JPod by Douglas Coupland is a novel that focuses primarily on 6 individuals working together in a video game design company in Vancouver, Canada. The group consists of 4 males and 2 females. Everyone in the group has their own specific characteristics, but it the females in particular that have somewhat negative personality traits. Both the females have stereotypical characteristics. Bree is known to be very promiscuous, she gains a large amount of her self worth from the validation of men. She actively looks to impress men rather than look inward to impress herself and find her won self worth. Kaitlyn on the other hand holds a spot on the other end of the spectrum. She is snide and sarcastic, and she is referred as a "bitch" several times throughout the text.
The books also deals heavily with feminism in itself. There is a strong female character, of whom is a feminist. But every time it is mentioned, a satirical and mocking tone is used. This leads to a point in the plot where she has been swayed to no longer be a strong female character, this degrades feminism and more or less treats it like a joke.
Thesis: Although Coupland does portray women in JPod, he does so in a way the perpetrates the stereotypical characteristics of women as well as makes an active effort to marginalize feminism and portray it as a joke.
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