“Unveiling Vulnerability: Discover the Hidden Layers of Feminism in Marianna Marlowe’s Captivating Memoir”
Marianne describes Ecuador’s “national pastime” as “the hounding and harassing of women on the streets,” where as a prepubescent girl she faced exhibitionists, men on the street pretending to kiss her, creating the mens’ “sense of entitlement over another’s perception…the way she will feel and what she will think about and what she will fear…,” and the man who spent an afternoon photographing her younger sister, (finally asking that she be allowed to return to his home alone — she wasn’t). About that episode, Marianne reflects first, “A photographer can feel he has ownership not only over an individual subject but also over an entire experience,” and second how the experience made her feel she was not worthy of the camera, did not have the ideal looks a girl is supposed to have. She sits in front of the mirror, willing her face to become prettier.
