Class Distinction and the Objectification of Women’s Body in Lucy Kirkwood’s NSFW

Year 2023, Volume: 17 Issue: 2, 250 - 259, 29.12.2023

Elvan Karaman Mez

https://doi.org/10.47777/cankujhss.1323755

Abstract

Throughout history, some problems have never been solved, and gender discrimination is one of them. While this problem is extremely serious and does not allow women to breathe in some parts of the world, it is also a reality that gender discrimination still continues in developed countries. It cannot be denied that European women had to struggle for equal payment and circumstances even in the 1980s. The cooperation between the capitalist world order and the patriarchal system results in many troubles in women’s social and economic life. Social class primarily creates a big gap with regard to the quality of women’s lives and it results in inequality. In that regard, women in the lower class not only have to endure hard living and working conditions but they also get degenerated and betray their sisters. They are also abused in various ways and the objectification of their bodies is one of the most common forms of abuse they are exposed to. In NSFW, written by Lucy Kirkwood in 2012, these problems and more are brought to attention and dealt with. This study aims to explore class distinction and the objectification of women’s body in different ways from the abuse of women’s bodies to the established and imposed standards for bodily perfection under the influence of the class system in the capitalist economic order.

Keywords

class distinction, objectification of women's body, Lucy Kirkwood, NSFW, bodily perfection

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Lucy Kirkwood'un NSFW Adlı Oyununda Sınıf Ayrımı ve Kadın Bedeninin Metalaştırılması

Abstract

Bazı sorunlar tarih boyunca çözülememiştir ve cinsiyet ayrımı bunlardan birisidir. Bu sorun bazı ülkelerde oldukça ileri düzeydeyken ve özellikle tüm kadın vatandaşları baskı altında tutan İran gibi Asya ve Afrika ülkelerinde kadınların nefes almasına izin vermezken, cinsiyet ayrımının gelişmiş ülkelerde dahi devam ettiği bir gerçektir. Avrupalı kadınların eşit maaş ve eşit koşullar için 1980’lerde hala çaba gösterdikleri inkâr edilemez. Kapitalist dünya düzeni ve ataerkil sistemin işbirliği kadınların toplumsal ve ekonomik hayatında pek çok soruna yol açar. Öncelikle sosyal sınıf kadının yaşam kalitesinde büyük bir boşluğa sebep olur ve eşitsizliği beraberinde getirir. Bu bağlamda, alt sınıfa mensup kadınlar sadece kötü hayat ve çalışma koşullarına katlanmakla kalmaz, zamanla yozlaşır ve hemcinslerine ihanet ederler. Bununla birlikte, çeşitli şekillerde istismar edilirler ve bedenlerinin metalaşması en yaygın görülen istismar yöntemlerinden biridir. Lucy Kirkwood tarafından yazılan NSFW adlı oyunda bu sorunlar ve daha fazlası eleştirilmektedir. Bu çalışma kapitalist ekonomik düzene ait sınıfsal yapının etkisiyle kadın bedeninin istismarından mükelleştirilmesine kadar çeşitli şekillerde metalaştırılmasını incelemeyi hedefler.

Keywords

sınıf ayrımı, kadın bedeninin metalaştırılması, Lucy Kirkwood, NSFW, bedensel mükemmellik

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