Essay 6

Penis Envy the father of psychology by Sigmund fraud argues that all women suffer from not having a penis or for not having the power that the penis holds. He gave examples of women desire to have a penis and women make up for it by possessing or control their father and or their male mate, or take control of their male child or just becoming very destructive. Over a period of time women are portrayed as weak and dependent on men. But, now you have some women who have a title for themselves as a single mom, hero, independent and highly intelligent. But, it is still not enough for someone women to hold the dominating power.
In Hollywood women are portrayed really different. They have more power in the film and in novels as well. Hollywood also displays women as suffering from penis as well. In the film the matrix, the character trinity is a good example for the lack of penis and she makes up for it with playing character becomes this fighting machine. She takes on the role as the hero or the saver. She plays the part really well. She has numerous guns, advance fighting ability and she wears dark clothing and her hair slick back like a man. Her lover or love interest Neo becomes an interesting item. Their relation is rather interesting because Neo and trinity are the action lovers. It seems like at first Neo plays this innocent role as he just got in the matrix and started to learn his purpose and trinity dominated him the fact that she was there before was and she had to help him out. As Neo became more use to the matrix he becomes more superior and his character was more of what is role suppose to be over trinity. Trinity still tries to dominate Neo because she sacrifices their relationship and her life to get the respect as a strong woman. This cries for a “penis”. In the philosophical novel of the matrix trinity had role where she is suppose to be save by neo but, the situation turn around where she save Neo form almost dying. The role of trinity suppose to be where most drama final scenes which trinity delivers a sleeping beauty style kiss and breathe the life back into neo and demands “Neo to get up and save the world” (52)it was his destiny and trinity was going to save him. But, usually neo was supposed to be the hero and save her which he could not.
Another good example from the film “The Truman Show” His whole life was a fake. Truman was very Naïve until a whole lot things started to come together. The women who played her wife was very controlling she never really want Truman to be normal and to not notice anything. She stopped him from doing a lot of senseless stuff. For example Truman’s wife had to hide her real identity. She played a loving innocent house wife and deep down inside she was a controlling woman. Her innocents could not hide any longer. She had to dominate him. Play a role everyday just so that he won’t suspect anything. She did what had to do. She took control of him. Just by telling him that his son died during a boat accident and the storm took him away. She also did everything perfectly like cooking, going to work, pleasing him, let him hang out with his best friend and drinking a cold beer. The wife was in control. Also in the movie we just saw in class sleep dealer the girl that memo love interest she controls him so she can get him to confess his situation and for him to open to him so he can sell his story. When Memo had found out that he was being used she finally explain to him about the reason behind it. He was upset but, he really felt used and betrayed. Women can use their sex appeal to get what they want, in order to dominate the male. They can be innocent but also show the dominating role, they want that power.
In the end women are always going to fight for the lack of penis we don’t have. Women do it every day. Woman fight for it on their job at home and anywhere there are men women are going to want to be in control. It is in our nature.