Little by little the myth according to which women had to stay at home to carry out their "natural mission" of raising children, bearing children, and serving as an instrument of pleasure is dying out. ... Eventually, this longing and need for escape becomes a destructive desire for oblivion, as increasingly the social pressures and Maggie's own sense of what is morally right prevent the fulfilment of her desires and ambitions. ... For her desire such an education is seen as an aberration and a defiance of her femininity. ... This image conveys the extent of Maggie's affront to soc...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Little by little the myth according to which women had to stay at home to carry out their "natural mission" of raising children, bearing children, and serving as an instrument of pleasure is dying out. ... Eventually, this longing and need for escape becomes a destructive desire for oblivion, as increasingly the social pressures and Maggie's own sense of what is morally right prevent the fulfilment of her desires and ambitions. ... For her desire such an education is seen as an aberration and a defiance of her femininity. ... This image conveys the extent of Maggie's affront to soc...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Their continued use is a result of their desire to appear modest, and is not mandated, as is the case in Hindu culture. ... Often when the dowry was not paid or the desired amount was not met, the bride would be set on fire by the groom's family. To this day, this practice illegally continues, as each day a number of women die in what is written off as acidental "kitchen fires." ... Due to unsanitary practices, either the newborn child or the mother would often die. ...

• Word Count: 1848
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The core of most of the works of the women of these times, lies the desire to unite with the Deity and the expression of this union, more often than not, is perceived to be an erotic one. In the Virasaivite tradition of the Kannada region, the Lingayat women, speak fearlessly of this union, of their physical desire, and the underpinning separation from the God- Shiva in this case. ... "I pine and languish but he cares not whether I live or die--- If I see that thief of Govardhana that looting robber, that plunderer I shall pluck out by their roots these breasts that have known no gain I ...

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This aspect exemplifies her desire to be involved in the social activities of the outside world as well as her dependency on the outside environment. ... It is apparent that it is the social institution of marriage that incites in the lady a desire to attain love and move away from the life of shadows. ... The lady actions appear to be progressive but have a greater motive of desire to find marriage. ... Consequently, her journey to the social life of public life remains incomplete due to her premature death: "For ere, she reached upon the tide/The first house by the water-side/Singing ...

• Word Count: 3387
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Moreover, to cater for a 'modern' audience at the time, the film tackled the issue of 'gender' by capturing a woman's desire to act on stage in the Elizabethan era and the frustrating journey she experienced due to the societal confines of her gender. ... According to Dusinberre (2012): "The history of women in Shakespeare's period has largely been written by men within a discourse- often man-made and shaped by men's anxieties, desires and interests". ... As seen within the film Shakespeare in Love, Viola took the notion of male oppression to an ...

• Word Count: 1880
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Although this desire to look beautiful has always existed, social media now affords us the tools to achieve this image. ... I had people sit me down and say, 'You're going to die if you don't take care of yourself.' ... Appealing to sexual desires is the primary scheme of the media's advertising. ...

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All this in order to create that "ideal" or "perfect" body image everyone is striving for and sadly dying for. This compulsion to be "thin" has led many young girls to have a negative body image that dangerously paves the way to eating disorders, such as Anorexia and Bulimia, in order for them to achieve their desire for thinness. ... Our patients would die-and practically do-to look like Calista Flockhart." ( People, 10-18-99) In the music industry, the most popular media influence is the music video and the types of fashion trends the performer displays onstage. ...

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Stop up th' access and passage to remorse, That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purposeCome to my woman's breasts And take my milk for gall, you murd'ring ministers," (Macbeth, I, v, 50-55) This time, Lady Macbeth not only acknowledges her malevolent convictions, but desires her blood to be saturated with murderous agents to the extent that none of the natural, stereotypical "womanly feelings", or "compunctious visitings of nature" will be left to hinder her from committing her evil deeds. ... And even if I die in the act, that death wi...

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Millie wants the best for her daughter but this desire turns into greed. ... It is not out of bitter resentment that he tells her this but because he wants to be honest with everyone before he dies. ...

• Word Count: 1886
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Aphra returned to England after Surinam was surrendered to Holland and shortly thereafter possibly married a Dutch merchant, Hans Behn, who died about a year later around 1665. ... The Rover focuses on the sexual desires that limited Behn's gender to convents, brothels, or homes and the societal double standard that presented itself during this time [ CITATION Goo10 l 1033 ]. ...

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FGM, or Female Genital Mutilation, has been practiced worldwide for several thousand years in more than thirty countries throughout the world. While it is mostly practiced in muslim countries, some may be surprised that it's not isolated to such areas; rather, it has been reported in lower Africa a...

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Even though Mulan is a courageous and passionate heroine, her incentive for entering the army has nothing to do with her own desires but everything to do with the power of patriarchy (represented by her father and the emperor). It is still clear that men have control over Mulans life, and whether she is to live or die, which could be said to make her conform to being a traditional heroine, still at the mercy of a mans world. ...

• Word Count: 2236
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate