Feminism and Gibsons Neuromancer :: Feminism Feminist Women Criticism

Today many women argon stereotyped in their farm outs and social roles as defined by society as a whole. William Gibsons Neuromancer where hotshot char is apply for specific reasons. The female character, molly, is used for sex and her bole is used for other sexual performances. In this book we rein legion(predicate) examples of how she is being used sexually and how she must act in her job to survive. The author uses horrific examples that are related to how some women are treated today. The feminist approach is used throughout this book because of how the character Molly is being treated.   In the second chapter of the book Molly is known as a Working Girl, which means prostitute. Here in this chapter we find the first example of how Molly is being used for sex. His head throbbed, hardly the brittleness in his neck seemed to retreat. He raised himself on one and only(a) elbow, rolled sank back against the foam, pulling her down, licking her breasts, small hard nipp les skid wet across his cheek. He found the zip on the welt jeans and tugged it down(Gibson32-33). This scene occurs right after slips surgery. You might ask, the question, Is being used for sex really part of her job? Or was she attracted to work with Case? That could be a major confusion when reading this book. Something very mistakable to the scene sound described also occurs in Chapter 11. The character Riveria performs a piece that he calls The Doll. He imagines Mollys body as he wants it to be. A line from the book states Then the torso formed as Riviera caressed it into being, white, headless, and perfect, sheened with the faintest notice of sweat(140). This ungodly performance can make any woman sick to her stomach. It is hard to believe one mans behavior could be that conventional as he regards a woman. Unfortunately, in todays society that is something that is not unusual.   Women are represented as developing different qualities to be successful in their jobs. In this book Molly is known as highly possessive and very knowledgeable in what she does. Not only in undecomposed this book, but in real life situations women have to demonstrate these unbendable characteristics to be recognized for their hard work. Other women have to have these qualities just to be noticed. In this book Molly has to be this way so she can protect herself from men, and she also has to have these qualities so she will be recognized for her hard work.