Feminism In Being A Man By Paul Theroux

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A feminist is a women with the intentions of figuring out the dynamic differences between two genders, that of male and female. They question the hard fought argumentative battle of women 's stereotypical frame of being a mother, or being a servant of the male gender. An important view by authors and psychologist that explain the dynamic point of view with women and their psychological stages of development. Women get exploited by men because of their dominance. An article written by Paul Theroux shows how women are changing their views with the development of life. As they grow older their power changes from being with their parents home, to college, and then too being married and having children. Something society views upon on, and is a …show more content…

Feminists are a product of such stereotypical beliefs, an article by Paul Theroux called “Being a man” explaining the ways of feminism, and its outright. Feminism is imagined to be oppressive sense of nakedness, even the expression “Be a man!” strikes me as insulting and abusive. It means be stupid, be unfeeling, obedient, soldierly, and stop thinking. Man means “manly”—how can one think about men without considering the terrible ambition of manliness? And yet it is apart of every man’s life. It is hideous and crippling lie; it not only insists on difference and connives at superiority, it is also by its very nature destructive-emotionally damaging and socially harmful. (Being a Man-Paul Theroux) The author states that the manliness to feminism can be hardcore, and abusive towards the belief of being a man. Tense a feminist comes along to show how their point of view changes throughout their experience. The archetype that I will be use to testify the support of the statement is a book called Their eyes was watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. This Literature of art will further explain the concept of feminism and how a story can burgeon a great connection to new listeners. In this book by Zora Neale Hurston, she is …show more content…

They are bowed to but really never again after the marriage. The way it 's getting introduced is that the male must prove his worthiness to the female and she must accept his “lie” the way it works in this century. As the years move upon us, there will be more lesbian, gay and bisexuals in this world. That is a sign of loosing faith in the male counterpart and how they cannot keep up with what women want, they will choose not to marry and will also like to change their sex orientation due to the inevitability to love a sex that is not consistency up to par anymore. There will be no point is saying any of this if it were not generally accepted that to be a man is somehow—even now in feminist-influenced America—a privilege. It is on the contrary an unmerciful and punishing burden. Being a man is bad enough: being manly is appalling (in this sense, women’s lib has done much more for men than for women). It is the sinister silliness of men’s fashions, and a clubby attitude in the arts. It is the subversion of good students. (Being a Man-Paul Theroux) What Theroux is trying to explain this the nature of man is what drives all of the up-roarings and the feminist. The men created such a concept and women have embraced it to use in perfect harmony. Women that are feminist will soon change the way love is

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