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This 14 page paper discusses how gender influences our understanding of desire, and suggests that it is our society that tells us what is acceptable and what’s not with regard to personal relationships, and that it does so by means of narratives and stories. The paper discusses gender roles and societal expectations and norms. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Outside of the fact that this is necessary for the propagation of the species, there may not be any logical reason for this, and in fact, it may be a
societal construct. This paper suggests that it is our society that tells us what is acceptable and whats not with regard to personal relationships, and that it does so by
means of narratives and stories. We grow up with them, accept them implicitly, and never think much about it. Discussion Possibly the most striking example of the idea of one
man/one woman, with the man the active pursuer and the woman the passive recipient of his affections, is the fairytale Cinderella. The most popular version of it is the one
Charles Perrault wrote in 1697; it has been retold in many forms including film, dance and onstage as a musical. But if we consider it objectively, its difficult to see
what in the world the prince finds interesting in this doormat: shes passive to the point of being a sponge. She is bullied by her stepmother and stepsisters and never
fights back; she never even raises her voice. We could argue that even if they threw her out shed hardly be worse off than she is now, so her meekness
is both infuriating and false. Then we have the prince, who falls in love with her at the ball because shes beautiful. Period. She has no other qualifications that
were aware of, but shes gorgeous. And for this he turns the kingdom upside down until he finds and marries her. Its a match made in heaven: he has no
sense and she has no spine. However, in this classic tale of a strong man and meek woman, who waits passively for him to rescue her from her unsatisfactory life,
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