Women in the Christian Church Women in religion has been a controversial subject for many years. Even though advances have been made to include women, we as women still have a long road ahead of us. ... This included little girls. ... Women took on a new role. ... In the more traditional religions, women are having to fight a little harder for equality because these religions have been around so long. ...

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We are seeing and hearing about the women from the Middle East. ... There were, however, a few women had made their mark. ... They were held in very little regard or value in their society. ... The women are still judged by their men peers for their actions although it does not seem to phase some of the women. ... It appears as time goes on women get a little more freedom and rights. ...

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"Frailty thy name is women" (1.2.146). ... Having these women lie in the shadows of the males reveals the power men have over women that Shakespeare suggests. ... Therefore, Ophelia continues to listen to what her father has to say and begins to distance herself from Hamlet by returning his letters and responding to him with little interest. ... As well, Gertrude explains that Ophelia did not fight her drowning; instead she let herself sink to the bottom to show the little strength women have. ... This concern about women being pure reveals that a women's sexual activities are ...

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This song demonstrates the position women are submitted into and advances a notion of having the women's role as an instigator for change. ... The novel maintains that "women are forbidden to take notice of men" (Rand 38). The role of Liberty displayed throughout Anthem restricts and limits the viewpoint that men have on women. ... Temptations can lead to big blunders or just simple little slip-ups. ... 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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"In one group of stories men and women are already established in a social identity and gender role, the men in the workplace and the women in marriage- (Brown). ... Therefore, the women in her stories become strangers to the conventional role of women in a stereotypical society. ... The case of Calixta is a little more complicated, she fights against the mundane male society and decides that it would be better to pursue her own interests. These women set rends for the eras to come. These women are the reason for independent women of today's society....

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We [women] are, as a sex, infinitely superior to men." ... Men and women are extremely competitive with occupations, and men feel superior to women. ... Many women choose not to see the statistics or they do not care and accept that men are more successful than women are. ... For the women that do not, there is a long struggle ahead. ... For example in the sitcom Dharma and Greg, which is about a young married couple, the man is a successful lawyer from a wealthy family, while Dharma is a cute little blonde that cracks jokes. ...

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Most women were reluctant to leave their family and friends at home. ... Feeding a family on the trail was a huge task usually taken on by the women. Women coped with the cooking dilemma by sharing tips and tricks to cooking. Faced with limited cooking facilities and ingredients available to the pioneer women, many women took pride in their cooking. Miriam Davis stated that, "I have cooked so much out in the sun and smoke that I hardly know who I am and when I look into the little looking glass I ask, can this be me? ...

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The role of Women in China and Western Europe was both similar and different. Both places looked at women to be subordinate to men. ... Women never had a high ranking role in society. ... Women in Western Europe were a little more free than women in China. ... Most higher status women didn't work, which meant that lower status and peasant women technically had more freedom than the elite and higher class. ...

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The student said "Women nowadays are so Americanised, it's a shame." ... Coming from a different culture and perspective than the American culture and being able to live in America as a women, helped me view the major difference in the roles of women. ... Women's lifestyles started off at the same peak as the women in Eritrea, which are unaccredited housewives. ... Within the movements, they suffered a lot of pain and punishment which included physical attacks, incarcerations and their little bit of rights taken away at home. ... It's definitely a culture shock for these...

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The creation stories in each of these societies reflect how little or much women were valued. ... Women in Indian societies carried out many tasks. ... Gender roles for women were very specific then. ... There would be several specialty shops, such as food, hardware or clothing, and some shops that may have sold a little bit of everything. ... Most plantation slaves from the South had very little contact with white society. ...

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The role that women had then were very defined and they had little means to improve their situation, if they chose to do so. ... The career and education aspects of women have evolved as well as women's epitomes of marriage. ... Women were the homemakers and caretakers of the children, rarely were women asked to have an active role in business or politics. ... American women answered the call full force. ... In years past women stayed home with very little if, any social lives outside the home. ...

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In his plays, there are around 170 roles for women, compared to about 700 for men (Packer 117). ... In these works, Shakespeare presented women as either terrified or idealized. ... This can be seen through the characters of Kate and Beatrice: hardheaded, outspoken women; and Bianca and Hero: two subversive, obedient, and easily swooned women (Packer 123). One can take a closer look into women's roles in Shakespeare's comedies by focusing on women's roles in Shakespeare's England. ... Finally, in the last act, Beatrice fully confesses her love for Benedick (with a li...

