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...

• Word Count: 937
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The author does not like the ways of the Victorian times and its patriarchal society and dees not waste any time with 'thoroughly British dissatisfaction' the author sets the scene early on with the estate agent when he describes the house to family and sets the image of a typical Victorian family with George being the head of the house, provides for the family brings the money in and makes all important decisions, the wife knows exactly what her role in the family is having to beg 'George to see about getting a nice house in the town for season' although she does go on...

• Word Count: 1318
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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...

• Word Count: 2240
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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...

• Word Count: 1931
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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. ...

• Word Count: 1909
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Jim is after perceived as a local hero and describes how "The great land had never looked to me so big and free. ... His constant references to Antonia's masculine ways highlight the confusion between male/female gender boundaries as he recalls at one stage how "Antonia ate so noisily now, like a man, and she yawned often at the table Grandmother had said, 'Heavy field work'll spoil that girl. ... Shimerda, who could say so little, yet managed to say so much when he exclaimed, "My Antonia!." ... It can be construed that Jim's sheltered and privileged life pre...

• Word Count: 2062
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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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Before the beginning of this sociological research there had been risen a big question of what means the absence of women in a governmental hierarchy of Kazakhstan. ... Little girls saw that around them their mothers were working as medical servants and teachers. ...

• Word Count: 5989
• Approx Pages: 24
• Grade Level: Undergraduate