This is especially true of "The Whole Town's Sleeping" by Ray Bradbury. ... "The Whole Town's Sleeping" reveals a society where women are weak, fragile and vulnerable, They were the victims of violence inflicted by men, and had to constantly be alert and wary, guarding themselves from any possible danger. ... Though she starts of "just not afraid" it is soon turned into panic and she admits her inferiority ("If I get home safe I will never go out alone, I was a fool"), conforming to the patriarchal ideology on the innate weakness of women. ...

• Word Count: 604
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Giersons" home represents a shift from old to new by having both past and present qualities. ... The town quickly and secretively does away with the smell of the home like it does with the old viewpoint of women. ... When Emily dies, the town enters the home, "which no one had seen in forty years, and which would have to be forced"(80). ... She recovers only when another man, Homer Barron, enters her life to take care of her. ... Even after Homer's death, she sleeps next to his dead body and leaves an "indentation of [her] head-(81) next to his. ...

• Word Count: 1119
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

With the infamous potato famine wreaking havoc back home, the United States, having far better economic opportunities than Ireland, became home to the largest independent female migration in American history. ... In addition to factory jobs, Irish women also worked in mills and took up domestic work in American citizens' private homes. ... Imagine living in shacks, with a mere few feet between you and all neighboring shacks, sleeping on dirt floors with nothing but some bedding between you and the earth. ... Although not all followed this way of living, some Irish immigrant families adopt...

• Word Count: 1071
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Her mother, on the other hand, is always home and is somehow involved in many aspects of Regina's life. ... I feel as though the creators of this film took a stereotypical approach when representing Regina George's femininity, which results in the degradation of women, by proposing that in order to be feminine you must date and sleep with several guys, wear tight clothing, obsess over being the most attractive female in the school, and use the distinctive colour of pink. ...

• Word Count: 685
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Other traditional Disney heroines are characters like Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) and Cinderella. ... This can be recognised at the end when Mulan is offered a place in the emperor's council, but refuses and instead decides to return home. ...

• Word Count: 2236
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate