Where Are You Going Where Have You Been Feminist Analysis

The short story ”Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” explores feminist ideals about oppressive men who take advantage of women. The story tells about a young girl named Connie who acts and dresses as though she is a mature young woman, but she shows her true age of fifteen when an older man, Arthur Friend, takes advantage of her using fear and threats of violence against her family. The story calls into question whether or not Connie is truly and independent woman, but one can clearly see after reading the novel that she is not. At the beginning, she dressed and acted beyond her years, but she was still somewhat juvenile in that she is irresponsible and still acted as a rebellious teenager. As the novel reached the climax, the reader