Adams of the need for equality is by addressing the disparity of the education between sons and daughters, she specifically tries to appeal to his love of their own daughter. ... She states "If you complain of neglect of Education in sons, What shall I say with regard to daughters, who everyday experience the want of it" (Shi 152). ... The most disheartening statement he makes is about what he sees the greatest accomplishment that a women can every have supporting a husband as well as giving birth to and raising a son. ... Through this statement it is clear that the idea of equality ...

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Even if mothers and fathers hope that their daughters will grow up to shatter the glass ceiling in a male-dominated career or their son will be a wonderful father, who will help change diapers and clean house, they would be in a group of nonconformists if they taught this to their children, through play. Many parents do not go out and buy dolls for their sons, so they can practice parenting, as girls do, just as they wouldn't buy trucks and building blocks for their daughters. ...

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During the summer of 1771, on vacations in a small town near England, Benjamin Franklin decided to recall and write about his life to his son: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. ... He was the youngest son of 16 brothers, and had two younger sisters. ... Besides enjoying reading, he also had a strong inclination for the sea, but his father declared against it, and prohibited him from becoming a sailor. ... After three or four letters, Franklin's father happened to find his papers and read them. Without entering into discussion his father took the occasion to talk to him about the ma...

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When I was young, my father was my hero. ... Somehow, over the years I've spent growing up, I've also grown farther from my father. ... This fact alone largely contributes to the void that grows between fathers and daughters and sons and mothers. ... Television not only impacts our societal values; it also has a great impact on the relationships between fathers and daughters and mothers and sons. ... As I've grown older, time has worked its magic on the lost relationship between my father and me. ...

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On the other hand, Fontenrose (107) is asserting that, since the family has been reduced to father and children, the taboo against the killing of one's own mother is avoided. According to Fontenrose, the imagery of the animal single parent means that the father is the head of the family and the mother is technically placed outside the family. The father takes up a nurturing role and cares deeply about the welfare of the children. ... Cilissa strongly contend to the fact that Orestes is her son and not the son of Clytemnestra. ... This gives Orestes the room to revenge the death of his fat...

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Prostitution becomes a multifaceted symbol within Andrew Pham's Catfish and Mandala as it represents self-abnegation within Vietnam, past financial survival for Andrew's family, and a temporary solution for his admitted emotional limitedness. On the other hand, it signifies guilt and shame for Andre...

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Many poorer Asian families think that having a son is more helpful than a daughter. Not only will their sons preserve the family name, but also the poor often say that men are more intelligent than women. Even many of the educated classes put higher expectations on their sons than on their daughters. ... The mother comforts children when they are hurt, gives a birthday party for the father, or does the Christmas shopping. ... The father provides income for the family, deals with financial matters, and makes the major household decisions. ...

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This is spoken to quite clearly when Jeremy Goldberg stated that marriages "would be a business transaction in which the girl was merely chattel transferred from the patriarchal authority of her father to her husband " (Goldberg 26). ... However, her sons " another example of how low even the writers of the time thought of women " saves her candidacy by bringing aboard the ark. ... As a youthful, incredibly beautiful girl working for her father, Griselda lives a life of service. She is arranged to marry the lord of the region she lives in by her father and the lord himself, Walter....

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The idea that a child needs both a mother and father is dismissed, and in it's place lies a more fluid theory in which one simply needs both traditionally attributed feminine and masculine qualities, but it does not matter with which gender those traits are emitted (Folgero 2008). ... Nicholas Solebello and Sinikka Elliott (2011) conducted a study in which heterosexual fathers discussed their perceptions on their teen's sexualities. The fathers were very serious when discussing their sons' heterosexuality, ensuring the interviewer of their son's heterosexuality by bringing ...

• Word Count: 1895
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Mothers have an already 'internalised sense of gender,' thus; subconsciously mothers push their sons away in ways they wouldn't their daughters. ... " Connell used an example to explain the importance of male figures, particularly the father, to the masculine development in boys. ... The bases of this come from the father's own sense of gender identity and that this influence encourages young males to conduct themselves in a certain manner (cited in Van Krieken et al, 2013). ... In supporting Connell's theory, 58.3% of male individuals identified their fathers be...

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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 ...

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First, modern family has decreased in the areas of family size; the family usually has two generations consisting of father and mother and their children. ... The only responsibility to women is produced more and more sons. ...

• Word Count: 1927
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In comparing the films The Blot by Lois Weber and The Wild Party By Dorothy Arzner both films challenge the established discourses that privilege the male and help develop the patriarchal feminine discourse. Through the close study of these two films I found similar narrative lines such as transport...

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Global Perspective Women living in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are afraid to speak about the abuse they go through at home in fear of their husbands/fathers/male guardians as they are brutally abused. ... Under-five mortality rates are higher for girls than boys as most families prefer having sons therefore girl children are aborted or they suffer and die after birth. ...

• Word Count: 2181
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