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"Female Chauvinist Pigs" & "How to Be a Women in Any Boys' Club"

Chapter Three of Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture, by Ariel Levy discussed the opposite of what society expects from a woman. Social construction has embedded the idea of females being reserved and that they are inferior when compared to men. This chapter introduced "Female Chauvinist Pig (FCP)" or "loophole woman," in which the author described as a "post-feminist...funny...gets it" (Levy 93). Levy also presented other terms, such as Male Chauvinist Pig, girly-girl, Uncle Tom, and tomming. Female Chauvinist Pigs need to to be like Male Chauvinist Pigs in order to be successful. On page 95, Levy stated that "women who've wanted to be perceived as powerful have long found it more efficient to identify with men." I agree with that statement because men are the dominant figures in society and if a woman have similarities with men, they are more likely to be accepted. Once a female is accepted by men, it becomes easier for her to reach her goal. In addition, the author mentioned that "there is a certain kind of woman--talented, powerful, unrepentant--whom we've always found difficult to describe without some version of the phrase 'like a man'" (Levy 95). The reason for this is we are used to men being the ones who are successful that "being like a man" refers to an individual achieving some type of success. Moreover, Levy suggested on page 112 that "even if you are a woman who achieves the ultimate and becomes like a man, you will still always be like a woman," which suggests that females need to prove themselves over and over again to remind others even though they have reached success (Levy 112).

The language that Molly Lambert used in "How to Be a Woman in Any Boys' Club" gets straight to the point that she is trying to make. The author provided ways to respond to males and females when living in a patriarchy society. I agree with Lambert that "if you refuse other women admission you are denying that other women are talented, which makes you just as bad as any boys' club for thinking there would only be one talented girl at a time." Females should help one another achieve equality and should not oppress other females just so they can stay at the top. It is true that "the only way anything is ever going to change" is to "call people out" because the issue must be addressed first in order for people to correct themselves.

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