From the time of the women’s movement, women have proven to society that they are just as capable for the same roles that men perform. Within the short story “Victory” by Claudia Casper, one can see the similarities between male and female dominance and how society has created the image that women imitate male behaviour. The story takes place in 1967, where the Beatles was popular and the Vietnam war left a mark on people’s lives. It starts off with Claudia beating up Sharon Fink over a bracelet which she stole. After winning the fight, Claudia challenges a model named Cathy to a fight because she lied about being in a Sears catalogue. At this point, Claudia starts experiencing feelings about power and victory which relates to the main theme of dominant behaviour amongst females. Despite not agreeing with her actions, Claudia felt powerful when her classmates were chanting her name. Claudia as a woman, expresses her dominance in the same way as she expressed it over Cathy; she wore nice clothes to show her superiority over Cathy, which represents women in general and how they try to “peacock” to exert their dominance.

This display is similar to how men exert their dominance in a different manner; while males generally fight using force, females tend to create a show to prove their control, and when that fails they can resort to violence. Claudia questions whether the media is correct in saying that women are adopting male characteristics and behaviour. One would believe that women have been influenced by men, but it has come to a point in time where women are becoming the influencers. With the research lead by Jane Goodall and feminism in the last few decades it has been discovered that women naturally possess traits and characteristics previously thought to be only in men. Simply because a male uses physical force as a instinctual way of showing dominance,