Catttt Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
biological but culturally reinforced
In the following context, what is "biological but culturally reinforced" referring to? Is it referring to the role of women as sex kittens, glamour queens, fragile victims or bored housewives in the 1960s and 1970s, which had biological and cultural justifications?
Context:
Art has always played an important role in holding a mirror up to nature and it often reflects the debates and conflicts of its period, particularly in our own times by exaggerating, distorting, shocking, teasing and reproving. Cindy Sherman’s provocative caricatures of women as sex kittens, glamour queens, fragile victims or bored housewives in the 1960s and 1970s were clearly challenging the idea that this had to continue as a reality for women – biological but culturally reinforced– and they contributed to a feminist revolution in the West which all but the most reactionary see as good for society as a whole.
Context:
Art has always played an important role in holding a mirror up to nature and it often reflects the debates and conflicts of its period, particularly in our own times by exaggerating, distorting, shocking, teasing and reproving. Cindy Sherman’s provocative caricatures of women as sex kittens, glamour queens, fragile victims or bored housewives in the 1960s and 1970s were clearly challenging the idea that this had to continue as a reality for women – biological but culturally reinforced– and they contributed to a feminist revolution in the West which all but the most reactionary see as good for society as a whole.
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red apple biological Would it be biologically natural for males to be in the roles of *** kitten, bored housewife etc.?
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red applebiologicalWould it be biologically natural for males to be in the roles of *** kitten, bored housewife etc.?
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It is talking about women, and not men. So, what is "biological but culturally reinforced" referring to in the grammar of the sentence? I can not understand which part of sentence it is referring to.
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Art has always played an important role in holding a mirror up to nature and it often reflects the debates and conflicts of its period, particularly in our own times by exaggerating, distorting, shocking, teasing and reproving. Cindy Sherman’s provocative caricatures of women as *** kittens, glamour queens, fragile victims or bored housewives in the 1960s and 1970s were clearly challenging the ide
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