It is evident that there are times when he is chauvinistic and detestable, and there are times when readers may actually feel sympathetic towards him. The purpose of this critique is to examine this paradox. As mentioned before, this will be done through comparing and contrasting Rob with male stereotypes. .
Sylvia Estrada-Claudio, M.D., PhD of the Department of Women and Development Studies of the University of the Philippines College of Social Work and Community Development, and author of the book Love, Rape, and Sexuality: The Construction of Woman in Discourse, in her feminist study of fictional love letters, rape stories and a feminist text on sexuality, has deduced two male stereotypes. She claims that the first is a man who, in brief, is aggressive (usually in a sexual sense) and exploitative towards women. The second stereotype is a man who professes unconditional love for a woman while doing away with the sexual dimension of amorous relationships. .
Clearly, these stereotypes are extremes. Dr. Claudio claims, however, that they are related in that they are both ways by which men may treat women. This reason of hers is precisely why this critique maintains a feminist perspective. Comparing and contrasting a male with these stereotypes will ultimately reveal his perception of women. It will also answer questions such as, "Does he treat women properly?" and "Is he sensitive towards the needs of women?".
In this critique, the first stereotype shall be called the Masculine Male, and the second shall be called the Devoted Romantic Male. .
Rob Flemming can be compared and contrasted with both stereotypes. .
III. Theoretical Framework.
Dr. Claudio mentions that the Masculine Male is very aggressive, an aggression usually related to a strong sexual drive. .
It is quite easy attest to Rob's sexual drive. In fact, he even goes to the extent of making sex a prerequisite for a relationship. Regarding one of his earlier flings with a woman named Penny Hardwick, he said, "She was so nice, in fact, that she wouldn't let me put my hand on top of her bra, and so I finished with her, although obviously I didn't tell her why" (Hornby 6).
High Fidelity On the surface, High Fidelity is a story about breaking up and getting back together again. ... We only learn about Laura as we learn about Rob's past. ... We learn things as Rob himself is ready to deal with them. ... Yet Frear doesn't trap the audience in Rob's perspective alone. ... High Fidelity is an entertaining, but poignant look at breaking up. ...
High Fidelity is a more modern rendition of Annie Hall, but it centers around a record store owner and movie geek. ... We witness some of the best directing of all time as we are put into the mindset of John Cusack's character, Rob. ... The cameos by Tim Robbins and Bruce Springsteen are also hilarious-especially Robbins who is a high-flying, world music loving, martial arts expert who also looks like some sort of new age hippy and worst of all he's living with Laura, Cusack's ex-girlfriend. ...
Henry Flemming Age Comparison Henry Flemming underwent a major change as he became older. ... Regardless the reason, the older Henry Flemming was much more courageous than he was as a youth and there are a few situations in which he was able to prove that his courage had grown. ... Henry Flemming as a youth was naive and had not matured and these conditions helped in the fact that Henry was not very courageous. ...
Response Bull (1988) studied the behavioral nature of a large herbivorous skink, Trachydosaurus rugous to analyze the reason for social monogamy and mate fidelity. ... This was a clear case of mate fidelity. Consequently, it was suggested that males preferred to choose the female they were successful with the previous year, rather than choose unresponsive (immature) females and waste courtship time. ... It was also observed that males in pairs had food in their mouths more often when females also had food in their mouths than when females had not been feeding. ... Moreover, the reason that Bul...
Throughout this essay we will explore youth and gender stereotyping, the negative effect of gender stereotyping, and, gender stereotyping and the media. Gender stereotyping starts at a young age. ... When males and females feel the same emotions their reactions are totally different. Because of gender stereotyping, males tend to be more passive with emotion, females being more open and expressive. ... They may be good guide lines but, they can rob a child of who they are. ...
Increasing focus on metaphors, as well as stereotypes, have been arising as means to understand and encapsulate society. ... Still a prominent and ever-growing aspect of society, this sub-culture became a paradigm that a sizable conglomerate of people share across the globe, that has pushed a surging movement to break the negative stereotypes relating to females. ... Condit (2001), and "The Egg and The Sperm: How Science has Constructed a Romance Based on Stereotypical Male-Female Roles," by Emily Martin (2003), discuss the strength of implications held in metaphors, as well as the g...
Cohabitation The article that I used for this abstract was titled "Let's Stop Harassing Couples Who Finally Commit."" This article talks about the movie "High Fidelity- and how every Catholic Priest should see it. The author of this article talks about how priests and parents are against cohab...
Stereotypes and stereotyping has been around for hundreds of years, even though they may not be accurate. ... One major stereotype out there today that isn't necessarily true is that all blonde girls are dumb. ... Even though there have been some movies to try to prove the stereotype as a myth ,such as Legally Blonde and House Bunny, the "dumb blonde" stereotype is still one of the most famous today. ... For example, the valedictorians for the past three years at my high school have been blonde females. Each of these girls have taken Advanced Placement (AP) and College Prep (...
Immediately sex roles are defined and can be divided into stereotypes. ... The criminal justice process has generally reinforced the gender polarization stereotypes. These stereotypes have placed female offenders into two categories. ... This occurs when male judges treat females with more leniency's because society has reinforced the stereotype that females should be managed with a fatherly or protective manner because of the assumption that females have an inherently submissive domestic nature (Parisi, 1982). ... Traditionally stereotyped female type crimes have been property offenses,...