In the two articles “The egg and the sperm” by Emily Martin and “Twilight vs. Hunger Games” by Noah Berlatsky both authors give their viewpoints on gender roles in society. Berlatsky uses two multi-million dollar films with leading female roles “Twilight” and “The Hunger Games” to show the stark contrast of how female gender roles are portrayed by the media. Katniss is a strong female role with traditionally masculine temperaments and attributes. She can protect herself refuses help and kills to defend the ones she loves all normally believed to be masculine traits. Bella, on the other hand, is portrayed as “boy crazy” physically weak often getting injured and needing help and protection from the two male roles. As both stories progress Berlasky notes that both females seek their opposites in their romantic relationships for Katniss this is Peeta who doesn’t want to hurt anyone prefers baking foods and generally a very sweet disposition, However Bella, on the other hand, has two romantic relationships and both of which are physically strong dominating characters who strive to protect her from any and all unknown sources or threats. At the end of his, article Berlatsky argues that you more than likely wouldn’t want either personality for your daughter as Katniss has a penchant for killing people and Bella can barely stand up for herself. This gives the reader the inclination that Berlatsky thinks a mix of both feminine and masculine personality traits and attributes would be better than typical gender roles. In Matin’s “The egg and the sperm” she explains how science and society have made the women’s male reproductive organs seem less important by depicting the reproductive process on the females’ side to be less interesting seem less valuable to the reproductive process as a whole. Both authors share stances that females’ don’t have to be one or the other “girly” or masculine but can be both and its society as a whole that has to come to terms with this standpoint.
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