Ariel Levy + Naomi Wolf Flashcards
What did Ariel Levy write?
A book called ‘Female Chauvinist Pigs’ that highlighted problems with raunch culture
What does Levy believe about raunch culture?
That enjoyment of it has existed primarily in male sphere + women are just becoming part of male sphere
What does Levy characterise raunch culture as a backlash against?
Stereotypes of ‘uptight’ women applied to many second-wave feminists
What did Naomi Wolf theorise?
The Beauty Myth = A critique of the way consumerism + capitalist society imposes constraints on women
What does Naomi Wolf argue about women regarding legal rights?
Women have won legal rights but are still oppressed by obsession with appearance + narrow definition of beauty standards
How does the media play a part in the beauty myth?
Women are pressured to fit into socially constructed + false idea of beauty shown in media
Maintains patriarchy