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The role of women in Afghanistan in A Thousand Splendid Suns: Khaled Hosseini Women throughout the years have been dominated by men and struggled to make an impact in their very own lives. In fact only during the women's suffrage were women only acknowledged their rights as people. ... The book is about the evolving relationship between both women and reveals that both of them are little better than animals. ... It makes the atrocities faced by women in the afghan society more human and how women's very existence is undermined. ... In Afghanistan therefore, in addition to a focus o...

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The Oppression and Progress of Women I agree with Adrienne Rich that every women needs to educate herself in what she needs to know to know for survival in the world. ... And that was the only place for women in the world. ... Women and men alike are waiting longer than ever to marry, and I feel this is great progress for women. ... There are many places around the world where women still have little or no value or rights. ... We need to teach our young girls to be strong, self-defining women. ...

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Why do women seem to want to see other women in distress, or in love, and men want to see the shoot "em up, beat "em up, drop the bomb on them all, flicks? ... Quite honestly, I wish there were a little more substance and variety. ... Okay, so watching some of these women in crisis movies may help women to see that they are not alone; abuse, alcoholism, or having rotten children does not make them a failure. ... Most of the Disney films over the years catch the eye of little girls. ... Although, I have not seen Mulan bed sheets at the store like I have seen the Little Mermaid or Aladdin w...

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Do men have more power over women? ... Maybe films should also reflect women as being tough so women can idolize them. ... We often see male heroes save women, but why don't we see women saving men? ... "[Women] make tight little smiles of ladylike exasperation, while [men] pound on desks and roar" (255). ... Women can learn much from men, but men can also learn much from women. ...

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In fact, women were made to feel inferior. ... Shortly after that, the women find a quilt that Mrs. ... Hale and repeated her words for a laugh, further insulting women. ... Henderson being disrespectful to the women. ... Getting all stirred up over a little thing like a "dead canary." ...

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Their roles were restricted to little or no authority. ... While Hebrew view women as impure, Romans saw women as properties. ... Some laws were meant to protect women. ... Christianity was deeply appealing to pagan women, for within the Christian culture, women held a much higher status than did women throughout the Roman world. ... He also taught women students. ...

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Not to offend anyone but women are getting encouraged a little too much. ... Women can be just as bad as men. ... Women, upon closer inspection, are almost as bad as women think men are- (B., "Projection.""). ... Women are neither dumb nor feeble! ... Did any feminist women argue with them? ...

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This war would help out women in Canada for years to come. ... While economic was changing so was the women's roles during WW1. ... They would raise money by doing different little shows and using all the money they raised to buy different supplies to send to the men over seas at war. ... How did WW1 help change the way women are portrayed today? It thinks that the women back then paved the way for the women today. ...

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The main women in the book are Harding's wife, Ratched, Candy, and Mrs. ... Thus, women are shown as being the evils of society and the temptation of men, and are only good when they submit to men a la Candy. ... On a larger scale, these women exemplify the notion that women are to blame for the ills of soicety. ... He's a frightened, desperate, ineffectual little rabbit, totally incapable of running this ward without our Miss Ratched's help and he knows it. ...

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For example little girls pretend to cook and clean, and take care of their dolls. ... On the other hand little boys play with trucks, tools and racecars. ... Women have a feminine role to portray; women are portrayed as sexy and beautiful. Women take care of the kids, and the home. ... Hopefully in the future men and women will have more similar roles so we can make this gap a little smaller....

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Why is that little boys wear blue and little girls wear pink? ... Your first picture is taken with a little pink bow in your hair and you are taken home in little pink pajamas. ... If you ask a little girl what her favorite color is, she will most likely tell you pink. ... "Little boys are expected to roll around in the dirt and explore. ... It identifies where women belong. ...

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Little boys grow up dreaming of professional baseball and little girls may dream of dancing in the ballet, but these dreams will most likely never come true due to their given situations. ... Little girls, who dream of being president, have to face the fact that our country has never had a female leader. ... This dream has white picket fences where the little boys and girls play in the streets. ... Women are now given more equal rights. ... Jennings put it very well when he said, "Holding power means little if women have to become masculine "iron ladies" to get it"...

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Some men just do not want to be men, and some women just do not want to be women. ... "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. ... Do women not enjoy being individuals? ...

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