Aaliyah Butler

A Woman's Worth

Aaliyah Butler

Real World Connections

This shows the reality of life. women are constantly put down, not only from the patriarchal age, but today's society as well. We aren't allow to wear what we please without getting a negative comment from a male, it unladylike to curse, and not to mention body image bashing. We can't wear skirts, crop tops, or shorts without being shamed by not only men but women as well.

Literature Connections:

Both these Literature deal with women struggling with view from a male society

Nicki Minaj's View

"Wanting people to treat me with repeat"

" When I am assertive, I am a bitch, when a man is assertive, he's a boss

"When your a girl you have to be like everything"

Real World Connection

Today's society just shows us that much hasn't changed from the patriarchy society. Men are still given more opportunities then us, men still "hold more weigh". Even Nicki Minaj says in the music industry there is sexism.

Men View Of Feminism

" Militant Angry Women"

"Lesbians"

" Got their Amendment in 1920, why are they still bitching about female rights"

What Is Protest Literature?

Essential Questions

Thesis

How are the relationships between men and women portray in the literature?

What does the literary works reveal about the operations of patriarchy?

What does the literary work imply about the possibilities of sisterhood as a mode to resisting patriarchy?

Both these works show that patriarchy in the 1800’s made it hard for woman to be independent and confident in a society ruled by men

Empathy - ( The literature encourages its readers to participate in the experience of the victim, to " feel their pain")

Shock Value - ( the literature inspires outrage, agitation, and a desire to correct social ills)

Symbolic Action - (the literature produces open ended subtlety and nuance that invites dialogue, debate and interpretation among readers)

WARNING !!

Both Video Have Explicit Language

Keyword

Patriarchy - a social system where a male holds greater authority than a women

The Vagina Monologue

The Yellow Wallpaper

Different monologues from various women about pain, masturbation, love, and much more. These stories are specifically problems that women face in society and internally

Hair - the narrator is married and she doesn't like to shave her vagina. Her husband on the other hand does not like a hairy vagina, because it holds dirt. She shaves her hair because it makes her husband happy, but then realizes she doesn't need to shave to be appreciated

Under The Burqa - a woman who has to deal with wearing a Burqa in a time period where women had no other option. She feels lost and trapped, because she disagrees with society and what they believe is the proper way that woman should dress.

My Vagina Was My Village - A woman who used to love her vagina before she gotten rape by multiple men. The narrator no longer loves her vagina anymore, and loses confidence

a woman who is dealing with postpartum depression as well as living with a demanding husband. Her husband is a physician and diagnosed her as having a nervous depression. He believes that moving into a new home will benefit his wife and potentially cure her. After sometime she starts to see things in the wallpaper that set off a weird reactions in her, but her husband won’t listen. She later lets the wallpaper take over her sanity