Erotic Dance

In order to remain desirable, a woman is expected to keep up with the ridiculous expectations built up about their sexuality. If a woman decides to wait until marriage to have an intimate relationship, she is called a prude. If a woman has sex before marriage, she is called a whore or a slut, especially if she has slept with multiple men. Both stereotypes of women are opposites, and yet are used together in the same society. The reason for this is that women are judged by their usefulness

Janis when against gender roles to challenge the norms of society, and as a result her rebellion became significant to the public. In a way, she became famous by shocking and surprising people, and as a performer she captivated and moved her audience through being original. When it came to women’s roles in society, there were very specific expectations that women were meant to follow. During the women’s liberation movement Janet was seen as a kind of model in which women began to mimic. Sexual liberation was another movement that was taking place, in which sexuality became a large part of self-expression.

Many limitations were placed on her by society because of her status. She finally decided that she was done conforming to these restrictions and sought out to find a lover, disguising herself as a prostitute. In doing so, she manifested the start of a new fling with Beauplaisir and discovered her new found liking for seductive power. Christine Blouch states that each of Haywood’s sluts “is the embodiment of her anger and the incarnation of her sense of control and power over the male” (535). Haywood incorporates this idea of making the heroine disguise herself as a prostitute to ensure that she is able to experience the control high classed women of the eighteenth century have always been deprived of.

1. Three political issues that are most evident for women during the 1960’s and 1970’s Chicana/o Movement are oppression, machismo, and control over their bodies. Chicana’s encountered oppression from La Raza because they focused on getting equal rights for the men and completely put the women’s needs aside. Women were not accepted by the leaders in the Chicano Movement or the Anglo establishment (Vidal 22).

As depicted in some images of arts during ancient times, the Etruscan woman is allowed to dance, dine and socialize with men other than their husband. The image of women joining men in festivities was perceived by others as scandalous and they must have become a threat to other cultures that followed the patriarchal order of society. Other Greek societies were critical of what they called an excessive freedom given to women in the Etruscan society. Figure 1 is an illustration of

but it is also sexist. Although Pam Grier, is playing the lead role, she was still controlled by men and she had to use her sexuality, in order to survive. On the other hand, men in the film used their titles, masculinity, and good looks in order to impress the women. The film also portrays Pam Grier, an African American female nurse as a prostitute, why is that? Again, women

She became a voice for black women who were not yet seen in the music industry. Although Queen Latifah is an amazing actor, producer, and rapper she was also shamed by many for her sexuality. Queen Latifah had come out to the open as she now being homosexual. This was a downfall in her self-esteem, although it did challenge her in many

Women who have multiple partners will be shamed and labeled as a “whore” contrary to men who will be cheered for their many partners. Orgy Porgy is an act in which the residents must participate in, they will have a lot of sex with a lot of people as a good time, they will receive pleasure from sex because they were condition to love it. Not only is having sex with anyone considered normal in Brave New World, but women are viewed and treated as objects. One example is the caste system that is made up of men and women

By Ariel Levy’s definition, “female chauvinism” and “raunch culture” describe women who believe men are inferior and women objectifying other women and themselves, respectively. While females, to a certain extent, have always and will always be objectified by the media, it has not become more pervasive in recent years. If anything, the sexualization and objectification of women has been mediated due to advancements in gender equality. There has been a gradual switch in cultural expectations of women from codependent lady who needs a strong man to take care of her to competent woman who can take care of herself. This role transformation, while seemingly so, is not a kick in the ribs to men.

On the other hand, lower-class women were viewed as “toys” for male pleasure, while upper-class wives were seen as accessories. Women were expected to remain virgins until marriage, while men often lost their virginity to prostitutes. Learning about gender expectations clarified many aspects of Bayardo and Angela’s relationship. Because of cultural norms such as machismo, Bayardo viewed Angela’s previous sexual encounters as a violation of the unspoken social contract of machismo. Bayardo saw Angela’s partner(s) as a threat to his masculinity, thinking that his social status would be destroyed if anyone were to find out.

Whether its intoxication, risqué attire or innocent flirting, women are always blamed for men’s inability to keep it in their pants- just as Janine is blamed for being gang-raped. Society has made women fear things they shouldn’t have to fear because of the expectation that men want to have sex. In a male-controlled society penetration becomes the norm. Excuses are made for the perpetrator and the victim is shamed. Sexual assault is perceived as NORMAL- to the extent where public figures defend it.

The genre of blues exploded into the blues craze during the 1920’s. During this time, white record producers saw the untapped goldmine that was blues music performed by people of color. Ma Rainey was one of them, and to some, one of the first, giving her the title, ‘The Mother of Blues’. The 1920’s was not only an era of continuing homophobia from the past (although that would change, briefly, into a mild form of acceptance until the more conservative 1930’s), but also of harsh racism. And yet, one singer, Ma Rainey’s, broke these restrictions.

The Harlem Renaissance illustrated the explosion of a new intellectual and artistic vitality among the African American culture in the 1920s. This movement included the beginning of the gradual assimilation of African Americans into a polarized American society among whites. In The Lynching and The Harlem Dancer, Harlem Renaissance poet, Claude McKay, expresses the consequences of African Americans as they attempt to integrate into every day life (diverse syntax). McKay’s poems give two similar examples of discriminatory and obscene actions that a lynching victim and a club dancer must endure. Despite the encouraging atmosphere of the cultural movement, the poet presents the two sonnets in a similar matter to convey the degradation of human

Mardi Gras Mardi Gras is a Christian holiday and popular cultural phenomenon, Mardi Gras dates back thousands of years to pagan spring and fertility rites. Also known as Carnival, it is celebrated in many countries around the world–mainly those with large Roman Catholic populations–on the day before the religious season of Lent begins. Brazil, Venice and New Orleans play host to some of the holiday’s most famous public festivities, drawing thousands of tourists and revelers every year.

“What do you like to do?” “I dance,” is my natural, instinctual response. It is almost always the answer, and I can’t remember a time when it wasn’t. I’ve been dancing since I was two.