makes it enjoyable to read. In the essay‚ Bordo shows how one is located as subject or object and in the moment of vision. The section‚ “Rocks and Leaners”‚ Bordo shows an argument that gaze and position of men in advertizing give off a message of masculinity (Or feminine‚ submissive). As described in her essay the gaze or stance of a man in a particular ad can show dominance. The male models are the objects in the advertisement and are meant to create a certain reaction depending upon their position
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The legacy of racism seen in Thom’s painting J. Marion Sims: Gynecologic Surgeon‚ continues to create an unfavorable dialogue on Dr. Sims unethical experiments and keeping it silent. Harriet Washington’s requested from Pfizer executives to use Thom’s painting for her book cover Medical Apartheid‚ but was denied after they read the requested chapter and outline discussing Dr. Sims unanesthetized surgeries on slave women. However‚ Mary Jenkins Schwartz‚ a white woman was granted permission to use the
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sexual communication‚ clothing‚ types of orgasms‚ and forms of sexual relations. Under the patriarchal system women have certain body proportions for the male gaze and men’s sexual pleasure. Women no longer have large breast for themselves‚ for food for their current or future children‚ or to attract other women‚ it is to attract the male gaze only. Under this system men only see women who want men. They do not see a woman who may only be sexually attracted to other women. Cat calling is when a man
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Competence in interpersonal communication can be assessed both through general interpersonal interactions and non-verbal communication. Both general competence and non-verbal competence are very important to the way that we communicate and have great influence on the message that we relay to those with whom we communicate. After watching the conversation recorded between Matt and I‚ I have realized that although there are some areas in which I am a competent communicator‚ there are areas where I
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An Analysis of Happy Valley Upon analysis of Happy Valley it becomes distinctly obvious that numerous devices have been purposefully utilized to depict both gender and region In peculiar ways of which‚ considering how taboo subject matters are‚ evoke varied responses from viewers of the crime drama. First and foremost there’re multiple stereotypes established firmly in society of which we attach to certain groups of people‚ making uneducated assumptions regarding who exactly they may be and in
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The manner in which one obtains their morals and journey through life differs; some establish morals and venture life with observances of fairness‚ while others endure the tumult to find humanity on their own. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ Hester‚ a sinful woman‚ learns to establish a new identity under her branded “A”. Hester develops a new sense of morality‚ as her story darkens to an end foreshadowed by the symbolic rose bush. The rose bush merely symbolizes the commencement of
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Margaret Atwood ’s The Handmaid ’s Tale would seem‚ on the surface‚ a straightforward feminist text. The narrative is set in a speculative future‚ exploring gender inequalities in an absolute patriarchy in which women are breeders‚ housekeepers‚ mistresses‚ or housewives—or otherwise exiled to the Colonies. In Atwood ’s fictional Gilead‚ all of the work of twentieth-century feminism has been utterly undone‚ and the text explores the effects of this from a first-person point of view that elicits the
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Touch of Evil (1958) is an American film noir crime thriller‚ directed by Orson Welles. It may sound like a typical cop movie‚ but Welles for the time period pushed the limits of filmmaking. He takes us out of the 1950s “Ozzie and Harriet” world and puts us right smack into a world that is shockingly dark and twisted. Welles‚ like other Hollywood directors of the 1940s and 50s‚ started to experiment with different camera techniques to represent a character’s point-of-view. In its most effective structure
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roasting afternoon sun beams. Surrounding me is the murmuring crowd‚ which is radiating with pure excitement. Distant sounds of police sirens ricochet off of the old crumbling brick buildings‚ which could barely overpower the cheers of the crowd. I slowly gaze down at my wrist – my eyes meet the faded brown leather watch sitting upon my chilled skin‚ which was a product of a strange feeling that arose in my mind‚ the feeling of being watched. The turning hands of my watch‚ stop at 12:17 p.m. The crowd is
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fought for‚ and won‚ their independence in 1776. Yet soon after‚ the once fiery Americans settled down and became quite similar to those whom they had just overthrown. As Nietzsche described it: “If you gaze long into the abyss‚ the abyss will gaze back into you”‚ and the abyss certainly did gaze right back into the hearts of the american populace in the early to mid nineteenth
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