Empowerment of Women

Personally for me I think anything that has to do with the empowerment of women, or feminism, really draws me in and after last nights discussion in class I've been thinking about it.  I think all of the women who we saw in Bringing Up Baby are empowered in their own way and I think that as a woman, we try and take a little of each of these female characters and build ourselves. Hear me out..

You want to get to the point of Aunt Elizabeth, where you are self-sufficient, have the means to do outrageous things (such as buy a leopard), and have worked hard to be able to speak your mind no matter what the situation. However, and I speak solely for myself, you don't want to be respected only for the money that you have.

Ms. Swallow: Again speaking on behalf of myself, for many years I was dependent on a man, and have worked to get myself to the point where in a relationship if I don't agree with something, if I don't want to do something - that's just it.  I make the decision. I worked myself up to the point where my work ethic, my organizational skills, my rigidness with my job were very important and something I worked hard to accomplish, and value - especially working in a predominantly male company, and therefore there isn't very many things that I will put before my job (or school) - making me think of how Ms.Swallow was with the honeymoon.  However, I never want to get to the point where I am so anal, that work and only work is what matters in my life, that I can't have fun with my significant other because of such.  I also would not just accept someone to blow me off at important times the way David had done with Ms. Swallow.

Suzan: Any woman I think whether she admits it or not, would like to have a man wrapped around her finger the way that Suzan did, to be able to be so completely in control of the situation.  However, I think that in this day and age (again this is my opinion) compared to the 1930's it's no longer all about looks, and finding a mate.  You want to be able to have that hold over somewhere because of your intellect, the way you carry yourself, the way you speak.  Since I matured from the girl that I used to be I have gotten very adamant (though its not always a good thing) about the idea that anything a man can do I too can do - and the part where Suzan tames the wild leopard that no one else could, that everyone was afraid of was a part that made me really say Wow! That is a strong female.