Compare The Gendered Power Dynamics

COLT 360: Gender and Power in Noir Film and FictionFinal EssayGender, as we all know is a state of proclaiming a male or female identity. Judith Butler and Janey Place have come up with new ways of viewing gender and have made elaborate arguments on it that have brought up many controversies. One of Butler’s main arguments is gender is performative which means that it is only real to the extent it is performed. She further goes and explains that gender is implied on us by the society or what she refers to as the norm of heterosexuality which is the existence of many genders. Janey Place analyzes the role of the femme fatales in noir films in her book Women in Film Noir. In her book she portrays the women’s personalities and characters to be self-centered and ruthless using their sexual attractiveness in the manipulation of the male victim in order to gain money, power and liberty. In her book she states that the only reason why a liberated woman is victimized is for her refusal to be defined by patriarchy (Janey 3). Janey explains that women are actually threatening the power of the male gender in these kinds