Since the beginning of time there has been a universal thought that man are superior to woman and such is the universal theme in Alexander Pope's, The Rape of the Lock. ... This makes it hard for me to relate or learn from the poem because I feel that Pope is comparing small superficial qualities like beauty to bigger more meaningful things such as self-pride and intelligence. ... From which I was faced with another problem in reading this poem because with so little character development I wasn't sure to which character I can closely relate to and I often found myself going back a...

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This can be described as commercial transactions in which a man pays for the bride's virginity just as for any other object of value. ... The latter's biological needs no longer matter since no man has any claim in it and as a result, the Mishnah grants her autonomy. The sexuality factor plays a big role because whenever some man has a propriety interest in the sexual and reproductive function of a specified woman, the Mishnah treats woman as the man's property in all matters that affect his ownership of her sexuality while in all other contexts, the dependent woman is treate...

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Dawning a silky red dress with matching red lips and big, black eye lashes, the caption reads, "the new fragrance for women.... The ad relies on the consumer's connectibility and envy of the star, and makes little effort in promoting the product aside from its declaration that it's the "new fragrance for women.... The final female-centric ad I observed helps to perpetuate, in my opinion, the most damaging message of all: Get Noticed with Visibly Softer Lips, writes the ad in big, bold letters. ... Because what is it be a man if you're not the almighty breadwinner or st...

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In the typical example of date rape, a woman is the victim, with little to no interest in sex with her date, and an aggressive male is the perpetrator, who either force themselves on the female, or use other means, such as drugs or alcohol, to subdue the woman and get what they want, without the woman's permission. ... The reasoning is that either the man thinks that the woman is playing 'hard to get' or that the woman does not want to seem promiscuous by giving in too easily. ... In all of these cases, the man and woman were both on the same page, before having sex. ... Ge...

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This may not seem much but compared to what it was in the 1800's it was a big improvement. ... Many lived in the attics of the houses they were working in, and were paid very badly for long days, some even as little as 5 to 10 pounds a year for 12 hour days every day. ... Even though in Britain it was quite straight forward to find work for women they usually had to put up with the worst conditions and lowest pay, maybe about two thirds of a mans or less. ...

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James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, interprets this idea, "Hip-hop is now a big business with more attention paid to public image, product endorsements, and record deals that actual social change.... " To make it in the industry, it is unsurprising that it is more challenging for a woman to get a record deal, than it is for a man. ... Record executive, Irv Gotti explains the gender gap in the industry, "The female rapper is a little bit harder to break (into the industry), it's like they can't be too hard, they can't be too soft, they [have] to look right, guys...

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On the other hand, Lilit, was a little bigger in size and kind of curvy, just like her mom. ... She would eat her meal in big portions and could make herself sick anywhere and get rid of the calories that she just had ingested. ...

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Many people see men as a threat to this value believing that a mans presence on the field could intimidate the women, thereby dominating the game, and taking away a safe place for girls to grow and find their own strengths. ... Against all odds and the community's reactions she came through and made the varsity team, probably with a little help from the publicity, but it's still important that she is making a mark on the gender equality issues that are still at hand. ... But the impact of these representations is an even bigger accomplishment; it produces an image of women as being ...

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Numerous individuals feel as if they are pressured by the idea of an ideal body image through the media. In many instances, individuals often have their own ideal body image, but because of standards that humanity has set for the "perfect body" that are reinforced through the media, men and women are expected to meet other standards. In chapter one of the book, Mass Media Research: An Introduction, the authors, Roger D. Wimmer and Joseph R. Dominick, state, "The term mass media refers to any form of communication that simultaneously reaches a large number of people, including bu...

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