Out of collected 112 similes, 71 (63%) similes are used to represent women while 41(37%) are used for men. The analysis based on functional features of these similes show that women are described through 8 ideologies while the similes for men describe them through 12 constructed ideologies....
purrs like pussycat (In front of him, his girlfriend may purr like a pussycat. But in public speaking on women's rights issues, she would roar like a (lion/tiger)/But in odious (hateful) confrontation, she could bristle (reacts angrily) like a porcupine.)quiet as a mouse (This ...