Should a man be a designer or a nanny? ... (My Big Fat Greek Wedding) Call it old-fashioned, but is this not the way that most people were raised? ... "There is no book-hater like a Little League coach" (Theroux 431). ... Does Theroux actually believe that the only reason that there are little league sports is to make young boys into something that they do not want to be? One would find it hard to believe that no little boy has ever wanted to play sports, and that all sports are just a conspiracy to make boys into men. ...

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"I am woman, hear me roar/ In numbers too big to ignore and I've been down there on the floor/ No one's ever gonna keep me down again" say the lyrics of the song "I am woman," by the singer Helen Reddy. ... Temptations can lead to big blunders or just simple little slip-ups. ... Equality has not been the first man, however, to "take no heed of the law which says that men may not think of women" (Rand 41). The burning of one man was caused by the simplistic ideas put into men's minds, such as thinking of women. ...

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Torvald calls her a "little extravagant person (3) and an "odd little soul" (4) the repetition of the word "little" shows that her role to him is little and insignificant. ... This shows that the common man did not care as much for his wife like a women did. ... She has the right to the money she earns and does not have to hand it over to a man. ... "I had a helpless mother and two little brothers" (52). ... A Doll's House that even women play a big role in society and marriage they still won't be appreciated because of their gender....

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By doing this, Kingston further exemplifies her challenge against the traditional Chinese culture; she is writing to show that she has a voice, and no man can tell her she isn't equal with his standards. ... According to an article written by John Anderson, he states, "From South America to South Asia, women are often subjected to a lifetime of discrimination with little or no hope of relief. ... Within the Chinese culture, villages are a tight-knit community, basically one big family. ... In California alone women make 82 cents to the man's dollar. ... Some church goers today insist...

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In the book "Hondo," by Louis L'Amour, the protagonist, Hondo Lane, is the perfect example of a big, tough guy living in the West; a scavenging gunslinger of the desert. ... Throughout the whole book, Hondo is trying to avoid the Apache Indians, but because the Apache's great knowledge of the wilderness; this poses a big challenge for him. ... It is also their job to teach their sons how to be a man and how to perform a man's duty. ... You don't hear of two females fighting over the man, this is because men were looked at as the big and tough ones that had to fight to prot...

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The young girl gets a second chance at life when a younger man (someone her own age) enters her life and the older man is about to die. ... Characters played a big role in the story. ... Miss Baby Marie and Cash shine a little light on the story. They both kind of persuade Livvie to go out and explore life a little more. ... Welty proves this when, "So here come the man Livvie wait for. ...

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If a man had a high voice and shook his hips as he walked then that would be considered feminine. ... Butterflies are so tiny and do so little, but a little is enough. A little can go a long way. ... Big, where there is room for everything since she symbolizes the earth and old because the soul is nothing new. ...

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In a very similar way, the short story "Rebeca" shows how the lives of women are played down towards the power of the man and their words. ... The man had pretty much all the power in the household and gave orders to everyone including the wife. ... It is believed that the man should work and provide the money to keep support for the family while the woman stays home. Through the rough times of women during this type of life, they always have a big heart and stay positive never losing that love and the bonds between them and their husband and children. Nash Candelaria's effort to portra...

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She shows many characteristics of being equal to a man, but also shows many of being feminine, which she wishes not to be as much. In Elisa's eyes, you have to be able to do what a man can do in order to be equal to him and that includes not showing any signs of being feminine. ... She was wearing " heavy leather gloves a man's black hat pulled down over her eyes clod-hopper shoes and a big corduroy apron ." ... They"ll be strong this coming year- on her face there was a little smugness ." ...

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We see this when she talks about them so passionately with the man she met. ... He is described as a big, bearded, and graying man with a captivating presence whose eyes are dark. He lives his life on the road, travelling the country and making whatever little money he can from his loyal customers by fixing their pots or knives. ... Elisa feels very attracted to this man and his liberating lifestyle as she says, "It must be nice. ... She realizes that all the man wanted were pots to fix and that the whole experience was a big lie. ...

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Physically, medically, and educationally women could be a big help if drafted. A woman, in my opinion, can do anything a man can do. ... In The New York Times it states that approximately a little over 60% of the United States army are males and not females. ... Not to watch the man fight the war. ... Do you really feel equal to a man? ...

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Movies are a big part of entertainment today. ... In a dying man's last few minutes, the only advice he can think of giving his nine-year-old son is to be shallow. ... Marry a young woman with a nice tank and big who who's." ... In the second scene of the film we meet another shallow man named Mauricio. ... But not as skinny as Rebecca, someone a little more meatier like Heidi. ...

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Thelma was an extremely nave housewife under the control of her husband whom she met at 14 and was the only man whom she had dated- Darryl, a man of great egocentricity and is idiotic in many ways, who thinks he's a lady killer. The first impression we get of Thelma is a ditzy little housewife in a frilly floral dress- a diminutive housewife making herself perfect for her husband. ... She was the typical wife of the 20th century, timid under their husband's control- a time when woman are still widely thought of as inferior and creatures made to serve man. ... and a big part due to T...

