Feminist Theory

Ariel Solis

Elizabeth Whitley

April 18, 2012

                                      Using Concepts from Feminist Theory

Good girl and Bad girl:

The ideology being the good girl and bad is like the princess vs. the bitch. The good girls are usually obedient and nice while the bad girls rebel and do their own thing. Society portrays bad girls are you the girls you want to stay away from and good girls as girls you would love to be around. I don’t believe in the Good girl vs. Bad girl ideology, I believe that all girls fall somewhere in the middle.

Patriarchy:

Patriarchy is the idea that men dominate by giving them a higher pedestals compared to women. They feel as if it is unnatural for women to play the same roles as men, especially in the career field. This is disturbing because women can do anything that men can do, and sometimes even better.

Traditional Gender Roles:

Traditional gender roles consider men to be strong, bread winners and protective and view women as the opposite such as weak emotional and stay at home workers. When these roles are traded, they find the men to be less of a man.

Sexism:

Sexism is the idea that all women are a certain way or suppose to be a certain way as well as men. For example that the man is suppose to be the bread winners because he’s the “MAN” but statically women are achieving higher in wages.

The “Cult of True Womanhood”:

This is ideology that a true woman is pure, sweet and sensitive. This is also linked to the ideology of patriarchy, that the men are suppose is to step up and take charger while the women are suppose to step back and be supportive.