In present day, in this modern age of September 1, 2003, women are still being paid less then men in the same workplace for equivalent occupations. ... People of the female gender are also extremely susceptible to rape, more so than men. ... Rather than rightly defining rape as an act of violence, it was deemed instead as a sexual act. ... Prior to 1973, when the Roe vs. ... Rather than pervading joy, pregnancy had sometimes been a frustration. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

It was nursery first and then playroom and gymnasium, I should judge; for the windows are barred for little children, and there are rings and things in the walls," (609). ... Then, the author discusses whether she should jump out the window, but decides the bars are too strong and "a step like that is improper and might be misconstrued," (619). ... Although the narrator clearly suffers from mental illness, Gilman's story of this wallpaper shows an underlying theme of freedom vs. oppression rather than purely a struggle with mental illness. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

"Minorities vs. ... She lived in a society that held the traditional belief that woman was less than man was. ... The Native-Americans did not end up much better than the slaves at first. ... Northern tribes did not suffer as much, because they were removed much slower than the Southern tribes. ... The status of women at the nearing end of Abigail's life was better then before, but she wanted it even better. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In this passage, Beecher said It appears, then, that it is in America, alone, that women are raised to an equality with the other sex; and that, both in theory and practice, their interests are regarded as of equal value. ... This quote also represents, women doing the same amount of workload, maybe even more then men. ... In this passage, Louisa Cheves McCord said Man is corporeally stronger than women, and because he, in the unjust use of his strength, has frequently, habitually, (we will allow her the full use of her argument,) even invariably, oppressed and misused wo...

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• Grade Level: High School

Carver writes about humans with a set mind capacity and what happens when they are encountered with an experience that is larger than that capacity. Johnson writes about the transition of reality and something that is greater than are conception of reality, a super reality if you will. ... Then it got quiet and she started to cry. ... But once they realize that this is not true, they then get girlfriends, and these girls are the "real" girls who will change the universe. ... Then in "Dirty Wedding" they finally spilt up. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The poet then metaphorically compares the hand of the father to a digging tool that recreates the violent act. ... The break in the rhythm forces you to halt then breathe and absorb what has taken place and ponder that he now is too old - an implication of victory. ... I got there before the boys did, he knows, hearing" The poet creates a new image of the predator as an elderly man then returns to the past quoting her father, "I got there before/the boys did," Here the reader joins the narrator in remembering the words and experiencing the feelings of terror these words arouse. ... A s...

• Word Count: 3020
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

She believes that this isn't just looking and that one day he may do more than just look. ... Then Alena interrupts the description of his life, much like she will disrupt his life entirely, to tell him about her adventures in saving animals and ecotage. ... In the end Jim learns that he craves much more than just passionate lust, he yearns something with more substance and meat. ... This conflict can make a piece like this difficult to read because it makes us realize that there is more to young women than we think. ... These ideas create a conflict in an entirely different way than ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Magazine News, there is more unemployment for woman than there was ever before. Studies show, "More than 3.8 million women - 5.6 percent - are currently unemployed in the United States."" ... This depicting the major affect of women withdrawing from the workforce is due to women's desire to channel their ambitions to their family rather than into a job: In 1990, for the first time since 1948, the number of women in the workforce dropped. ... I then continued my research by interviewing Linda Maria Petrosino, a neighbor of mine in my hometown of Br...

• Word Count: 2200
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School