Word: genderism
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Mayhem ensues when one perverted English psychiatrist, the secretary he tries to seduce, his nymphomaniac wife, a hotel page, a self-assured government official, and a police sergeant find themselves together at a psychiatric ward, caught in a web of hidden agendas, lies, and gender disguises. As if the plot contrivances weren’t confounding enough, many of the plays’ absurd lines seem to make no sense at all, only becoming relevant at the show’s revelatory (and morally disquieting...
...failure of the Prince and his friends to create a believable feminine identity simply by wearing women’s clothes (in contrast to the convincing disguise they provide for men in Shakespearean comedies) reveals the play’s agenda to express gender as rigid and biologically-determined. The fact that the eunuchs can dress monochromatically like women demonstrates that they have lost their biologically male trait...
...weapons born by each sex also carried significance in the play’s commentary on the definition of gender. The male soldiers used lances, whose phallic significance was emphasized by constant thrusting at the women, and the women carried axes, hinting at castration and emasculation. Ida’s university, Castle Adamant, itself seemed to serve as a symbol for the female genitalia, since the Prince and his courtiers had to “penetrate” it in order to win over the Princess and the students...
After Carter taught Bowles’ leadership class for one day, Bowles said that a number of female students approached her offering praise for the respect that they thought Carter showed in addressing gender issues...
...weapons born by each sex also carried significance in the play’s commentary on the definition of gender. The male soldiers used lances, whose phallic significance was emphasized by constant thrusting at the women, and the women carried axes, hinting at castration and emasculation. Ida’s university, Castle Adamant, itself seemed to serve as a symbol for the female genitalia, since the Prince and his courtiers had to “penetrate” it in order to win over the Princess and the students...