theme of fearless Flashcards
you just averted your eyes
shows fear and concern
it was what you were supposed to do
expectations of fearless, everyone follows, he is the one in charge
you were meant to think he was funny
links to power, difficult to accept who/ what he is, easier to ignore it than address it
i never had access to their private thoughts voiced in private places, the bookies, the the barber’s, the pub
separate spheres woman are denied access to , a way for men to regulate power and control
repetition of “private” emphasises different areas of life.
even polismen did it
even people in higher positions of power do nothing, links to fearless having no one to answer to. woman have no one to turn to .
“my mother shaking the living daylights out of me”
emphasises woman’s place in society enforced by other women, her mother is worried about this type of defiance.
the anger is strong
the battle is ongoing, constant anger about the treatment of woman
it’s not their battle
she is headstrong stubborn, won’t accept the ‘norm’ if it is wrong
