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Throughout the 1800s, women faced the harsh reality of being forced to conform to a predetermined image. In his play, A Doll House, Henrik Ibsen delves into the roots of this hypocritical culture. The play discusses how women were treated like second-class citizens, but were ridiculed if they acted as such. Due to his involvement … Read more
In the spring of 1943, the two would be united as one. Life in this time period was simplistic just like Katie had dreamed of her wedding being. Katie had dreamed of her wedding from the time she was a young girl and the reality was it was time to put those dreams into action. … Read more
As a stuntwoman, have you had issues with sexism? Yeah, not a major issue, but it’s an issue in certain circumstances. I’ve declined a few jobs and walked off a few jobs where things have been going on that I didn’t like. And men doubling women. It’s not good stuff and it’s just based on … Read more
“Until now he had not been aware of the tyrannizing influence acquired by one idea over his mind, and of the lengths which he might find in his heart to go for the sake of giving himself peace” (Hawthorne qtd. in James and Merickel 508). Many people like Aylmer in this story would not think … Read more
There are thousand of magazines that cover any interest, some times the choices can be over whelming. However despite this difficult choice, every women will go through their “Cosmo girl” phase. What is a “Cosmo girl” you ask? According Raiiyn, “The Cosmo Girl is a woman who is a leader in every way. She is … Read more
Many people tend to have a strong opinion one way or another on what type of toys their children are allowed to play with. Some people believe it can even affect their children’s sexuality if they play with a toy that isn’t for their gender. For example some people believe a young boy playing with … Read more
The parallelism of Vera to the figure of the reclining nude as the object of the male gaze is constructed only to be threatened by Vera’s returning of the gaze. Almodovar implicates the viewer into the narrative as the film alternates between footages from the surveillance cameras in Vera’s chamber and these long shots of … Read more
American Apparel is an American clothing manufacturer and retailer based in Los Angeles, California. Created in 1989, the company is known well for its controversial and provocative advertising campaigns. The sexually influenced advertisements are often criticized, but also praised for their lack of airbrushing the models. In fact, the company is known for accentuating the … Read more
The cases are numerous, almost unfathomable. How could it be that as many as 1,181 women and likely more, have gone missing with little to no attention paid until now? Finally, these women are getting some national and international attention, but only after the release of the staggering statistics by the RCMP. I can remember … Read more
Some people may believe that artwork is strictly just religious or just for entertainment in function due to the common subject matter. Martha Rebuking Mary for her Vanity by Guido Cagnacci (1601-1663) and Cindy Sherman’s Untitled Film Stills Series (1970s) have hidden meanings. These meanings allude to how people should act and should be portrayed. … Read more
As of last year, all combat roles opened to women, including special forces. Captain Kristen Griest and First Lieutenant Shaye Haver made history by becoming the first females to graduate from Army Ranger school (Tan). The opportunity is available for women to serve their country in combat and elite forces. Since all combat roles are … Read more
Roland’s glass door swing open, the man walks through is the very epitome of authority with his gun hanging idly at his hip, the party guest reflected in his over-large sunglasses. Everyone seems not to notice, they are not scared. What can he do? Arrest them all for underage drinking. Maybe if a soldier walked … Read more
First-wave feminism arose during 1918 – 1968, paving way for a number of inaugural achievements for the women’s movement in the political sphere. Though legislation may change overnight, personal attitudes do not. I therefore argue media, due to its ever-changing nature and ability to reach a mass audience, is the main cause in constructing changes … Read more
Based on the situations that the three female characters of Othello endure it is clear that Shakespearean society viewed women as lesser beings who existed only to serve the men in their lives, and who were supposed to subservient, submissive, pure and above all else obedient. Obedient to their husbands, father, brothers and all men. … Read more
Response to: Body Work: Beauty and Self-Image in American Culture In her book, Body Work: Beauty and Self-Image in American Culture, Debra Gimlin focuses specifically on how the bodies of women are turned into projects in which the goal is to attain the ideals of beauty. The most important point that she makes is that, … Read more
Many historians assert that Colombia was a patriarchal society in which women were dominated by men and relegated to the domestic sphere. The text One Hundred Years of Solitude challenges this assumption as women are portrayed as having control in sexual relationships with men. Furthermore, the text also documents that in some cases women exercised … Read more
