Simone De Beauvoir And Judith Butler Feminism

Simone de Beauvoir and Judith Butler are both feminist theorists who are very influential many academic fields of research. Their theories can be applied to all kind of written texts as well as to visual media like movies or video clips. Holy Smoke is a movie with many feminist aspects in it. Most prominent is the relationship between the protagonist Ruth and the counselor P.J. Williams. Their relationship is marked by a struggle for power asking themselves who is more influential, who is the stronger sex. While P.J. performs the role of a powerful man perfectly, Ruth plays with her femininity and sexuality in order to weaken her opponent and to avoid the representation of her as the second sex or 'the Other'. Nevertheless, P.J. is right from