Australians 'migs' (Lucashenko pp 19).
             The next issue that is universal to both the texts and society in general is that of gender. In "The Bluest Eye" issues of gender are addressed through Cholly and the prostitutes. Cholly has an incident where he is caught having sex when he is young by some white hunters and is forced to continue. He is unable to orgasm and feels inadequate (Morrison pp 175). Throughout the text, Cholly turns his self-loathing into violence and takes it out on the few things he can touch, his wife Pauline and his daughter Pecola. Throughout his life Cholly feels emasculated by White men and can only attack women and girls closest to him to express himself.
             The vulnerability of women is expressed in the names of the three prostitutes: China, Poland and Marie, who is known as Maginot line (Morrison pp 62). Morrison has craftily given the prostitutes names that refer to invaded countries and Axis victories from World War 2, to suggest the vulnerability of these women and women in general, whils
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