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decides to face her problem alone about gender discrimination and violence toward her. There are some efforts done by Gracie to face gender discrimination
and violence toward her, here they are Gracie’s efforts to break her problem from gender discrimination and violence.
a. Training with boys
Gracie realizes that the gender discrimination and violence has happened to her come from her society and family, especially from men. So, she realizes to
change their perception about her she must play and work with boys.
Figure 1516 Training with boys Gracie
: so Boys’ Varsity Team, think I can do it? Peter
: tryout or make the team? If you want to play with boys you are
gonna have to start training with them. The conversation and the pictures describe that Peter suggests Gracie to
play with football, if Gracie want to change men’s perception to her, she must act and do like men. And Gracie decides to take a risk with playing football together
with men, although this thing is so hard to do it she must do it because this one of the efforts to break her problem from gender discrimination and violence toward
her.
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b. Convince her father
She is not only playing with boys to break her problem, but how to make them sure of her, so she must hard train to be stronger as well as men. Gracie hard
trains morning till evening, she does it to prove her environment that woman is not weak creature. In this movie Gracie wants to make sure his father that he is
better than Johnnie.
Figure 1718 Hard training Gracie’s father :
all right. Chin-up.
Gracie :
what?
Gracie’s father : let’s go, all right give me ten.
Gracie :
did Johnnie do ten?
Gracie’s father : at least, let’s go.
The conversation and the dialogue above describe that Gracie tries to make sure her father with doing what Johnny does in the past. When her father asks her
to do chin-up and also asks her to give him ten, Gracie asks her father whether Johnny does ten, because she wants to prove her father that she can do anything
what Johnny can do. This is her way to solve her problem from gender discrimination; her father always distinguishes her and Johnny. With hard training
she wants to prove that she is better than Johnny so her father will not
discriminate her with Johnny again.
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c. Take the law lane
