Black women who were not married and pregnant were blamed because of how many babies they were birthing. ... They are back-peddling and making it how it was before the Roe v. wade decision in 1973 trying to make females go back to getting illegal abortions. ... Employees feel that a pregnant woman may not be capable of getting the job done, which puts extra stress on them because they will have to pick up the slack. ... In 1979 a particular issue was brought up in court in which a man was accused of raping his wife even though prior to the event they were in an altercation, and she had not giv...

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When examine other female characters, such as Fantine and Eponine one can see how Hugo actually portrays women as proactive characters who fall throughout the spectrum of femininity and break out of the typical one dimension shell. ... When Valjean pickes up Cossette from the Thenardiers and is forced into running from Javert, Hugo depicts Cossette as a strong little girl. ... Hugo goes into great detail about how "slavery still exists, but now applies only to women's and its name is prostitution" (180). ... After her dismissal Fantine does not give up. ... Hugo portrays how hor...

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There are many examples of these in the film "Pretty Women" directed by Gary Marshall. ... In the film "Pretty Women" Vivian is a lady that is a prostitute for a living. ... But it is also the wrong thing to do for Edward to go and pick up a prostitute. ... When Vivian was asked to go out and pick up a dress for dinner from Edward, she went shopping. ... Edward picks up Vivian, which is wrong. ...

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Men, on the other hand, might play a pick up game of basketball or baseball. ... Women worry that they are not going to impress their date. ... Many women dream of a man picking her up in a convertible, having a candlelit dinner, and watching the sunset on a beach. ... Men are not as interested in talking about their dates or in hearing how their friends did on the date. ... When it comes to the perfect date, men and women's thoughts differ dramatically. ...

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Through sports, women were able to rise up, challenge the status quo and rewrite the history books. ... Administration said it would be divided up evenly among all sports. ... Title IX presence in a college setting is well known, but women athlete do not have the best opportunities after their collegiate careers to move up into the professional ranks. ... After a victory, there was no cheering fans rushing the court and picking up players, autograph signings, or big parties. ... The Comets selected Tina Thompson, the Pac-10 Conference's leading scorer, with the first pick of the Inaug...

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The ad has a headline saying "Picks up five more women than a Lamborghini. ... The ad as illustrated in figure 1 suggests that having the Hijet MPV, a man can be able to pick more women than another man who has a Lamborghini which is known to accommodate a one passenger seat which is not friendlier to a group of women. ... With the Hijet MPV van, a man will be able to drive around picking more women as one wishes like a magnet. ... It also says that the Hijet MPV "Picks up five times more women than a Lamborghini" which is made in Italy. ... It is humorous how the ladies in th...

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He or she can therefor pick and choose whatever corresponds to his/her point of view. ... The Apostle Paul frequently uses this passage as a guideline when discussing women and women's issues. ... If a person wants to understand the Christian authority of a man over his wife, he must consider how Christ demonstrated his leadership as head over the Church. ... Here is the passage in its entirety using the NIV (New International Version) Bible translation: I want men everywhere to lift up holy hands in prayer, without anger or disputing. ... A women should learn in quie...

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One of her theories on the relations between men and women is how men tend to be more literal about words and women listen for metamessages. ... It is when there is a lack of replying with the same question, the wife instantly picks up on the metamessage that he has no interest in how her day was. ... If body language and listening signals are used the wrong way a woman can pick up metamessages that the man may not imply. ... Women can also pick up metamessages from other small details in a conversation, like the use of pronouns. Women tend to pick up metamessages through a man's use...

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He wanted to know how to be a ladies man and I told him how. ... Instead of having to listen to hundreds upon hundreds of corny pick-up lines used by males, they would prefer to be asked out properly. The women want the males to walk up to them and introduce himself. Saying stupid pick-up lines such as, "Congratulations! ... A real ladies man doesn't have to use pick-up lines because he is confident. ...

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But how was the game played? ... The selection process began by picking the best player first and then the second best until everyone was picked. ... Women are more concerned about how problems are solved than solving the problem. ... The changing attitudes towards women taking over family businesses will be looked at briefly, how women lead along with a comparison to how men lead, and a critique and conclusion of their leadership style will also be discussed. ... She says it is "easy for women to get caught up in the management of people" (Nelton, 1999). ...

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Men like to wake up every morning and do what we want to do. We don't want to worry about picking up some stupid flowers or buying our wives jewelry. ... He goes on to talk about how women are completely paranoid and unstable. ... Conversation dealing with men and women and how they differ has evolved a lot over the years. Men have learned to use their muscle called the brain and women have started to learn to speak up when they have an opinion. ...

