In today's world women are now given lead roles in movies and in some cases (though very rare) they get to be the ones who restore a sense of security or belonging to men. An example of this is "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", a series in which a woman gets to be the superhero and fight of vampires. ... When women watch music videos or any other form of media that inaccurately portrays women they get the sense that it is okay to dress scantily to get the attention of a man. ... A popular myth that is perpetuated through out the media is that a woman cannot be successful if she is not married a...

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Secondly, only by studying in foreign counties could students have opportunities to get to know different people from various countries. By communicating with them, students will get more useful information on languages, cultures and economies of many regions in the world. ... Nowadays, these parental functions are no longer fixed: more and more married women go to work and earn much money. ...

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The Government was keen to get as many females in to the workforce as possible, and therefore their propaganda gave somewhat a false picture, as sex segregation was going to continue in the post war years. ... Another viewpoint of the impact of the second world war on the status of women is that there was an increased welcoming to married women in the workplace. The census of 1931 indicated that only 10% of married women were wage earners, in 1951 that figure had risen to 21.74%. ... On the other hand, trends in married women in employment had increased greatly in the ten years before the war,...

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The chorus strengthen this unequal gender position by agreeing for Medea to get her revenge by saying "you will be right to exact vengeance from your husband". In Greek society women did not have the rights of citizens, married women were dependent on their husbands, restricted to cloistered domestic life and bound by obedience to their husbands. ...

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When the weather gets hotter, Stanley's behaviors become more irrational and extreme, as he begins "stamping with his feet, and whistl[ing] and yell[ing] and scream[ing] at the woman" (543), Harry has to make an overture "to save some sort of scandal or real trouble over the woman" (543). ... The author also shows how the woman is objectified sexually by the men's tone: "If she's married, her old man would not like that" (539), Stanley says derisively in a chastising tone, ignoring the fact that the woman can act as an independent autonomous individual with r...

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Theorist William Rathbone Greg best summaries the feelings of the Victorian age towards fallen women: "If the passions of woman were ready, strong, and spontaneous, in a degree even remotely approaching the form they assume in the coarser sex, there can belittle doubt that sexual irregularities woul...

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Overall, the rights and status of women have improved considerably in the last century; however, gender equality has recently been threatened within the last decade. Blatantly sexist laws and practices are slowly being eliminated while social perceptions of "women's roles" continue to stagnate and e...

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A female who has sex with a lot of men is regarded as a "slut", whereas a male who sleeps with a lot of women is praised as a hero and gets a nice pat on the back. ... Kripal explains cases of religious discrimination towards females throughout history which include genital mutilation, foot binding, inability to divorce, getting blamed for getting raped, dowry deaths, etc. ... In that same video, the teacher says, "God gifts every married couple with a child. ...

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With the shift in the composition of society, people are looking towards a more individualistic life style, moving away from their families, divorcing their spouses to live alone, or choosing not to get married. ... Billy is getting ready for ballet, hiding his ballet shoes, Jackie is in the bathroom getting ready for work, and Tony is getting ready for the day, playing air guitar in his room. All the individuals are "getting ready" for the day, to the same up beat soundtrack yet the music shows strong contrasts between the scenes. ... With Tony, the music serves as a "pick-me-u...

• Word Count: 1889
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"Ere row forth, Noah, whither thou list, and get thee a new wife ("Noah's Flood " 73). ... The wife, being married five times " which already has her viewed upon as strange " admits that her first three husbands, all of whom she considered good, were old, rich, and submissive. ...

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The characters who are used to implement this theme are not only the women, but also the men, whom each have inverted gender roles in order to get ascendancy over each other. ... This gives Gwendoline the upper hand as she is able to get the proposal she wanted whilst adhering to the social etiquette and conventions of the Victorian era, subtly letting Jack believe he was in control the whole time. ... However, she must still wait till he has done so, which contradicts the idea that the women of the play are more powerful, as she has to wait for him to carry out the correct social etiquette be...

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The people of the American Adirondack region held strong beliefs that a man and a woman had to be married before they had a child and despite the supposed love Chester had for Grace, he is also unwilling to have this 'burden' in his hands which causes the murder of Grace, and therefore the child within her. ... There is a sequence of shots of 'attractive' models dressing for work compared to Andy getting ready in the morning. ... However, throughout the duration of the movie, Andy gradually gets sucked into the whirlwind of fashion and the world of Runway. ...

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Second women's heavier domestic responsibilities, especially child-related responsibilities, due to traditional gender roles means that they may try to "conserve" energy while at the job and get more flexible, less time-consuming jobs. ... Becker (1985) suggests that married women or women with children seek "more convenient" and "less time intrusive" jobs since they do the majority of housework. ...

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Asian American as in Chinese-, Japanese-, Filipino-, Korean-, Asian Indian-, Vietnamese- and Laotian- American are one of the fastest growing populations in the America and one of the most diverse in terms of class, culture, political orientation, and social experience. Among their populations are s...

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"Black as my soul." (158) was Lang's response to the interviewer's question when the interviewer Power asked him in 1973, "How do you take your coffee?" (158). This response is characteristic of the dark underlying tone that is prevalent in many Lang's films. According to Professor Polan, many Lang's films share a recurring theme - destiny, a destiny which is typically random and uncaring. ...

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But to have any hope, certainty or believe we should firstly investigate the current situation that can give us a full picture of what chances we- females do have and do not and then what of them we are expected to get. ...

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