gender Flashcards
(7 cards)
“pinkish tip of her nose”
describing janine while pregnant
due to her illusion of power/superiority for being fertile
phallic imagery to reflect her ascendance past womanhood
“massacre on mankind”
absence of women, reflects how the destruction is de-segregating the different divisions of man
we all are now inferior to the martians
“be a man!”
apocolyptic situation, regression back into older gender
“be a man” no longer meaning be a victorian gentleman but something stronger and more violent
“i threw the magazine in the fire” / “fire, parts of womens bodies”
witch trial imagery of women on fire, always for the same crime of promiscuity
viewed as liberation despite the violence of the action towards themselves
symbolic but erasing history, and the women in them, doesnt stop the issue in any way (probably helped through buying the magazines)
criticises symbolic protest without any actual protest alongside it
fire comforting but deadly just like the symbolic protest
“women burning books”
ironic as now they are not allowed to read
formerly done by the nazis to show opposition to the content of books
very public display of censorship, even if we are on the side of the censorers
"”any pain, honey?” he calls me honey”
reflective of sweetness, viewing her as tempting (adam and eve, inevitable tempting nature of women and food intertwining, also hinting at ideas of sin = foreshadowing)
“no such thing as a sterile man”
“only women who are fruitful and women who are barren”
illusion of mens superiority and sinless nature
reflective of witch trials
“fruitful” and “barren” reflective of harvest and yield, intertwining female body/fertility and food
adam and eve, fruitful versus barren - women who are barren are sinners