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I just couldn't understand why it is she couldn't or should I say wouldn't open up to me. ... Listening to this concept will also make her have a greater understanding of how men interpret things women say putting her in a position to pick, choose, and refuse to use certain statements. Another very important idea for women to listen to in this book is how to avoid arguments. ... This chapter will show women how to approach conflict from a more effective approach. ... In Addition to that it is very important that men do not take the model that Gray's sets up in the book o...

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He found it exciting to not know how he was going to make it to San Francisco. ... "The greatest ride in my life was about to come up, a truck, with a flatboard at the back, with about six or seven boys sprawled out on it, and the drivers, two young blond farmers from Minnesota, were picking up every single soul they found on that road-the most smiling, cheerful couple of handsome bumpkins you could ever wish to see, both wearing cotton shirts and overalls, nothing else; both thick-wristed and earnest, with broad howareyou smiles for anybody and anything that came across their path. I ran up, ...

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How To Get That Girl's Number Here are just a few do's and don'ts on getting that girl's number at the bar. ... Take your personal style to the extreme, but never wear more hair products than women do. ... This is a crucial moment in your crusade to pick up that girl. ... Stay away from those awful pick-up lines like, "Don't I know you from somewhere?" ... Leave the generic comment about how beautiful her eyes are out of the conversation. ...

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After this tragic event she goes up to her room to be alone. ... That shows how fragile the relationship between man and woman is. ... More specifically the power that men have over women and how the female protagonist disobey the social norms for their era. ... Her power is being able to pick the person she loves. ... These women are the reason for independent women of today's society....

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The addition of women into the workplace changed the dynamics of how business was done. ... I did ask the neighbor to call my husband and ask him to come and pick me up and for him to call my place of employment to let them know that I was going to be late. ... Gray states that nowhere in the workplace do our differences show up more dramatically than in the area of communication (Gray, p. 23). ... Many times men feel unfairly blamed and women claim they are not blaming, but instead are just stating how they feel. ... Successful people have learned how to express different parts of them...

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Men can learn how to act more properly during conversations like women. ... She specifies how she behaved during an interaction with her professor. ... Men can learn from women how to be clean and tidy. ... The one who will end up picking up after the man is a woman. ... Ehrenreich states that "women could learn how to get tough" (253). ...

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Where is there a place to find women who are willing to "keep [the] house clean" or "pick up after [the] children?"... They had no freedom in selecting how they wanted their life to be. ... A wife who will pick up after my children, a wife who will pick up after me. ... How could a wife stay home and do nothing but make sure everything is in place within the house? ... Underneath everything, if the men dont handle the job well, it is still up the women. ...

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These were made up primarily of children being introduced to plantation labor, pregnant women, and elderly members of the slave population. ... The reasons for these foundations were to pick up the weaker women who needed help and to raise the concept of womanhood to a national level.9 Education also took on importance to Anglo women. ... Anglo Americans began showing the Cherokees how to raise sheep and cattle while at the same time teaching the women to spin and sew. ... Schools were set up to teach academics, as well as instruct on knitting and sewing for girls. In essence, the Native...

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Women are complaisant on how they are treated in society. ... Desdemona's tolerance is further shown when she says "Not to pick bad from bad, but by bad mend" (IV.iii.108). ... Desdemona never stood up for herself; allows everything to happen to her without an insinuation of struggle, including her own death. ... No matter how hard she tries, Othello still smothers Desdemona. ... Unfortunately, Emilia is not able to stop her husband's wickedness and she ends up getting killed by Iago. ...

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In the past few decades, women have come a long way in American society. ... What is the point of owning something that one does not know how to use? ... What good will it do her when she can not even pick it up without an underlying fear it? ... There are not too many women like her. ... Hasselstrom set herself up for a lot of her incidents in which she used her gun. ...

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When reading this epic and looking closely at the relationships therein, a clear message surfaces; women represent a civility in that society, making the entire region of Sumeria dependent upon it's women. ... Without his mother there to guide him, Gilgamesh would most likely not even understand why he had to go on this trip and how he would do so. ... While keeping the bond between Gilgamesh and Enkidu in mind, it is important to remember just how this bond was formed. ... Gilgamesh and Enkidu as forces of good for the society, are often controlled by women, once again showing the fo...

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During the days of the classical world, the structures of family as well as the social roles of Roman women were different than how they have evolved today. ... The Oppian Law "limited the amount of gold women could possess and required that all funds of wards, single women, and widows be deposited with the state". ... Compared to women in other nations of the classical world, the women of Rome "had comparative stature, independence and a value recognized by their society" (Cross). ... After a child was born, the midwife placed the child on the ground and it was up to the paterfamilias...

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