In this weeks reading Douglas talked about many media examples of women. The real life examples or Lorena Bobbitt and Amy Fisher really worried a lot of Americans. They thought that this is what feminism had created women in power wielding weapons and taking the law into their own hands. This as put forth in shows got a completely different reaction. Buffy and Xena for example were powerful women who kicked butt and to many males that was seen as sexy it even was some man's fantasy. So this conjuncture about how much power women are able to have is in contradiction with the roles of males and females in society. The reality of it is that powerful women scare society because their power emasculates men and gives women the power to do it all. Men are able to fantasize about someone like Xena but if this wasn't a show the reaction would be completely different. Just like the cover of the book with superwomen and the sexy silhouette we are supposed to be both when if asked most men would just choose the silhouette.
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