When flipping through the Home Goods Living magazine, one ad stuck out like a sore thumb. ... When a female reader is looking at this ad, they can correlate the idea of a Freedom Mop, with being a strong woman in good shape while cleaning their homes. ... Women being shown as the gender that cleans the home consistently can be offensive to some consumers who see the ads. ... With a stereo-type of women being at home, maintaining a spotless, well-run household; the magazine also depicts ideals for the perfect home. ... It could let woman see that, if such a strong powerful character can use thi...

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The society that includes many people who have different ideologies, how they can build the society up has many roles that almost dominate traditional or modern gender roles according to the views of people. ... Besides, men who could do many household duties can stay at home to take care of the children, according to the modern view of the gender roles. ... In other words, the main responsibilities of men are income and for the women are home duties. ... Brescoll and Uhlmann (2005) observe that when the mother who works outside of the home are more negative than them staying at home. ... Peo...

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Is it a mother and father where the father makes an income while the mother is at home? ... There was a time when women needed to stay home and cook, clean, and take care of the children. ... It makes girls at a young age dream of the perfect home, kids, perfect home cooked meals, and the floor cleaner. ... Men's food advertisements of a hamburger or something hardy is shown more in the evening when the men come home from work and are hungry for the home-cooked meal that their perfect housewife has slaved over the stove all day to make. ... The advertisement is basically saying that it...

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This can be a great opportunity to learn about other cultures without having to leave our doorsteps. ... Definitely, social status can hurt women as well. ... Hispanic American women who live in decaying, poor quality homes in ghettos or poor communities are forced to find ways to escape reality. Many choose prostitution as a way of raising enough money to leave their unhealthy habitats; others search for a husband to take them far away from home. ... Better-educated women can communicate and be better informed of the world, giving them the ability to increase their participation in soc...

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In refutation of the counterargument, it can be said that some women can make bad moms, and some men can be better at parenting. This counterstatement has shown why women shouldn't be defined as only "stay-at-home moms" (Sassoon, 1987). ... The gender difference in household work can be translated into the disadvantage for women. ... While, all the domestic care is done by the women at home. ... In society's conventional view, men have and can out-earn women economically based on the norms of what women have always been doing. ...

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Respectable women in New Orleans society stayed at home and bore children, tended to their household, hosted luncheons, and abided by very rigid rules of behavior. ... Women stayed at home and cooked, while men left home each day to work. ... By showing two very different societies, and the different social exceptions seen in both of them, one can see how accepting something (X) makes (X) inevitable. ...

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It has been noted by some historians that the war reinforced traditional values in women, on the other hand it is argued that such an experience must have altered the lives of the women on the home front considerably. ... They are important to consider as even when the conflict was at its highest, in terms of the volume of woman power involved, there were 8,777,000 women working at home. ... Many supporters of mandatory labour for women, suggested that it would allow class divisions to be submerged, and that that work of the home front would be deliberately spread amongst women from all ranks...

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Women were the ones who had a duty to look after the home and raise the children. ... The discourse within these inequalities will be discussed along with theoretical approaches that can be used to help women overcome this systematic inequality. ... " The women work long, enduring hours as live-in caregivers and/or nannies caring for other people's children and home. Many women receive minimum wage, which they seldom get to keep as they have to send their earnings back home to their families. ... Many are unable to speak their native language or practice their culture as they live i...

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Women can also do what men can do. They can do tasks just as well as their male counterparts and have earnings equal or above their peers. ... " I think, what John Smith trying to say is that, sending women to college will just be very useless and absurd since the conventional gender roles for women is stating that they should be staying in the house and not attending school since they just had to stay home, raise the children clean the house and cook the dinner for her husband that was at work all day. ... Women who wish an active role in society may take part in activities of their ow...

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Since the traditional conceptions of masculinity and femininity define man as instrumental and woman as expressive, then it follows that men and women can function in their traditional roles only in conjunction with each other. ... Neither can stand alone and this relationship is formalized within the institution of marriage. ... On the other hand, assumes the power to feel, nurture, serve and manage domestic and interpersonal life of the home. ... Therefore, women who are striving to be good wives and mothers can convince themselves that they are also reaping the rewards of such applicati...

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The ideal woman in the Victorian Age had to stay at home, lack any sexual initiative, be selfless, and be morally accountable. She was to be the pillar of the home in both the physical and moral sense. ... Similar to her, most women of the Victorian age had to partake in only their domestic duties and not engage in life beyond the walls of their homes. ... The only way in which she can view the outside environment is via a magical mirror, which represents her separation. ... Consequently, death is the punishment for this fallen woman who chose to break the Victorian ideals and look into public...

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A man can have control over his wife to the extent that he tells her when and what to eat, and what she can wear, as Katherina's husband does, and once she is accustomed to these ways, she will accept without complaint. ... While the husband "commits his body to painful labour both by sea and land", Act 5, scene 2, 149-150, a woman "liest warm at home, secure and safe" Act 5, scene 2, 152. ... She expects to be cared and provided for, and by playing the subservient role, she can obtain these ends. ... Internally, The Taming of the Shrew carries messages of a woman's role in marria...

