In fact she was angry with him for not understanding that she could not live without him, "O churl, drunk all, and left no friendly drop/To help me after?/I will kiss thy lips./Haply some poison yet doth hang on them,/To make me die with a restorative." Referring to her death as "restorative", she admits to herself and the audience in these last moments that she will only feel worth in life again when she is dead with Romeo. Opting out on the rationality of all the wonderful things that have yet to happen in her life, Julia is a classic case of a woman thinking and teach that all there is to life is loving men. A further example of shows depicting women's success contingent on men is in the popular kids show Austin and Ally. Ally, a talented songwriter and singer seems unable to publicize her talents because she is too shy. It is not until Austin sings one of her songs that she finally becomes confident in her writing ability. As for singing, it takes Austin constantly complimenting and encouraging her to sing in front of people for her to actually do it. Her whole musical career is based off of Austin and implying that without him she will fail. In all these cases and much more not mentioned, women are portrayed as having no confidence in themselves nor a drive for life without a man being the reason to thrive or live which are lessons that will hurt and damage any woman reading them. .
Popular books about women tend to objectify them and describe them as an unequal entity to men. Twilight, one of these popular books, displays its main female character whom cannot make decisions for herself reliant on her suitors to make them for her. The entirety of the three books of Twilight establish that Bella is a prize to be won between her two suitors Edward and Jacob. Carmen Siering brings this point forward when saying, "Bella is a prize, not a person, someone to whom things happen, not an active participant in the unfolding story.
