Amber Ashpole Social Division of the Pacific Northwest in the Early 20th Century The Pacific Northwest by definition of it geography encouraged a split social environment. ... Therefore, even though the geography of the Pacific Northwest played a large part in creating a social division in the early 20th century, it was the lack of economic, political, and social rights for women that had the most profound affect on the populace. ... As men and the industrial revolution progressed, "woman's political status, while legally unchanged . . . deteriorated relative to the advance of ...

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In Zehra Arat's chapter entitled Women Under Layers of Oppression: The (Un) Changing Political Economy of Gender, she writes that, "the common denominator of women in all societies, including the industrialized ones, is their subordinate status." ... Addressing the issue that women have perpetually held a significantly lower status than men constitutes only part of the argument according to Arat. ... This implemented programs to raise plans to advance the position and status of all women. ... Similarly, Margaret Leahy, in her book, Development Strategies and the Status of Women, she discu...

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Until now, the concept/definition of "women" has emerged from the androcentrism of the patriarchic society, a kind of "women" in the androcentric mentality, which is also a social and civic misconception created to harbor and enhance the ruling status of men. ... It is women who desire the equality of all humankind, a relationship which challenges between the status or men and the statue of women, as well as to and oppose any hierarchical structures, laws and customs that cause women to lose individuality, to be subordinative and inferior. ...

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From a modernist perspective, development would therefore have a positive impact on women's social status overall (Greig et al., 2007). ... Traditionally, a woman at home is seen as a display of a higher socio-economic status (Desai & Andrist, 2010). ... For younger girls, the shift in parent-daughter relations also rejects the foreseen climb in the familial status. ... Parents usually encourage girls' education as it improves their chances on the marriage market and often disagree with their daughter working the night shift, as a woman working in the call center industry is sociall...

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In her constant favouring of Tom, Mrs Tulliver repeatedly asserts Maggie's inferior status. ... Like many other heroines trapped in a limiting social context, Maggie finds a way to escape. ... This image conveys the extent of Maggie's affront to social convention and the rebellious and sinful implications such as desire carries. ... Maggie's social education is seen in all its painful detail. ... Stelling's sexist views of clever women, and her father's collusion with dominant social conventions all educate Maggie into accepting her inferior status as a woman in a patr...

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That of sheer insignificance in the country and in the social circle. ... In her constant favouring of Tom, Mrs Tulliver repeatedly asserts Maggie's inferior status. ... Like many other heroines trapped in a limiting social context, Maggie finds a way to escape. ... Maggie's social education is seen in all its painful detail. ... Stelling's sexist views of clever women, and her father's collusion with dominant social conventions all educate Maggie into accepting her inferior status as a woman in a patriarchal society. ...

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During the 1890's America was characterized by strict social codes, both spoken and unspoken. ... According to Chopin's view of the human condition, persons cannot arrive at a satisfactory sense of who they are unless they fulfill three basic needs (Skaggs 112): a definable place in social order, the fulfillment of human love, and the sense of independence. ... In the process of writing The Awakening, Chopin uses her life experiences along with the repressive social status of women during the turn of the century to illustrate the sacrifices that Edna Pontellier had to make to ove...

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As a working woman, Jane would be expected to remain unmarried, or leave her job if she did decide to marry, and marry a man of a similar social status to herself, such as a clergyman like St John Rivers. ... The consequences are the downfall of the school and of Brocklehurst himself, as he loses all of his power and status. ... This is true in the case of Jane, although it is necessary for Rochester to become physically disabled (loss of sexual appeal) and lose his property (loss of wealth and status) before she feels necessarily equal or superior to him – reflecting the attitudes of Vi...

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In so doing, we affect not only our lives, but also the lives of others and the social systems in which all of this take place. ... Functionalist theory may be interpreted as an apology for the status quo. ... The Conflict Perspective: From the conflict perspective, the gender inequality is a form of social stratification. ... This fact does not mean, however, that prestige, and wealth than any lower-class person, but the same upper-class woman will have less men and women have equal status. Typically, an upper-class woman will have more power, status 3 (Sociology for the twenty- first centu...

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The status quo of the male dominated World system is a social construct that can be overcome in the realisation that the characteristics associated with gender are not natural and neutral but are rather social constructs that do not hold firm universally. ... And so, in the quest to uncover the hidden assumptions about gender, the liberal feminist approach provided by the film affirms that the traditional norms of gender that have been maintained and evolved through social constructions can be reversed by the same means. ... The social constructions surrounding the traits we associate with ...

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Overall, the rights and status of women have improved considerably in the last century; however, gender equality has recently been threatened within the last decade. Blatantly sexist laws and practices are slowly being eliminated while social perceptions of "women's roles" continue to stagnate and even degrade back to traditional ideals. It is these social perceptions that challenge the evolution of women as equal on all levels. ... My grandmother through growing up during a time when women had few social rights, said she didn't experience oppressive sexism in her life. ... No one ...

