Mustang - GENDER REPRESENTATIONS

Question 1

What do the males in the Mustang display?

Answer 1

• the males such as Uncle Erol display an authoritarian rule, through the patriarchal parameters that exist in rural Turkey
• Uncle Erol exhibits traditional male qualities such as aggression and physical dominance

Question 2

How is Erol’s role as a male protector called into question?

Answer 2

• he places the sisters in more harm through oppression and sexual abuse - misuses his supposed power and represents the antagonist of the narrative

Question 3

How does Yasin represent a different representation of masculinity?

Answer 3

• younger
• longer hair
• aligns more with the younger female characters
• liberal youth