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This is effecting the maternal employment of which parents can make responsible and informed decisions about the timing and nature of their employment. ... Both historically and at present there is no doubt that one of the most central arenas of gender struggles outside the home. ... It doesn't matter the class of the woman, the employment strategies, or the home caring strategies: it still a very male domineering world. ...

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This attempt brings with it the realization that the Victorian world in which she lives is not one where a woman can live spiritually awakened, independent, and free from societal oppression. ... Edna likens Madame Lebrun's home to a prison, "with iron bars before the door and lower windows" (Chopin 106). This image of a prison style home is paired with the "mother-woman" concept represented by Madame Lebrun (13). ... In sharp contrast to Madame Lebrun's prison-like home with barred windows and doors, Mademoiselle Reisz keeps her windows open allowing light and...

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Women have to work two jobs: outside the home and within the home, taking care of the children. ... Additionally, peer relations can sometimes be seen as more demanding for conformity than parental pressure. ... Overemphasis on traditional gender role norms can be very limiting for men and women in terms of behavior and opportunities. ... By characterizing gender this way, development can fail to address effectively the issues of equity and empowerment that are crucial in bringing about the positive change. ... In summary, gender roles and expectations is a learned behavior that starts at a v...

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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. ... As you read Maggie's story, the connections we can draw between her life story - particularly its often-unfulfilled ambitions - and Victorian constructions of femininity. ... Maggie's anger can be seen as a symbol of feminist frustration and rage at the oppression of women in Victorian society. ... Her contradictory unruliness and vulnerability can be seen as signs of the disjunc...

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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. ... As you read Maggie's story, the connections we can draw between her life story - particularly its often-unfulfilled ambitions - and Victorian constructions of femininity. ... Maggie's anger can be seen as a symbol of feminist frustration and rage at the oppression of women in Victorian society. ... Her contradictory unruliness and vulnerability can be seen as signs of the disjunc...

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Though Lavinia tries as hard as she can to conceal her inferiority, she is still very much a woman, and is thereby vulnerable ("The heat pulsed under your dress and along your legs with a stealthy sense of invasion."). ... The story shows that it was foolish for Lavinia to try to be strong and independent and that she can never deny the fact that she is woman, and thereby weak and vulnerable. She can never be as strong or powerful as a man and is destined to the weaker subservient position. Lavinia, despite her strong appearance, gets frightened (Lavonia felt her heart going loudly within her ...

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Her success can be primarily contributed to the fact that the Nigerian market system has been in place from ancestrial Nigerian times and today has become integral to the Nigerian economy. ... Many of these women in power had their own royal titles and insignas and lived in their own homes. ... Today, however, the Nigerian women is once again able to participate in the political arena, though on a smaller level, nevertheless, she is still able to participate in state and governmental affairs which can be said to be primarily due to their collaborative efforts in organ...

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In contrast to the conditions that existed before the declaration was issued, it can be said that its points have been fulfilled. ... Crucially for this essay, she shows it can operate differently in the private and public domain but toward the same end. ... Application of this strategy in the domestic sphere depends on individual patriarchs controlling women in the private world of the home. ... Public institutions have the power to oppress individual women or exclude them from directly from public structures; this work is carried out in the home. ... Yet, the institution can only pursu...

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Although Clytemnestra is one of the most recognizable and noted female villains due to her involvement in the murder of her husband and his concubine, one can argue that her actions are justifiable. ... "(1431-1433) Agamemnon also betrays her as a wife by leaving her alone at home to suffer in his absence for ten years and leaving her to rule Troy; such an absence is seen as an offence against marriage from a female perspective. ... She confirms to the chorus that her confidence is not only justice for the murder of Iphigenia, but her love for Aegisthus when she states "yet Aegisthus makes the...

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Secondly, thanks to music, ones' social relations can be developed. ... Studying abroad offers students easy access to the advanced technology and high quality courses with professional teaching staff in the most renovated academies; therefore, students can improve their knowledge and broaden their mind. ... Traditionally, the man has been responsible for financial support of the home and family members and the woman for childraising and house keeping. ... Computers accessing to the Internet provide tutors with a wide range of teaching materials and sometimes, technology can proceed in th...

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Women are sometimes placed in an inferior role which can be characterized by helplessness, fragility and vulnerability. ... The men are portrayed as the moneymakers for the family who expect their home a certain way when the return from a hard day at work. ...

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Especially in occupations such as mining, fishing, construction trades that are mostly done by physical labour, women's physical inferiority can be a strong reason that can explain the gender wage gap. ... An explanation stated by Albrecht et al. can supplement Drolet's idea more. ... Unlike consequence of a long absence from a pid-job market due to child-related interruption, women's unpaid work activities at home would be more traditional source of the gender wage gap that has been existed through the human history. ... Suggested by Becker (1991), knowing they will have to go ...

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Suppose we do have free will, how can we exercise it? ... He renames this idea of fate as the "Destiny-machine", which can be described as a vast and elaborate system that society organized as a machine. ... In this film, the men's club and Wanley's home seem to be constantly echoing with ticking clocks. ... Every time a character enters or leaves a room, members of the audience can record the time of the event if they wanted to. ... Lang employs numerous stylistic techniques, many of which can be attributed to Film Noir, to emphasize the intended meaning and themes of each...

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