How Female Stereotypes are Used to Justify Deviance

From Eve, to Witches, to Stepmothers

Natasha Piggott

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Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash

Throughout history, women have been portrayed by men in literature, art and film under their own patriarchal assumptions of what femininity is. When certain women don't fit their ideal, they create an archetype to explain their deviance.

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Natasha Piggott

Cambridge master’s student, literature grad and a semi-amateur writer.