Women and femininity Cat

Question 1

‘Were you cutting a piece of poontang last night’

Answer 1

interrogative/euphemism-offensive noun choice poontang-objectification of women

Question 2

‘A good breeder’

Answer 2

Noun breeder-animalistic connotations-women’s role as mothers

Question 3

‘She is always tensed like a boxer- or rather a Japanese wrestler.’

Answer 3

Simile-opposes female stereotype of beauty

Question 4

‘Do you make Brick happy in bed?’

Answer 4

Interrogative- second person pronoun ‘you’- women blamed for marriage difficulties- patriarchy/double standards

Question 5

‘Big Mama has to pick up or fuss with something to cover the hurt that the loud laugh doesn’t quite cover.’

Answer 5

Stage direction. Difference between private and public faces- wives as second place to husbands

Question 6

‘You and I have not produced any children, are totally childless and therefore totally useless’

Answer 6

Mirrored structure and repetition of ‘totally’ draws relationship between the adjectives ‘childless’ and ‘useless’- expectations of motherhood.