This begs the question whether in today's society males are subject to a stereotype that depicts them as the unstable and less emotionally capable specifically when it comes to romantic relationships. ... Buss (2008), "Breaking up Romantic Relationships: Costs Experienced and Coping Strategies Deployed," in relation with the aforementioned articles, I propose to answer this question by employing a critical summary, an analysis of my data, and a conclusion of my findings. ... Buss (2008), "Breaking up Romantic Relationships: Costs Experienced and Coping Strategies Deployed...

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Bassett and colleagues (2000) have found that femme lesbians may pursue romantic relationships similar to heterosexual women, while butch lesbians similar to heterosexual males. ... Bassett and colleagues (2000) suggest that femme lesbians engage in romantic relationships similar as those of heterosexual women. ... However, distinct to accustomed sexual desire, unrestricted sociosexual desire is accompanied in conjunction with a sexual attraction that is particularly directed at prospective mates to whom no steadfast romantic relationship exists (Simpson et al., 2004). ...

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The other type is "potentially a romantic relationship, where feelings of sexual attraction may become greater"" (Pg.482). ... In a study that was done in the Netherlands, a lack of day-to-day interaction between men and women may reduce understanding of the other sex and may complicate personal communication between men and women in friendships and romantic relationships (Pg. 101). ... Compared to men, women more often reported having an opposite-sex friendship in which their friend was romantically attracted to them but in which they were not romantically attracted to their friend (Pg 144). ...

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"The Plantation Mistress" By Catherine Clinton The Plantation Mistress focuses on the elite women living on plantations with twenty or more slaves in the seven seaboard states of the plantation South during the period between 1780 and 1835. Through the study of nearly 500 manuscript collections...

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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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How romantic, how convenient, how great it is for men to rescue damsels in distress and live happily (I wonder who) ever after. ... While a male critic would see the stories as a romantic story, a feminist will see it as a story of oppression. ...

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One can constantly spot his eyes wandering to a woman's breasts or rear, he spends a whole scene staring at scantily clad women by a pool and talking about their bodies, and he even perverts the baptism of his attractive maid into a romantic sexual fantasy. ...

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Question The value of a great text is its ability to speak to responders of different times and places. Is this true with Shakespeare's "Othello?" Discuss this with reference to at least two texts. Response William Shakespeare's "Othello" has the ability to speak to responders of different times a...

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The role of women in society is very different today compared to the role of women in Victorian society, in the 19th Century. Discuss this statement with reference to Maggie Tulliver in "Mill On The Floss" Since the book "Mill on The Floss" was written nearly two hundred years ago, it is no sur...

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The role of women in society is very different today compared to the role of women in Victorian society, in the 19th Century. Discuss this statement with reference to Maggie Tulliver in "Mill On The Floss" Since the book "Mill on The Floss" was written nearly two hundred years ago, it is no sur...

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When looking at the similarities between Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and As You Like It, the most obvious connections lie in the manner in which the two main female roles both disguise themselves as men within the plays. But with an even deeper look into this phenomenon one can begin to see that th...

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Many female characters in 19th Century texts are caught between a need for independence through working, and a need for security, through marriage and the taking on of domestic duties as a housewife. They must choose between the uncertain prospect of setting out on their own and the extensive limita...

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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 experience freedom and opportunities that were thought unattainable by their female ancestors. Stereotypes and gender roles had a strong hold on society in the late 1800's, and because many women silently desired independence above all else, their wish for equality was a common theme in literature...

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"The exemplary female prototype in advertising, regardless of product or service, displays youth (no lines or wrinkles), good looks, sexual seductiveness, and perfection (no scars, blemishes, or even pores (Cortese 2008, 59)." It's a difficult point to argue; in looking around, what's gleaned is how...

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 Each day, millions of people listen to the radio and are exposed to the social critiques that are apparent in many popular songs. With the recent popularization of feminism, many of the social critiques in modern music discuss inequalities between men and women, in hopes of educating the public. Geneva Murray defines feminist music as "providing conscious raising of the struggles that many individuals still face due to a patriarchal system," which allows feminist theory to become "more approachable and accessible for those outside of academia" (1). Lily Allen is one mus...

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In comparing the films The Blot by Lois Weber and The Wild Party By Dorothy Arzner both films challenge the established discourses that privilege the male and help develop the patriarchal feminine discourse. Through the close study of these two films I found similar narrative lines such as transport, employment and female relationship. It was through the critical analysis of these elements that I find the argument of my essay; That the female characters in these films did not have equal access to public space because of their suppression by the dominant male patriarch. In The Blot the repre...

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Thus it is not unusual that, as the product of such revolutionary parents, Mary Shelley would harbour the same feminist and Romantic ideologies and subsequently challenge the ideologies of the patriarchal society in which she lived. ...

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