Neslund, Sophie2014-05-272014-05-272014-05-14http://hdl.handle.net/10829/5903Thesis completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Alfred University Honors Program.My work challenges the notion that masculinity, whether in men or women, should be the ideal to reach for. It reasserts the value of women as 50 percent of the world population, and fully important members of our social system. It also challenges the idea that female desire should be a chastened, closeted entity.en-USHonors thesisArtSexualityGender rolesThesis