More Frye- benefits, meaning, internalized/self-monitored,

A few more points which are important for Frye's argument:

Benefit- Frye says that all people can encounter aspects of suffering, or even oppression, but that one must look at who benefits in the situation to decide if one is a member of an oppressed group. She gives the examples of the rich white playboy etc. who breaks his leg. He suffers, but isn't oppressed. Her second example is of racial ghettos- they keep people in and people out; both are oppressed by these rules. But the out people generally make the rules for their benefit. They can't go in and their actions are restricted, but not to their detriment.

Meaning- She talks about prison walls for this example. Walls keep people in and keep people out, but they symbolize something entirely different for the two groups. For the people out, it means protection. For the people in, it means confinement and limitations.

Internalized/Self-Monitored behavior- This ties back in to benefit. Frye notes that most of the time, men and women follow in line with what is socially required of them. But that it is men who require it. She gives two examples. For men, they can't cry in front of other men. It's required by men. They're rewarded for this behavior. It benefits them. For women, she talks about posture/physical restraint. It is also required by men, but women don't get rewarded for this behavior. Instead, they get mocked/punished. It is not for their benefit, but they're caught in the double bind of following this, or being seen as not a woman.