Word: womanhood
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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THIS CONCLUDING supposition--that Emmanuelle learns to enjoy sexual degradation at the hands of men and, through it, finds her womanhood--is an extreme but logical extension of the sexism inherent in the film all along. Emmanuelle's ostensible reason for going through all this is to become a better wife to her husband. Throughout the film it is men, and not women, who lead her to what the film finally defines as "womanhood" and "fulfillment." Even Jaeckin's chronicle of fantasies is obviously intended for men-his approach to soft-core photography is to show all of the women...
Part of Tania's denial of her individuality is a denial of her womanhood. She is a woman and a revolutionary, but obviously a revolutionary first. Despite a passing reference to the "infamous Latin American disease of machismo," Klein's script gives little attention to the position of women in the revolution. It is assumed that women will fight alongside men, and when a team of women workers outdoes the men's team, they shout triumphantly "Viva las mujeres!" But it is also assumed that after a hard day's fighting in the jungle the women will do the cooking...
...missed their message, Mr. Cole, you really did! I can't believe that you saw only plumes, silver body suits, platform boots and decadence where I found an image of womanhood that has relevance for the times we live in and the times to come: Sensitive to the world around them, aware of their own abilities to change that world, confidently and forcefully sexy, and completely in touch with the natural fact about life: the world must be better for our children...
...week boycott of schools, justifying their opposition to busing on grounds of racism and fear for their children's safety. Explained Thomas O'Connell, father of seven: "The question is: Am I going to send my young daughter, who is budding into the flower of womanhood, into Roxbury...
Most of all freshman year, I resented the fact that my sex was inescapably an issue, resented the constant necessity of defending myself and all of womanhood against chauvinist attacks. I resented the strain the unbalanced sex ratio placed upon my social relations, my academics and my general psyche. I resented the awkward merger-non-merger of Harvard and Radcliffe which left all of us hanging, unsure of where we went to school. Radcliffe seemed to be a convenient fiction, designed by Harvard to protect the university from feminine pollution. All Harvard University-- the administration, faculty, alumni and many students...