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We as human beings subconsciously place others in one of the two gender categories: woman or man. ... Society plays a big role on what is expected from each gender and in many cases they set very distinct standards for men and women. ... Little boys and girls are exposed from a very young age to the various roles of "man" and "woman.... As boys become young men, they have been introduced into what is expected from a man in society. A man's position in this world is to fit the role of a husband and a father by providing a secure, stable and comfortable home for his family. ...

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It will be a cold day in a very hot place, before the day comes, that every women accepts her true place next to a man. ... It is as if she is on her own and nobody can be trusted; not even her little brother Laird. ... Everyone notices Laird getting bigger and stronger especially his sister because he is beginning to hurt her when they wrestle. ... Constantly doing work and taking on the role of a young boy she tries to prove she is worthy of a man's work. ... It is obvious that a women's role should never interfere with a mans because a women's instinct will always be the ...

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"I do not care that your grandmother say it makes me like a man, I like to be like a man," She says. ... A method Cather uses to elevate Antonia is to tell her story through the eyes of Jim Burden, a man deeply in love with her, but as a strange twist, is seen as a younger and more inferior tag along. ... Descriptions of Antonia such as "She would toss her head and ask me to feel the muscles swell in her brown arm," and "Antonia ate so noisily.. like a man." are rampant throughout the book. Even something as hard to notice as "beads of perspiration used to gather on her upper lip like a lit...

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It is a man. He is big and tall. ... " "But I thought it was a daddy." What's the big deal anyway. ... I have to give him a big hug. ... That night has swallowed the last hope and for some reason, I feel that a part of me has gone with that man never to return again....

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The nurse attempts to hide her sexuality, and the schizophrenic Chief Bromden, the narrator of the novel, first brings the reader's attention to this denial in saying, "A mistake was made somehow in manufacturing, putting those big, womanly breasts on what otherwise would have been a perfect work, and you can see how bitter she is about it." ... He's a frightened, desperate, ineffectual little rabbit, totally incapable of running this ward without our Miss Ratched's help and he knows it. ... Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing. A man go around lettin' a...

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So Dug got the game he entered the CD-ROM into the computer and suddenly without Dug pressing anything, a little man figure appeared on the computer screen. ... In another time Dug and Nada-Naga needed to fight a big Dragon to save there live and win the game. ...

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The rates of working women who had heart attacks are not bigger than the rates of working men. ... These women have "low-paying clerical jobs with many demands on them and little control over their working place, who also have several children and little or no support at home" (Barnett, and Rivers, The Myth 185). ... In short, paid employment raises self-esteem in women and has a big influence on their mental and physical health. ... Man feels that his basic duty to be the main provider is taken away. ... All of these facts combined show that women can be better employees than man. ...

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The cyclic pattern of the narrative gives a structural framework to the story in which very little actually happens. ... In the setting of The Drover's Wife, the reader's attention is obtained through the use of adjectives such as "stunted, rotten apple trees- and "big, black, yellow-eyed dog-. ... It is the older Joe looking back on the younger man he once was and a story about how he met his wife. The tone of the story suggests the distance in time between the present and the past and also emphasises the gap between the man he was and the man he is now. ... "Joe Wilson Courtship- i...

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People base this 'perfect woman and man' off of what they see in magazines, television shows, advertisements, music, and art" (5). ... There, they admire women with a little more curves and a bit of "plump", which was considered healthy and beautiful. ... It's all those little things that really do matter to men. ... Some of these surgeries range from nose reconstruction, to man-boob reduction, liposuction, botox, and penis enlargement. On that last note, most could assume that the reason a man would want to get his penis enlarged is to better please his woman. ...

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This play is a one-act, but that does not mean there is little action. ... This much is true, but the thing is that it is all the little things that can add up to form the bigger picture. ... She makes several comments through the story that show a little bit more about the situation. ... Hale, the man who discovered the body, and the wives of Mr. ... It is a word used to describe the little things that early 20th century housewives occupied themselves with. ...

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The relationship between Hobson and Maggie is best summed up as a big power struggle. Throughout the play we get the feeling that even though Hobson thinks that he is the master and has control of all the girls, in the case of Maggie he has very little control. ... Hobson replies in a vain attempt to enforce his standpoint of master of the house but it is little use, as we know that Maggie's word is law because she controls the shop and the house and sees to it everything runs smoothly. ... In the case of her interaction to Willie she again is very much the dominating party, it's al...

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The Tinker or unnamed man, Henry Allen, and of course Elisa Allen the main character will show the true theme of this story that society's oppression of women leads to unhappiness and showing us a glimpse into what it may have been like in 1938. The Tinker, a big stubble bearded man, rides a wagon down the dirt farm road to Elisa's house. ... He is however a little condescending to her as he says "'I wish you'd work out in the orchard'" (Steinbeck 582). ...

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