This Book I have found to be incredibly helpful. In it he makes reference to theorist including Laura Mulvery and ' the male gaze'. He also talks about masculinity in a way that identifies societies male figures for example ' the default man' referring to upper / middle class men who work as politicians for example. There is also reference to movements like feminism and black civil rights and how white men tend to be the overall rulers in social sectors and Perry states that this needs to change. And his point of view is very valid I think as he is coming from the unique perspective of being male but a transvestite. And it is really good that someone with this perspective is speaking and giving there opinion on the unrest of gender equality. From reading this book I want to re address my essay question. It has made me question a lot more as to why we have in western culture this white male rule and how stereotypes of these male rulers have not changed from the corporate man in the suite decades even though we have female rulers like Anglia Merkal and Tarsier May. And what kind of effect this is having on society?
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