Plog Post #4- Feminism

In the novel Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O’Neil, women are portrayed as sex figures or someone who will stay at home to cook and clean while their husband works. Later in the novel, Baby is a prostitute as she starts to hangout and have sexual relations with her pimp, Alphonse. Alphonse is a pimp who suddenly gets obsessed with Baby when he first meets her. Since Baby was not familiar to all the attention that Alphonse was giving her, she really liked it. Alphonse made Baby feel wanted and needed, and not a neglecting relationship that she has had her whole life. He spoiled her, took her out and made her feel like she was the prettiest girl on the street with his compliments. “Do you ever notice how when you walk down the, everybody turns around to look at you? That's because you’re the prettiest girl in the neighbourhood.” Baby felt as if Alphonse was using her for her prostitution. She knew that she didn't need him in her life and could find someone who likes her for her, and not what she can provide. She stated hanging out with a boy from school who made her happy.

Baby had always longed for a mother. She looked for qualities in everyone she met to try to meet a standard. When Jules was in rehab, se stayed with her friend who had a mother that Baby thought was the perfect mother figure.  Baby also found these characteristics in Alphonse. “When Alphonse came into my life, it strangely felt a little bit like he was a mother figure. Every good pimp is a mother. When Alphonse spoke to me, his voice had the same tempo as a lullaby.” With being exposed to two different roles women can portray, Baby has yet to figure out what the role of women should portray.