olivia is who she is, because that is whom her father created. Identity confusion can lead to an inability to settle on a work identity, and all throughout the seasons on Scandal, we observe Olivia bouncing back and forth between positions. Although she owns her own firm, she often leaves her team and works for the White House, until she decides it’s unsuitable there and returns ‘home’. Erikson would refer to Olivia’s situation as identity foreclosure because she has made a commitment without exploring other
Socrates said “All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.” In the story of Haunting Olivia by Karen Russell this is exactly what happened. Two years after the death of their litter sister Timothy and Waldo Swallow still search for some evidence of her. Olivia’s death hit her family hard and broke them apart. Her parents began traveling constantly to escape their pain and the failing of their marriage. While her brothers were left with their pitiless granana to fend for themselves and search for her body. The turning point of their search starts when they coincidentally find a pair of “Diabolical” pink googles. (Russell 26) Ordinarily finding a pair of pink googles in an abandoned boat wouldn’t seem out of place, but these googles were special; they were able to see the dead of the sea. Creatures throughout time that had passed in the ocean were now visible with these googles. With the loss of their sister weighing heavily on their minds the discovery of these googles could only be divine intervention by their extraordinary sister
Men have testosterone that helps them to build more muscle and to grow bigger, where women are more petite in their body mass index. With this being said women struggle with the biased entry tests that departments have. Although over the years there have been laws and regulations set to outlaw some of the discrimination. They often put a big emphasis on upper body, and strength, sometimes even changing the scores that women get to make them look worse than they really are. Before the 1970’s they would use discriminatory height requirements to keep women out (Harrington). Strength is used a measurement of a women’s ability but women have been able to use their feminine side to actually change law enforcement models of
After some research, I found out that women have a large part in writing and producing the show. I believe this is why the show does such a good job of addressing gender roles and sexism.
...r is much more difficult and requires extensive analysis. Female characters in American detective novels, stereotypically, exude the same blatant sexuality, helplessness and naivete and are therefore forced to exploit the only strengths they have in order to not be overwhelmed by the more forceful male characters. As can be seen in The Maltese Falcon the three female characters strive to maintain their power by any means necessary. Ironically, the character that exhibits the most masculine qualities and is the least sexual is the most successful. This proves that masculinity is equivalent to power and therefore women are powerless on many levels. The role of women is fairly constant in hard-boiled novels, and the struggle for power and control is an ever present theme.
The look on her face is fierce, and bold, which was the, the opposite of what a woman has been depicted as and expected to be by society’s standards; in this way, she was defying the concept of a stereotype of women, meaning that women were supposed to be soft housewives. Despite the hard look on her face, her strong arms, and her blue labor outfit, she is still feminine; she is wearing mascara, possibly a touch of eyeliner, and hints of blush and lipstick. Equally important, “The main colors of the poster are red, white, and blue, the background is a bright yellow, which was meant for highlighting Rosie and attracting viewers’ eyes…” All this was done specifically and intentionally to promote America in general, the war effort, and women in the workforce. This poster raised eyebrows for many audiences.
Allyson Jule’s article on feminism in conjunction with Mary Tyler Moore establishes that the show can be used to teach the American movement of second wave feminism (123). She looks at the show as more of a historical teaching tool rather than just a comedy. On the other hand, Willa Paskin explores another view of the show, the comedy.
Which is one of the unique aspects to being a female law enforcement officer. By large, female police officers are a minority. Only about 10% of officers in the Bowling Green Police Department are female, and that percentage is even lower for departments in smaller counties. Prior to going to the interview I expected the female officers we spoke to, to tell us they heard a lot of people tell them they could do the job. I also expected that some male officers would be uncomfortable or would act different around female officers. I was pleasantly surprised to hear Officer Fields say that the male officers treat her just like one of the guys. Even though they have both heard their fair share of “policing is a man’s job”, the males in their field do not seem to have that attitude. Instead, the men they work alongside with act more like protectors, or big bothers. Hopefully, in upcoming years the ratio of male to female officers evens out, because both sexes bring different strengths to the
In this case women are stuck where in no matter how they act or how they dress, they end up put into a label they do not necessarily belong in. The main goal of feminism is to create equality for women and fight against the labels put on them. Though throughout time feminism itself has been given a negative label. In today 's society women do not want to be referred to as feminists from fear of being labeled as a bitter man hating woman. This is definitely amplified in media today. Roxane Gay, author of Bad Feminist, brings up the idea of the essential feminist and where it suggests,” anger, humorlessness, militancy, unwavering principles, and a prescribed set of rules for how to be a proper feminist woman” (169). This fear of being labeled a feminist not only comes from fear of being thought of as angry or humorless, but from being attacked for not being the “proper feminist woman”.
Women were first let into the law enforcement work force because there seemed to be a need for women, due to the rise in young girls and female offenders in the system. Whether it was for domestic violence issues, sexual assault or what have you.
On macro sociological level, we must first acknowledge the existence of patriarchy. Patriarchy is, according to Dictionary.com, a social system in which power is held by men, through cultural norms and customs that favor men and withhold opportunity from women. This the type of society we have lived in for thousands of years and this is the society that Aileen Wuornos grew up in. Kate Millett states in her book Sexual Politics, “patriarchy’s chief institution is the family.” The family’s role in a patriarchal society is to “encourage its members to adjust and conform” (33) Aileen Wuornos’s family life was not typical however. Wuornos was frequently sexually abused as a child by male figures in her life. Her grandfather Lauri and her brother
In the beginning of the film, the majority of the women seen representing NAWSA are upper class white women, but as the film goes on the fight becomes more socially and ethnically diverse. At one of Paul’s demonstrations in DC, they are speaking to women factory workers who are not aware that they should be able to vote for something like having a fire exit in the factory. Gaining the support from working class women was very important to the movement because these women are at the brunt of society’s negative views and are most affected by the societal hardships. Paul’s feminist movement received additional support from Ida B. Wells, an African American women rights activist, as long as they were allowed to march with the white women, not behind them. Although this minute aspect of the movie did not thoroughly discuss the racist issues also present at the time, it made me think about Sojourner Truth’s speech ‘Ain’t I a Woman?’ Representation from all races and social classes is imperative in the fight for women’s equality because African American women are women too, color does not matter. When Emily Leighton is shown gaining interest for the movement, she is very timid at first because she would be going against her husband, a high profile politician, to fight for something that he doesn’t support. When Emily becomes more interested and goes to the NWP office to get
Carl Franklin’s “House of cards” Writers really try, they do, they include many female lead roles with ambitions and depths to their character that on the surface would make even the most extreme tumblr feminist jump for joy. But when you look a little closer you realise that they are merely tools for men to wield the achieve there goals or need to be saved by a Deus Ex Dong to achieve anything. The definition of feminism is idea that both men and women should have equal rights, but in the House of Cards women often are never equal to men and are never as smart or and cunning; which in the world of politics seems to be one of the most important things, along with being an old white man. Carl Franklin’s “House of cards” is a great example
Another masculine characteristic is to be athletic, have economic success power and possession. Women are seen as objects and not humans. How women are human too and they should be treated the same way as men do. Just because women have different features than they do doesn 't mean they aren 't capable of the same things. You can also see this in the media they go along with the generalization that Society has placed rolls upon women and men. Media has a major effect on how we portray men and women. Our generation is persuaded by media. If a boy or girl acting a certain they want to copy their action. Whatever they see their gender the most common to enforce that it what they can see to the norms for their