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The Irish culture, prominently featuring gender segmentation and the belief that women are to have social roles unconstrained to men, allowed the women to avail themselves of the job opportunities in America, as Diner so clearly states in chapter four, "The structure of the American job market as it translated into opportunities for the unskilled and uneducated tended initially to favor the Irish immigrant woman over the man.... This change in lifestyle was an effective way to communicate their new social status, along with the added touch of something more tangible, a "lace curtain&...

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This then leads to the significance of the title of the poem The Rape of the Lock, because Belinda becomes a victim to humiliation in society because a lock of her hair had been cut off after losing in a game of cards, causing her beauty to be lessened therefore making it harder for her to obtain pride and social status. ...

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However, the most significant impacts happened to occur on the role of men and women, that the war has altered the status of the genders in the United States. ... Moreover, the change of women did not only have an influence on the social level, but political level as well. ... The two posters showed the two extreme scenes of the time where women were trapping in the problem of gender status, then eventually solved it and won what they deserved. ...

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In addition, the status of women and men has a huge gap. Men's social status and power are much higher and bigger than women. ... Modern parents now share this responsibility together because of social and work constraints. ... In modern society, the social emphasis and degree of concern for women has been an unprecedented increase. Along with the development of social process, it will develop towards in a good direction in the future. ...

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It also fails to provide the correct social direction for the development of a society and its democratization. ... The politics until today remains the destiny of men; family defines the status of women in most cases. ... Shortly, all 103 respondents were people of both sexes, different ages and social status. ... The totalitarian society tried to construct true equality and improve the political status of women; the reforms of socialism could have a breakthrough effect in the development and resolution of this issue. ... Thus it undertook the functions of main official conductor of social...

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Forcing those with similar socio-economic status to mate, strips a persons fundamental right of choice. ... Instead, he would be considered a proto-feminist due to his endorsement of the equality of the sexes in social status and function. ... Plato should have provided each citizen the ability to make personal decisions when it comes to social developments in order to improve the well being of the state. ...

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James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, interprets this idea, "Hip-hop is now a big business with more attention paid to public image, product endorsements, and record deals that actual social change.... It has come to a point where "the exploitation of black women has become almost required for an artist to develop an identity, to develop a sense of status, to be a powerful, desireable, successful black male image of hip-hop...as part of [their] performance," explains Tricia Rose, professor of Africana Studies at Brown University. ... Commonly, women are merely adorned in hip-ho...

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Those expectations feed the insecurities and fears in consumers enabling the maintenance of advertisers status quo and keeping us purchasing (Lisenby). ... But is it really what the truth of adulthood expectations are or is it more preparing them to maintain the social status of the previous generations and to stick to traditional gender roles, with the woman having only two options: the prude or the slut? ... The advertising industry could easily claim its social agenda for maintaining the realization of society and its subsequent shift back to the value of family and the importance of a ...

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They were also burdened with more complex tasks of household management and lived in greater isolation; thus reducing the female companionship of emotional support and social gatherings. ... However, after reading The Plantation Mistress, I have come to realize that the leisure status of the planter's lady is a fairy tale that I scooped up. ...

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Topic 1: Write a paragraph about the importance of music in our life. Music has become part of people's every day routine and is significant to people for a number of reasons. First and foremost, music is an effective stress management tool. As long as people like the music they are listening to, t...

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The status, or "place," of women in society has been a well-debated issue that is as old as the earliest civilizations. ... The idea of marriage in Islamic culture is not a status as much as it is a contract. ... In the time of Jesus, women did not enjoy the freedoms and statuses they once had enjoyed during the times of the Old Testament, and were considered inferior beings, almost as low as slaves. ... Women have been viewed as inferior to men, and may always be perceived that way, whether it is in business, in marriage, or social class. ...

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There are four other agencies under the administration of the Ministry of Women, Family and Community, Department of Women Development (DWD), the Social Welfare Department of Malaysia (JKM), the Board of The National Population and Family Development (LPPKN) and Social Malaysia Institution (ISM). ... It is also a drastic step to increase the number of women at the decision-making and encourage synergies of various sectors to improve the socio-economic status of women. ... The first one is developing potential of women from various walks of life and in all sectors as agents of change to the co...

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Through this position and through her husband she satisfied her high social aspirations but she also faced continuous challenges and disappointments even long after President Lincoln's death. ... Critics also accused her of unpatriotic lavishness in her entertaining while after her son Willie's death in 1862, they criticized her of avoidance of her social duties. ... Mary in particular, had complete control and supervision of the household as well as of her husband's manners, social behavior and even clothes. ... (Baker 114) And while Abigail Adams concerned herself about edu...

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It is an important factor to consider when relating to how women are portrayed and their status within a patriarchal society. ... On one occasion, Emilia explores and challenges the social attitudes which endorse a double standard in the matter of sexual infidelity, by more poignantly she makes a claim for equality and a plea for kindness - "the ills we do, their ills instruct us so". ...

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