The protagonist of the story was born as a daughter, but had to pretend to be a man in order to make a living. She was so silly that after meeting her colleague Lace, she yearned for a warm family life and imagined that a young and lively girl could one day be quiet. In the afternoon, she knits in the house she bought herself. This stupid state of being indistinguishable from being a man or a woman, and being confused about whether one is willing to be a man or a woman seems to be a little bit ridiculous.
Like "Second Sex", "Sexuality" recognizes the objective differences in subjects such as the physiological structure of men and women, and young girls are unwilling to knit sweaters for "idiots". Because this "idiot" even asked to marry and didn't hold the girl's hand. What the girl wanted was love with sufficient hormonal secretion. This cannot be changed by any psychological or ideological adjustment. However, although there are physiological reasons between male and female subjects, one factor does not have a decisive effect on the formation of male and female low positions and situations. At the climax of the story, Albert struggled to protect his beloved woman as a man and defended the dignity of the man. At the end of the story, Albert died with a smile without regret. The prodigal son who made Helen's belly bigger and fascinated by Helen finally abandoned his wife timidly and irresponsibly, without the tolerance and responsibility that men should have in the current concept. In other words, there is no inherent gender temperament. The belief, value, wisdom, morality, taste, behavior and other "traits" of men and women are influenced and explained by their respective situations. Men and women have their respective characteristics. This explained variable is explained by their respective situations, social customs, laws and morals, etc. The formation of gender characteristics is not only a response to their own situation, but also the result of the influence exerted by social customs. In other words, this gender characteristic is not determined by objective physiological structure. Although physiological structure contributes, it does not play a decisive role. "Secondity" mentions the formation of this trait, and economic dependence has played a more important role. This is also reflected in the story. Albert has accumulated a certain amount of assets by working for many years, so he has confidence. He has the ability and confidence to give his beloved woman a good life, and the prodigal son not only yells at Alan hysterically in times of difficulty, but also instigates his lover to sell his body to make money. The restrictions and shackles imposed on women by social customs, laws and morals are also the root causes of gender characteristics. This point is also perfectly expressed in "The Male and Female". In the story, Helen gave birth to a child out of wedlock. Not only did he suffer from blind eyes and discrimination, but also Helen faced the danger of being driven to the slums at any time, and children without fathers also faced the fate of being taken away at any time. .
"Second Sex" clearly pointed out that women live in a world created and dominated by men, and women are in an unequal position dominated. In "Heroism", Helen's happiness is in the hands of the stray man, and Albert, the woman, can only escape from the civilian area and improve her situation by pretending to be a man. "Second Sex" also clearly pointed out that in the formation of the dominated position of women, women themselves played a role of "conspiracy", that is, under the temptation of the material and emotional benefits promised by men, women took the initiative to accept this. This kind of dominated position and identity, even if they clearly know that this dominated position will make her lose the freedom and transcendence of the subject, and put herself in danger of the status of "other". The experience of the young, beautiful and lively Helen in "Heroism" is the best argument for this argument.
In fact, the equality between men and women advocated by women’s rights is not the complete equality of men and women. On the contrary, feminism does not deny the differences between men and women, but respects the differences between men and women. On the basis of respecting such differences, it emphasizes the autonomy of the two subjects and eliminates the difference between the sexes. The oppression and domination of existence. At this point, it doesn’t matter whether "Heroism" talks about lesbians or women's rights. Since the direction of economic dependence, social customs, and legal ethics have a decisive effect on the formation of gender characteristics, the influence of this acquired environment gives everyone the greatest space for the formation of gender characteristics.
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