As part of the civil rights act, Title IX stated, "No person.... shall on the basis of sex be excluded from participation in, be denied benefits of or be subject to discrimination" (ncaa.org). In 1972, the year the act was passed, only 30,000 women competed in collegiate athletics compared to approximately 170,000. ... Title IX gave women of every age and race the opportunity to participate in athletics. ... Title IX applies to all educational institutions both public and private that receive federal funding. ... There are three basic parts of Title IX as it applies to athletics. ...

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The Equal Pay Act of 1963 prohibits unequal pay for equal or "substantially equal" work performed by men and women. Also, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits wage discrimination of the basis of color, sex, religion, national origin or disability. ...

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In the first act of the play, Macbeth is awarded a new title from King Duncan. ... He wants to murder the king so bad, but he thinks about what King Duncan has done for him and sees no reason or motive to commit this heinous act. ... Macbeth is saying that he has no problems with King Duncan given him a new title, Thames of Cawdor. ... While Macbeth is showing his feminine side and saying he does not want to do it because King Duncan has been good to him, Lady Macbeth starts to show her ambition for the title of queen and shows her masculine side. ... When she finds out that Macbeth does not ...

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There are several symbols within the story as well, the rose in the title, the house, and the smell that is mentioned. ... Women were expected to act with the utmost grace and dignity, and unless married a woman was to never be alone with a man, it was unacceptable. ... The symbols in the story are the rose in the title, the house, and the smell. The rose in the title can be a symbol for a few things. ...

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The title itself provides several ideas such as representation of daughter's age. ... Second, the title "Girl- symbolizes the mother's awareness of her daughter. ... A third idea of the title is that it represents the girl's struggle to find her own rising identity in the shadow of her mother and the shadow of the identity her mother wants her to take on. ... Girl learns through her mother important lifestyle rules she needs to take on, way she needs to act and behave in order to be a respectful lady and nothing opposite from it. ...

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The look you get when you have just committed an act of deviance. ... The main article's title on the cover was very comical. ... One title read, " Get the Best Haircut for Your Face". ... While another title read, "87 Sex Secrets You NEED to Know". ... This articles title WAS the littlest article in the corner as if to say that "this article is unimportant and is definitely not the focus of this magazine." ...

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The Taming of the Shrew In Shakespeare's comedy, Taming of the Shrew, Katherine and Bianca are different in their own ways. Katherine is the protagonist of the play and the shrew referenced in the title. She is the daughter of Baptist and the older sister of Bianca. She has no suitors because of...

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Typography alone in "The Carnival of Venice" does not have a significant effect, but when combined with rhyme and meter; Harwood uses the whole structure of the poem to act as a parallel to society. ... Heinrich Heine, a German poet in the late nineteenth century whose name is referred to in the title, was against the ideas set by the ruling power of society. By mimicking Heine's distinctive rhyming scheme and meter and using his name in the title, Harwood shows the irony that in fact, not much has changed because women are still defined by society even though it is written "long after He...

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The Romance of Tristan of Iseult is exactly what the title indicates, a through and through romance, with a dash a heroism. ... Iseult's mother had entrusted the fate of her daughter to a female, and it can be interpreted that that act was a mistake large enough to cause the eventual death of the lovers. ... Women are given more attention in the story of Tristan and Iseult, but the way the women, especially the title female, suggests an attitude that women are unable to control their emotions, and therefore their actions. ...

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In Act I, scene 3, we again see the feminine presence through the witches. ... The witches greet Macbeth with, "Thane of Glamis" (his present title), "Thane of Cawdor"(his soon-to-be announced title), and the prophesy that he will be "King hereafter." ...

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The primary plot represents the plays title, the tamer is Petruchio and the shrew is Katherina. ... In act 2 scene 1, Katherina and Petruchio meet for the first time. ... Up until this point, Katherina had been forced to act like a shrew to defend herself and gain attention from her father. ... By using Petruchio in this way Shakespeare is portraying Elizabethan society's sexist attitude to the way men and women should act. ...

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From the Renaissance era to modern society, men have acted as though they were superior. ... Title IX was passed in 1972 saying, "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participating in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance." ...

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Americans not only wanted to look like European royalty, but they also hoped to act and seem like them. ... Characters Daisy Miller - The title character and heroine of the book, Daisy is a young, beautiful American girl traveling in Europe. ... As the title character and her family travel abroad, they are confronted with customs and traditions of old Europe. ...

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Once John had found out he had royal ties to a wealthy family he and Joan decided to send Tess at once so they can gain a greater family title. ... When she arrived at the estate she met a man named Alec d'Urberville who immediately referred to her as a cousin and had acted very strange around her as if he was flirting with her. ... Within minutes of her arrival he insisted on feeding her a strawberry, a sexual act, and she soon gave in. ...

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By title she should be concerned with helping the poor and dedicating her life to God. ... She dresses in excess of her position and tries to act like a court lady. ... No matter how cruel her story might seem, it is mostly an act of worship. ... They do not act, they only exist, appear and tel...

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Domestication of women is broadcasted in the play's title by the word "taming." ... In Act II, scene i, Petruchio calls her a wasp. ... During their honeymoon, as Act IV, scene iii opens, Kate has clearly been affected by Petruchio's treatment, especially by the excuses he continues to give for his behavior. ... In Act IV, scene iii, Kate once again tries to draw the line. ...

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Kate Chopin wrote two short stories that provide examples of the way women act when they are freed of their homemaking responsibilities. ... When she is told her husband is dead, she realizes she now has the opportunity to be free from the social title "homemaker". ...

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The narrator makes realizations about the injustices she is living, and each of these act as the back of a hammer, trying desperately to pry the nails from the floor. ... Another symbol in this story is the yellow wallpaper from which the title is taken. ...

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In this case, I feel that the woman acted carelessly to such an important factor that could have possibly changed the rest her life. ... Woman at Point Zero and "The Circle" both have titles that have a momentous meaning behind them that brings a better understanding to the work. ...

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She gains fulfillment from the act itself, not striving towards any particular accomplishment, and often dissatisfied with the end product (79). ... The title of The Awakening may refer specifically to one facet of its plot, intended by its author. ...

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Kate Chopin wrote two short stories that provide examples of the way women act when they are freed of their homemaking responsibilities. ... When she is told her husband is dead, she realizes she now has the opportunity to be free from the social title "homemaker". ...

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This one-act play was very interesting. ... This play is a one-act, but that does not mean there is little action. ... These elements are spread evenly through this one-act play. ... The title of the story is fairly self-explanatory. ...

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A closer look even reveals that the title of the movie suggest ownership, the women are owned or belong to a man named Charlie. ... Men will continue to have unrealistic expectations of their female counterparts as they will expect them to act exactly like the characters seen on TV. ...

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Gender Roles In American Society Are men and women really equal? In our country, there are laws that have been made to ensure equality for men and women but women are far from equal. Our society has socially constructed us to think of men one-way and women differently. Why is that little boys we...

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The title of the story and the occurrence of a storm during the height of Calixta's sexual tension and the subsequent release is important. ... The force and intensity of the storm here foreshadows the actual sexual act that is soon to come. ...

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