Page 95 – In this overall section, and continuing on to page
96, we see Alison figure out alike she is to her father. They are both playing
at their genders. She develops into the dual role of daughter and son, in order
to make up for the lack of masculinity of her father. She “became a connoisseur
of masculinity at an early age.” We see her openly comparing her father, as he
observes and corrects the flowers on the table, to the cowboys shooting their
guns on the television. One act is considered highly feminine and one is
supposed to be very masculine. She is trying to understand how her father is
the same sex as the males on the television, but does not exhibit the same
styles, or habits.
The image
of Roy, the babysitter sitting amongst them, is a great contrast to her father.
Roy is masculine, drinking a beer, reclined back looking at a record with a
naked woman, and has muscle definition in his arms. Alison is insistent on him
making a muscle, as if she has never seen one before, because her father does
not have that masculine form. The different panels are established to show the contrasts between her father and these other masculine figures. It is clear, based on her expression that she is more in awe of the masculine forms, than her father’s rather feminine one.
- Meghan Shearer
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