The invention of cinema and the projection of films on just about any screen meant that this form of entertainment managed to make more accessible what was previously available to just a select group of society. ... The struggle to control this new medium and to impose Judeo-Christian values upon it culminated with the release of the Motion Picture Production Code in 1930.2 In this essay I shall first describe the social context in the United States in the early days of cinema and the introduction of content censorship. ... Hollywood's response was to include more representations of homo...

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There was one thing that my dad could not teach me, however, and so my mother taught me what exactly what femininity is. ... Sitting back and actually thinking of my mother's actions and values, I can say that femininity is the ability to make oneself beautiful and sexy yet still refined as to not look overdone or over make-upped. ... This definition of femininity is quite different than what Susan Brownmiller thinks in her essay "Femininity," because she sees "femininity as a desperate strategy of appeasement" in which a woman has to understand the "feminine principle" is a "great collec...

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In her poem titled "Lady Lazarus," Plath exploits the viciousness of her male dominator as he makes a spectacle of repeatedly pulling her back to life after her suicide attempts. ... When Plath says "Dying/Is an art, like everything else/ I do it exceptionally well" ("Lady Lazarus" 43-45), she is using snide sarcasm regarding how she really is not good at anything because she is unable to kill herself due to the control of her oppressor. ... The uniquely styled short story primarily focuses on a woman living in what seems to be a one-bedroom apartment, jumping from j...

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He means that enthymematic generalizations "make a singular conclusion likely" similar to how "a properly universal premise make a singular conclusion necessary" (107). ... 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. ... Emily Winderman touches upon evoking anger to promote social change in her essay regarding the role that anger played in the Planned Parenthood Federation. ... Allen appeals to this unstated premise by singing, "if you're no...

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Women can't make their own decision like choose the marriage but following the instruction order from men. ... Along with the development of social process, it will develop towards in a good direction in the future. ... What cause child labor such popular? ... The good thing is, child labor began to decline after industrial revolution. ... As you can see, in today's consumption market, each single good have dozens or even hundreds of brand to choose. ...

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Another article written to refute Udry's essay is Barbara J. ... Risman suggests that if the concept of femininity is what Udry makes it out to be, then the specific differences he's highlighting should be expected to change as our culture changes over time. The concept of femininity and what is considered feminine in our culture isn't even accepted by all women in America; what is feminine in one social class or region doesn't necessarily carry the same impression across the board. ... Cerroni-Long discusses the characterization of our species through out sexual-dimorphi...

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Intention of reasearch report - For this essay, the intention was to inform the reader of the representation, effects, and resolution of gender inequality. ... Along with this, the advertisement insinuates that all women cook and are not good for much else other than housework; as per the social norm many decades ago. ... If society hopes to liberate the world of these stereotypes people need to be looked at for who they are and not what they are. ... Therefore, what a child sees and experiences, will stick with them; as with a toy and their gender binding qualities. ... What can be done to re...

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Cather also perhaps expresses how her sexuality does not make her unequal to men or heterosexual relationships in this particular line in the novel. ... Farwell begins to define her idea of the lesbian narrative space by suggesting "we can conclude that a lesbian can occupy heterosexual space, and a heterosexual can occupy what I propose to call lesbian narrative space, just as male and female characters can occupy the oppositely gendered narrative space." ... Widow Steavens affirms this opposition in her account of Antonia's unfortunate circumstances, "My Antonia, that had so ...

• Word Count: 2062
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