Power

Power is a source of political, social and personal reflection and often revealing of the tensions andconflicts that are to be found in social groups. Power is exercised through various complex relations either imposed or accepted, often interiorized. Power implies also opposition. This notion can be addressed, for example, from the following angles:

-emblematic institutions of power

-the power of the media

- the lust for power and resistance to power

- power and conquest

- power and the arts

- language and power

We will see through examples, documents, the notion Places and forms of power.

In the history the man was always superior to the woman.

A document, the song, denounces the hard working conditions of factory and more especially the repetitive tasks which alienate the human being. Then the human has no value because he can replaced by anyone, anytime. In fact he is only a part of the machine ; his identity and humanity don't rount anymore. The mans fells angry, frustrated, sad and depressed. He dreams of killing the machine to put an end to his nightmare. He once dreamt that men would master the machine which revealed to be false. An other document shows the place of the men. This document is a photo taken from a famous movies of the 50's 'Giant'. It shows a man (James Dean) and a woman (Liz Taylor) out in the us contryside. In the foreground of the photo, we can see a young woman in a dress. She is keeling down, squatting in front of the man. She has a submissive posture. She looks up at the man, she has both hands on her breast life if she is begging something to him.

The man is in a standing position and he looks down at the woman. He is handsome, he has got both arms around his rigle which is on his shoulder. He is a christ figure : the same position as the Christ on the cross. He seems to be powerful, the gun is a symbol of power too. This document shows man's power in our society where he is worshipped by woman. They are all delicated to their man, theirs 'lords'.

Wowen at work throughout the centuries and World War II. The middle class woman are traditional jobs as nurses and teachers. After the wedding, she quiets thier job for her family. The poor class woman always worked as a matter of survival. The World War II was a key of the history of woman in the working place. As the manwere at war, womens started recuiting in skipyand factories and ammunition plants. It changed people's mentality, working for the war industry was considered patriotic, so thier view was positive. The US gouvernement encouraged the women at work, they made propanda by printing posters who showing women in factory uniforms, wilding heavy equipement. Women were portayed as strong and beautiful. Today, women is not a lot representes in a politics. I would like to see more women in politics in France and more President of a nation such as Dilma Roussel (Brazilia), Angela Merkel (Germany) or Magaret Tchatcher in England.

There are too counter power. For example, the Anonymous,it's a activism group on Internet. Anonymous aims at fighting against the

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