Young women’s body image in the 21st century is largely influenced by mass media. In today’s world, advertisements can be seen almost everywhere you look. Young women see advertisements on billboards as they drive or walk by places, on buses that are passing by, on benches they may sit on, in magazines that they pick … Read more
Throughout my life I have heard the term “you throw like a girl” used when someone throws soft and weak. This is a representation of society’s views on girls and women, that they are weak, bad, unintelligent. The life of being a girl is waking up knowing as soon as you walk out of the … Read more
While flipping further into the novel, I noticed several different works of art depicting women’s bodies in many different forms and ways. Each work of art displays women with some degree of nudity, some more severe than others, and each tells its own story of women overall during that time period. Later in the book, … Read more
Faith Scales. Create in me a clean heart O Lord. (Psalm51) Intro. Create in me a clean heart O God. Let’s have a look at some definitions of clean. (Free dictionary. com) Clean is Free from dirt, stain or impurities; unsoiled. But To be clean is to be Free from foreign matter or pollution its … Read more
Our world is globalized, meaning that ideas, businesses, technology, and even people are spreading around the world. Immigration is an impressive thing from an outsider’s perspective, however second generation immigrants such as myself will disagree with this first glance appearance. What happens when an old culture is introduced to a new one? Is there adaption, … Read more
I used to work at a physical therapy office. There were about 15 employees, and the majority of them were female. I did not think too much about diversity there because I had not learned about it yet. I wish I had learned about it before I started working there or in the first few … Read more
My first source for evaluation is a secondary source that is an online article, “The Unknown Clara Bow”. This article was written by William Cramer on February 24, 1998. Cramer’s purpose of this article was to educate and inform those who are interested in learning about flapper culture and, more specifically, Clara Bow. Cramer contains … Read more
Culture Vs. Counterculture – This theme is about Nurse Ratched vs. McMurphy. Nurse Ratched is culture and is trying to get everyone to listen to her. McMurphy is the counter culture. He tries to show everyone that the nurses aren’t always right and they can think for themselves. That life isn’t just about the nurse’s … Read more
The film start with the new viceroy and the new archbishopric talking about how to govern New Spain (Mexico), that they should try to work together unlike in Spain. They also say that it’s their duty to make sure New Spain is saved. However plans never really go as planned specially in this film. Then … Read more
The Roaring Twenties was the time period right after World War II. During this time period new technology was becoming produced such as the vacuum cleaner, motion pictures and the refrigerator. The American Dream, in the 20s’, was a belief of the Americans that everyone deserves a chance to be successful and more equality. Women … Read more
In the book “Legend” by Marie Lu, I would like to have Day be my best friend out of all of the characters. Day has been nothing but caring throughout the whole book to Tess and other characters such as June and his little brother Eden, which is a characteristic that I really admire about … Read more
“The Border Patrol State” is an article written by Leslie Marmon Silko, a Native American writer, who also has written another book titled Almanac of the Dead. This article originally appeared “In the Nation” on October 17, 2014. Silko claims that the border patrol agents where racially profiling any white person traveling with a person … Read more
Assess the reign of Hatshepsut Hatshepsut is arguably Egypt’s most distinguished pharaoh, with her reign during the New Kingdom being a successful one in which Egypt flourished and prospered. Her ascension as pharaoh was plagued with controversy as she was a female who directly challenged ‘maat’, the Egyptian concept of balance and order, by rising … Read more
Sex, Lies and Conversations What is the importance of communication? Communication is an important life skill that helps to people connect by building respect and trust; it can resolve differences in the environment. In Deborah Tannen’s essay “Sex, Lies and Conversations” she highlights the different styles of communication of man and woman. Tannen opens her … Read more
Colorism can be defined as the discrimination or prejudice against individuals with a darker skin tone and usually occurs within people of the same ethnicity and race. Color Struck is not only the title of one of Zora Neal Hurston’s popular works, it is a term used by African Americans who believe that lighter skin, … Read more
In “The Yellow Wallpaper” Charlotte Perkins Gilman depicts an anonymous woman whose role in society is limited. During the time period Gilman wrote “The Yellow Wallpaper” women roles in society were limited due to male dominance. Male dominance had a negative effect on women. Since males were the dominant leaders of this time period women … Read more
In a society that was purely patriarchal and misogynistic, women in the ancient world had few rights. Men and women were usually separated into different worlds, each with their own set of responsibilities and rules to follow. It is hard to fully define what women were like in antiquity simply because there can be no … Read more
