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  Barbie In the Barbie movie released in 2023, Greta Gerwig's movie challenges traditional gender roles and expectations, while also reinforcing them. The movie begins with the Barbies (women) in complete power over a place called Barbieland, and the Kens (men) exist primarily as assistants, or accessories to the Barbies. Highlighting the societal structure of the real world, the satirical view of patriarchy completely reverses traditional gender roles. In the movie, there is somewhat of a dramatic switch, or plot twist that occurs. Barbie lives in a world where she is successful in everything she does. She is confident, and she embodies the idea of femininity. As she transitions into the real world, she gets the rug pulled from under her as she begins to experience the opposite of the life she experienced in Barbieland. She battles sexism, the complex reality of human emotions, and pushing past the stereotypes attached to being a woman. On the other hand, the main male character, ...

  Sacrifice and Create Throughout this week, we read a piece in which a lady spoke about how when giving a speech, a man spoke up afterwards saying the problem with what she was saying is that she is a woman, speaking about men. Isela then made a passionate comment about how it is not fair that the woman works so hard on something, to prove a point, and in attempt to not anger or upset someone, and the man still seems to take offense. When speaking to my mom about this, she explained to me how this is true, and how thats not even the surface of it. She explained to me examples of this happening in her life. Before she got pregnant with me and my twin brother, my mom was swiftly moving her way up the ranks in her government social worker job in windsor canada. As she fell pregnant with us, things changed. She explained how she stopped getting promoted, stopped getting opportunities, and how the chances were now gifted to men. Although she didn't like it, she explained how she unders...