An anonymous blogger demonstrates the general consensus feminists have on abortion with the post "as my body is not your body, you are not entitled to tell me how to use my body. ... The female also dictates the social and economic future of the impregnating male. ... This inconvenience does not change the fact that the lack of male input in making the decision goes against the fundamentals of gender equality. ... The article was full of studies and quotes of university females proclaiming arrogance in male expectations, but when she had the chance to prove a fault in a prominent male, th...

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In this case these are the results of observation of the current situation of our type of female-male relations, which continues to be such even on a fundamental field of democratization - public authority. ... The spouses of civil servants - their husbands were needed to know what could be the level of difference between the answers of males and females and what do husband consider his wife to be and what are the ideological constraints do they both have in participation of women with men. ...

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In our society there are such systems and structures that postulate social ways to define and organize gender, to know what to expect of each gender and what opportunities are available or not available to females and males. ... As a matter of fact, the culture associated with the gender system, proposes differences in gender roles and expectations, hence oppressing inequality between female and male. ... At the same time, women, whose body parts are being separated from her as a person, are considered to be the physical object of male's uncontrolled driven sexuality. ... The concept of s...

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However, in the 1970s this term acquired its feminist meaning when Kate Millet used it to describe male domination over women (LeGates, 2001: 12). She stated that "every avenue of power within society -military, technology, university, police etc- rests in the hands of males" (LeGates, 2001: 12). ... From birth, women were trained to be subservient to male authority (LeGates, 2001: 14). ... Women were vulnerable to male violence ranging from sexual abuse, wife beating and rape to culturally enforced heterosexuality (LeGates, 2001: 17). ... Justifications of women's subordination were expl...

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The many supporters of the first wave of feminism, both male and female, lobbied for women's suffrage. ... The dominance approach states that whatever differences exist between men and women should not be interpreted as inequalities in order for male dominance. ... A feminist could argue that a woman has the right to do as she pleases with her own body, i.e., pornography or prostitution. Given this, not allowing a woman to do with her body as she pleases could be seen as an act of oppression by a patriarchal society. ... In some cases, absolutely, women are forced into being a traditional...

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Sexism, stereotypes and poor body image. ... Studies have shown that women are more likely than men to have a poor body image. This is because women are often subjected to ideal body images throughout the media; which set unrealistic goals. ... Everyone is unique in both their mind and body and these goals unattainable by most prevent people from being themselves. ... A prime example of a company currently doing this is Lammily - a new line of children's doll which uses the average female body to create a realistic body figure; the motto, "Average is beautiful"9. ...

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To use sex as a variable means to ask whether it makes a difference whether an actor or a subject is male or female. For gender theorist this ought to mean asking whether biological differences alone (be they hormonal, muscular or variations in height/weight/body-fat ratios) make a difference in the dependent variable. ... Where sex is about maleness or femaleness (measured in biological difference) gender is about masculinity & femininity, measured in socially constructed & contextually contingent ideas about what attitudes, attributes & behaviours correspond to ideal-type maleness...

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She has then given an opening for male enemy to outwit and vanquish her in the ceaseless natural conflict. ... Throughout her analyses, she claims that Hobbes" notion of sovereignty requires the inferior position of women at the time of the contract to form the commonwealth and consequently, announces that the whole participants in the contract are male. ... In De Corpore Politico he rejects the identification of man with body or aggregate of accidents. ...

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In fact, many critics believe that Anne Dudley Bradstreet's feminine sensibility has always attracted scholars searching for details of early American life absent from the writings of her male contemporaries. ... Jane Donahue Eberwein is one critic who points to generic debates about women in developing an alternative to both submissive and subversive readings of some of her gender poems like "The Prologue,"" insisting that this poem is best read as "consistently ironic, inviting both male and female readers to approach her writings with respect " (218). ... Although this const...

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In fact, many critics believe that Anne Dudley Bradstreet's feminine sensibility has always attracted scholars searching for details of early American life absent from the writings of her male contemporaries. ... Jane Donahue Eberwein is one critic who points to generic debates about women in developing an alternative to both submissive and subversive readings of some of her gender poems like "The Prologue,"" insisting that this poem is best read as "consistently ironic, inviting both male and female readers to approach her writings with respect " (218). ... Although this const...

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Employees try to achieve managerial expectations by working hard at promoting and serving customers during nighttime operations in order to satisfy the student body, which populates the majority of the business during weekends. ... For example, through personal observation it is evident that the majority of kitchen staff are male, and that the vast majority of serving staff are female. ... It's also worth note that the majority of management staff is male, and act as the "dominant " position in the hierarchy of the workplace. ... While for male employees this has the potential to occur, i...

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Ida Lupino's body of work explores a realistic scope of human emotion both in the lives of men and women. ... As a female director in an otherwise male-dominated 1950s Hollywood, perhaps Lupino's most arduous task was to make her films stand out from the classic Hollywood mode and her ambiguity and subject matter both aid in achieving this goal. ... "Some of these topics alone, and the naturalistic style of her films "even if they have an occasional upbeat ending "are enough to make Lupino something of an anomaly in the 1950s- and an investigation of Lupino's characte...

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It is suggested that despite title IX, females have yet to gain gender equality and are still not given the benefits that their male counterparts receive. Therefore, male participation in the traditionally female sports would be giving men opportunities that women are still fighting for. ... By society tolerating men playing in women's sports and vice versa, it may allow for a smoother transition for women who are attempting to do the same in male dominated sports. ... It is clear that even Sports Illustrated ignores women and their achievements, so now it is rather impossible to not se...

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Abstract Gender Stereotyping affects everyone in society, both male, and female, young and old and is one of the most researched topics amongst social psychologists. ... There were 21 males and 111 females in the study. ... For this study into gender stereotypes, the groups examined will be those of males and females. ... Since the majority of Psychology students were female, the students were pre-assigned to their groups to evenly distribute the male participants (at least one per group) thereby reducing the effects of gender bias in the results. ...

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Laura Mulvey in her essay Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema states that 'in a world ordered by sexual imbalance, pleasure in looking has been split between active/male and passive/female' (Mulvey, 1975, 9) whereby men look and women are looked at. ... Ada's desire for bodily contact and manipulative control of Stewart leads her to bed with him where she caresses his naked body. ...

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All these things argue that Mulan's character does subvert the traditional idea of a heroine but there are also arguments that she still identifies with male authority instead of seeking her own empowerment. ... In more recent films such as The Little Mermaid, Ariel wants to transform her body so she can win the prince, and in Beauty and the Beast, it's suggested that all an abusive man really needs is the love of a good woman to tame him. ...

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They see capitalism and patriarchy as now inseparable and working together towards continued inequality; one supporting the other to maintain the status quo; male dominance and control over woman. ... They see independence as coming from reproductive control of their bodies, and the end of exploitative nuclear family forms. ...

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The majority of works written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman were written as "forceful statements of her opinions on women's need for economic independence and social equality" (151). However, the one story that is considered her artistic masterpiece greatly deviates from her typical fiction. This stor...

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