is a rehearsable act. Every human beings is actor that performing the script in the reality through repetition. Then it turns to perform in the mode of belief that everyone should act accordingly to those norms. Women keep on practicing what femininity is that culturally prescribed‚ men are masculine because they fulfill what the society think that is masculinity. They are the sediment of the reiterated practices of implementing gender and sexuality rather than the product of ideal. For Butler
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Jillian Terlonge Intercultural Comm. Japanese Humor Masculinity & Femininity There are many factors in which effect one’s sense of humor in each particular region. Certain things and instances may reflect humor in a different way for each individual. Humor also varies in the sex of the individual also‚ because something a male would find funny a woman would find repulsive or vice versa. In Japan there are several instances in which humor is used either positively or negatively
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cognitive dissonance into women‚ inducing them to conform to perverse standards of femininity constructs. Both Butler and Wittig say women are not a “’natural group: a racial group of a special kind‚ a group perceived as natural‚ a group of men considered as materially specific to their bodies” (Wittig‚ 9). Butler sees that women‚ mostly unconsciously‚ conform to an artificial ‘natural grouping’ called “femininity” that men have categorized and molded to determine what the essence of a female is
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or even in real life‚ this phrase is bounced around all too easily. However‚ the question then arises‚ what’s wrong with being like other girls? All too often‚ we see women attempt to distance themselves from other women and characteristics of femininity. Not only does it enforce the notion that being like “other girls” is a negative trait‚ but it also pits women against one another. In order to stand out from “other girls‚” women feel the need to criticize feminine traits and the women that comply
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Thus‚ traditional feminine norms trapped and limited women to reach their full potential. Since the colonial period‚ “Women are figured as property belonging to men and hence as lying‚ by definition outside the male contests over land‚ money and political power” (McClintock 31). Women are viewed as an object or a currency rather than a human beings. In the post-colonial story Doan Tuyet‚ written by Nhat Linh‚ the main female character‚ Loan‚ was described as a beautiful and educated lady. However
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Femininity and masculinity are socially constructed practices that reinforce gender inequality. Among the most popular variations of the social constructionist theories is the gender role theory as an early form of social constructionism (Gergen‚ 1985). The focus on power and hierarchy reveals inspiration stemming from a Marxist framework‚ utilized for instance by materialist feminism‚ and Foucault’s writings on discourse. Sex is the biological differences between male and female contradicting
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highly valued and millions of people‚ especially women‚ are fixated on the thin body (The Body and the Reproduction of Femininity‚ Bordo‚ 309). In short‚ to gain social admiration and respect‚ women have come to understand that their bodies must represent the thin ideal. This idea has been promoted and further advanced by popular culture (The Body and the Reproduction of Femininity‚ Bordo‚ 309). Cultural outlets such as films‚ television‚ magazines‚ music‚ advertisements and so forth have continued
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people interpreted their behaviors as being like lovers. It is somehow the same thing that is happening between Hanschen and Ernest‚ as they were being seduced by one another. The theme of shame is also seen here as Hanschen was trying to repress his femininity because‚ once again‚ the oppressive ideas of society are making homosexual behavior unacceptable and really shameful. Even though this statement is still relevant nowadays‚ it was even worst when Wedekin first wrote the
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Starship Troopers‚ the body does not automatically make a character masculine or feminine. Given the lack of real women‚ feminine substitutes may fill the void‚ these substitute figures connecting the narrator of The War of the Worlds and Juan to their femininity before being eradicated or accepted. In The War of the Worlds‚ the curate shows up just as the narrator thinks about his wife. He is described with a ‘thin white hand’(70) and ‘almost a complaining tone’(70)‚ both feminine traits. Arguably he becomes
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examining her reflection in a mirror. The photo visually shows how a woman’s femininity is a mask that is created by the eyes of society. The woman is caught in the process of becoming made up‚ implying that she does not have a fixed female identity yet and that make up will take away a woman’s fear of a lack of captivation. She challenges society’s perceptions on femininity and the images she creates attacks the idea that femininity is beautiful and
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