An exemplum is a tale that teaches a moral lesson by an example. The Canterbury Tales displays exempla in “The Prologue,” “The Pardoner’s Tale,” and “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” by using each character to teach a moral lesson to the audience. “The Prologue” shows the audience that some people are different from their appearances, … Read more
“Annie Get Your Gun” is a musical, loosely based on the life of sharpshooter great, Annie Oakley. Written by with music by Irving Berlin, the courtship of Annie Oakley and Frank Butler is the main storyline. The Broadway show opened in 1946 and the Movie was produced in 19. World War 11 had ended and … Read more
Poverty is a state of being extremely poor. In the “What is poverty” essay it talks about the struggles of a woman that has three children and is trying to survive with little to no income. Jo Goodwin Parker describes her life living in poverty and her daily struggles to raise a family. In the … Read more
Edna: The “Other” Woman “Once the soul awakens, the search begins and you can never go back. From then on, you are inflamed with a special longing that will never again let you linger in the lowlands of complacency and partial fulfillment. The eternal makes you urgent. You are loath to let compromise or the … Read more
Using two different languages in a dialogue can make it difficult for the audience to understand the message. However, if the audience understands both languages, it allows them to connect and perceive the intend of the meaning at a deeper level. Such as in Real Women Have Curves, by Josefina Lopez, the playwright focuses on … Read more
American novelist Kate Chopin (1850-1904) eloquently wrote The Awakening, which was published in 1899. Some of her most notorious work, such as The Awakening, focuses on the lives of sensitive, intelligent, and independent-seeking women. In particular, The Awakening, takes readers through a journey of a woman named Edna Pontellier and her transformation from being a … Read more
The 1930’s was a period of empowerment for women. The Great Depression gave women a taste of what life would be like as strong, independent people. However, when the Great Depression came to an end life returned to the way things were. In American author John Steinbeck’s short story “The Chrysanthemums” (1938), he explores the … Read more
Gender plays a paramount role in societies of the past and future as well as in the mythology of many cultures. The role and perception of men and women was very immutable and constant in the past. Ironically, over time the perception of gender roles changed or was very different in certain locations of a … Read more
“But Fatima thought wretched years should be rounded out by a few good one, which she had yet to have” (72) Boo continues to characterize Fatima by showing the reader that she is slightly superstitious and believes in the balancing of life’s fair and unfair events. “… the rain came down like nails. ” (73) … Read more
Aeschines sets the stage to his prosecution, against Timarchus, by reading out laws and putting them into some context. He points out that there are laws to protect a free-born child or free-born woman from “any person [who] acts as pander”. (Aeschines (14) So both free born women and children are not to indulge others … Read more
An Inspector Calls is a definitive play written by J. B Priestley. It explores the many themes that wove through society before the first world war, such lack of social responsibility, social disparity between different classes and the gap of understanding and contemplating between the two dissimilar generations – the young and the old. In … Read more
Years ago and to this day, when problems become major the supreme court of the United States solves them. A supreme court is the most grand judicial court in a country an individual can go to for additional help (“Supreme Court of the United States”). This is for extreme cases that threaten someone or something. … Read more
In Their Eyes Were Watching God a novel by African American writer Zora Neale Hurston from the Harlem Renaissance, Hurston shows the development of the character Janie Crawford throughout the story influenced by her marriages. Janie was raised by her grandmother, as she gets older she wants Janie to be happy so she marries her … Read more
The Colonial Era was an interesting time for women. They were starting to believe they deserve more rights than they were given. Some might say it was a golden age for them, and then others would disagree. In the 5 articles; “Women in Work and Poverty: The Difficulties of Earning a Living” by Lyle Koehler, … Read more
A women was built to be strong to endure the most dangerous task of giving birth. Holding such an important job a women hold here head up high while having to put up on a strong face in front of the world. A woman with emotions that must hide it all because she knows that … Read more
A majority of Shakespeare’s plays include significant presence of female characters that reveal his views regarding woman’s role during the time period. Generally, women during the Shakespearean time period were obligated to suppress their opinions and were stripped from rights that women in the twenty-first century possess. They were expected to manage the household, as … Read more
Mary Barnett, the mother of a six month old daughter, left for San Francisco to see her fiance. Leaving her daughter behind, she returned seven days later to find her child dead. After calling the police and telling them she left the child with a baby sitter, she later told them this was not true … Read more
