Bitch Planet

    Reading Bitch Planet brought me back to my Women and Gender Studies class I took last year. Every class we discussed topic like this. The differences between how men and women are portrayed within society and how unfair and upsetting it can be. The most interesting part of this all is that these differences are till around in our society and after reading the book it made me more upset. At the beginning of the book the first thing I realized was the black lady, Penny, was portrayed as the stereotypical angry women of color. The book clearly depicts whites are more passive and Penny as more violent and that blacks are meaner and more tough than white people. The more I read, the worse it got. At first its just the differences between whites and blacks and then they bring Asians in. The book was the most stereotypical and divided book I have ever read. The author depicts Asians as the smart, math and nerdy type. The asians are the ones that build the planet again stereotyping that the asians are the smartest. The whites are gentle, care about their looks and calorie counters. The author then goes on to stereotype between men and women. The men are seen as the ones in charge. They are shown as a big deal and powerful. The men expect the women of bitch planet to listen and obey anything they say. They basically see the women for sex which is disgusting. The men are demeaning and use phrases that make women feel they are not good enough. I think the part that made me the most made was the fact that women are used throughout the book.