Cather's characterisation, with effective use of binary oppositions, a male narrative voice and critique of conventional gender/norms and roles allows this lesbian narrative space to be drawn out from the main text. ... Cather's choice to use a male voice in narrating her story was perhaps because she was essentially writing about male orientated feelings and events. Cather however, can be actively seen to criticise the gender norms of society in doing so, as we furtively analyse the characters of Jim and Antonia and the way in which Cather presents them to the reader. ... Cather c...

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How a conversation should progress, if it is important to let a current speaker conclude his or her term, and how important it is to support the interlocutor actively are all opinions of a good conversation (Coates, 1986). For instance, studies show that women ask more questions than men do, therefore, their different use of strategies show those women are more actively engaged in insuring interaction than men. ... Women tend to interrupt a conversation to show that they are actively listening and support the person they are communicating with. ...

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The group numbers, from 1 to 15, were used to maintain anonymity and although each person was expected to attend the focus group, it was made clear that active participation was not compulsory. ... Following the "ice-breaker", three scheduled questions (Appendix A) were introduced one at a time to the mixed gender students and everyone was given an opportunity to speak freely, albeit one at a time to facilitate the voice recorder. ...

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They can create a greater sense of security and an environment in which women's voices can be heard.vi Soon after the US-led war in Iraq in 2003, the country descended into violent social and political turmoil that deepened existing splits between religious, ethnic, and gender groups. ... In contrast to Iraq the post-conflict reconstruction in Sri Lanka has demonstrated a greater degree of gender sensitivity and women's leadership has been actively considered and incorporated.xi After the Sri Lankan civil war came to an end in 2001 following 26 years of violence and turmoil, there ...

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Shelley was born in London in 1797, daughter of famous radical writers Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin; both of whom exemplified the ideologies of the French revolution. Shelley's mother was a pioneer feminist writer who had made her name with her revolutionary ideas opposing the patriarchal oppression of the female gender. Her father was made famous by his radical ideologies of political and philosophical anarchism. Thus it is not unusual that, as the product of such revolutionary parents, Mary Shelley would harbour the same feminist and Romantic ideologies and subsequently challe...

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Anara Tabyshalieva in Central Asian Region: Women's leadership Although many think that women in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan are more active in political life, compared with other Central Asian countries, top political posts are still unavailable to women. In all Central Asian states a male-dominated upper echelon do not hear the voices of women. ...

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Ancient Indian Grammarians, such as 'Patanjali and Katyayana' write that women were educated in many ways early in the Vedic period.2 This education coincided to women having a voice, the power of important decision-making, including free will to choose their husband. ... The feminine qualities, and their roles as mothers, 'empowered women to find places in the public arena of protest". 17 In order to improve gender issues within India, women had to be active and pursue independence, to show men they were in fact of use. ...

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