Other scholars have expanded Aristotle's notes on anger-its use as a rhetorical tool, what causes people to get angry, and what kind of rhetoric best evokes anger. Christopher Carey notes that some of the most persuasive "angry rhetoric," evokes anger in a way that makes the audience feel personally offended, even though it may not have actually been a personal attack (408). ...

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Albert notes Galen's observations that the male sperm acts as a necessity, a power, and an agent, while the colder female seminal fluid serves as nourishment of the male sperm.# This sexism is also seen in Albert's passages concerning the determination of the fetus's gender. ...

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Dolce & Gabbana, a brand-name company known for luxurious and expensive products, launched a thirty second video advertisement for their perfume, "Light Blue," in 2001 targeting young adult to middle-aged men and women. On the surface, their campaign portrays a passionate afternoon in the beautiful ...

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The Mishnah, a book of legal rules compiled by Jewish sages in the second century Roman Palestine, depicts a society in which the adult Israelite male is the central character. He is the possessor of wives, children, land and other property. The Mishnah's socioeconomic system is rooted within the re...

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Women: Role in Society The world today has changed in many aspects of gender related life style. Yet there is an area of improvement in the focus of gender: based on labor and the patriarchal working woman. The different theories and definitions help to explain the relationship of the construct...

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Anne Bradstreet "Gender- The Struggles and Fears of being a Puritan mother and a puritan woman, Bradstreet had trouble writing poetry in a patriarchal, unimaginative world. Although Bradstreet grew up in affluence with the luxury of an excellent education, she was expected to behave as a normal...

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Anne Bradstreet "Gender- The Struggles and Fears of being a Puritan mother and a puritan woman, Bradstreet had trouble writing poetry in a patriarchal, unimaginative world. Although Bradstreet grew up in affluence with the luxury of an excellent education, she was expected to behave as a normal...

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Why ghost stories repeatedly shows us that the family is a site of trauma and conflict. Discussing how and why the ghost story genre focuses on dysfunctional families. The Victorian ghost story usually focuses and reflects on the role of family life in Britain, highlighting the key issues in which s...

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In India, the most visible advocate of ecofeminism is Vandana Shiva. One would tend to categorize her work with the eco-feminists of the radical mode, Vandana Shiva (1988) critiques modern science and technology as a western, patriarchal and colonial project, which is inherently violent and perpetua...

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As asserted by sociologists, "ones sex is biological, whilst gender is social". The distinction between sex and gender differentiates sex (anatomy of an individual's reproductive system) from gender (social roles based on the sex of the person, usually culturally learned). As the quote highlights...

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Throughout the twentieth century, a substantial body of research has been devoted to exploring gender differences in various cognitive processes. With more and more women entering the labor force and holding positions that require decision-making skills, it is surprising how few (if any) research st...

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When one thinks of traditional gender stereotypes, women are often thought of as submissive, passive, dependent, and gentle, and men as dominant, active and decisive. Through these gender roles are being challenged today, these characteristics have been seen as the appropriate gender identities for ...

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(Bradstreet 549) This line in particular highlights her radical views; she looks honestly at her own abilities and then notes that the culture she lives in will disregard her success by calling her a thief, which is slander, or saying she just got lucky. ... Murray takes this radical avocation for female education to another level, almost hinting at the possibility of female superiority, noting that "the judgement of a male of two years old is more sage than that of a female's of the same age? ...

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Moreover, Dowry a tradition that undermines women, leaving them as the inferior element within a marriage, 'refers to the durable goods, cash, and real or movable property that the bride's family gives to the bridegroom, his parents, or his relatives as a condition of the marriage'.5 This injustice is in particular worth noting, due to the wider burden it has on the entire family. ...

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The First Ladies in Female Spheres Massachusetts-born Abigail Smith inherited New England's potent traditions and continued to personify republican values until her death in 1818. She was a part of a prestigious, "major family network of Boston's South Shore"(Akers 3) and her father was a Congregat...

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Mass media is a form of communication that addresses large and diverse audiences that are physically separated from one and another. The media itself is a powerful and pervasive mode of communication and in today's society it not only shapes people's perception of gender but also reinforces the gend...

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"The lesbian subject, variously defined, appears in a number of coded, indirect, and subversive as well as literal ways. Instead of a recognizable genre, lesbian literary narrative, is in reality, a disputed form, dependent on various interpretive strategies." Marilyn Farwell offers a detailed respo...

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When you think of the picture-perfect family, what comes to mind? Is it a mother and father where the father makes an income while the mother is at home? Or is it the realistic family that either both parents work hard for an income or the mother is taking on more the aspects of being the provider a...

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Gender inequality in Central Asia Region "Although gender inequality is closely related to biological differences between females and males, it is profoundly social phenomenon based on the cultural definitions of sex and gender."" "Sociologically, sexism and gender inequality are produced by ...

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It is important to note that this situation would not fit into the miscommunication theory that the male had simply "misperceived" the woman's signals, but rather, the sex happened because the male was persistent. ...

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Stereotypes have long identified what is "male" and what is "female". These stereotypes, designated by society, determine what type of role each gender fulfills in society. But male and female roles change over time, and as traditional stereotypes begin to fade, so do gender roles. Today, women expe...

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Humanity has evolved in a male-centered, patriarchal society. Historically, men were always the main suppliers of food and money. Women were the ones who had a duty to look after the home and raise the children. Women were financially dependent on men and lost their financial support as a consequenc...

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