While it was considered totally safe and normal for men to go out alone at night, women only belonged in the day, and with darkness were expected to lock themselves away from awaiting threats. ... The story endorses the idea that women who do not take proper care of themselves, and try to be independent are to blame for whatever happens to them. ... Lavinia, despite her strong appearance, gets frightened (Lavonia felt her heart going loudly within her and she was cold too) when she sees the dead body, and can only try to forget it. ... Though she starts of "just not afraid" it is soon turned ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This just goes to show that withdrawing the chance for women to be educated leads to their perpetual struggle in health, job opportunity, and government input/interest. ... Also, since women were not allowed to generate cash income, whatever labor they put into the state was lessened. ... The only way to go is up after this step is reached, and the more this equation spreads, the more people will be come aware and take action against the subordination of women everywhere. ...

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• Has Bibliography
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However, Mattie's integrity hinders her from breaking her promise to her mother to "never go away" and abandon the family. ... However much society tells women they can do whatever they want, both the societies of A Gathering Light and The Devil Wears Prada state this only if it's on their terms. ... Aunt Josie goes on to state that Mattie is "selfish and thoughtless" for even thinking that she could leave her sisters. ...

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They are never expected to go on a diet so that they can lose those extra pounds and will again be desired by women. ... My uncle noticed that there was something strange going on with her and that whatever was happening needed to be stopped, because it obviously was damaging her well being and physical strength. This is when she started to eat and "act normal" so that her dad would not see that there still was something wrong going on. ... At some point during that time she could not even walk, and that is when everyone else started to think that we were going to lose her. My uncle ...

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And if they fail to attain such an expectation, they are taught to feel ashamed and guilt-ridden until they go out to the store and purchase the necessary products capable of altering their misguided self-image. ... " The ad also goes a long way towards perpetuating the "superwoman myth" seen across so many of today's advertisements. ... This ad asks all women to go out and purchase this company's product so they will come to appear as beautiful and desirable as the woman pictured in this ad, and in turn become as noticeable to men as they've always wanted. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Whatever created the human race also created a subdivision within it, namely men and women; though the two creatures are very much similar to each other except that they differ in only one thing, a single microscopic chromosome. ... It also neglects to take into account any dressing that may go into the salad containing almonds. ...

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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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• Grade Level: Undergraduate