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. ... Though Lavinia tries as hard as she can to conceal her inferiority, she is still very much a woman, and is thereby vulnerable ("The heat pulsed under your dress and along your legs with a stealthy sense of invasion."). 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 a...

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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. ... Browsing through the advertisements published in the magazine, one is immediately aware that almost every single ad features an attractive looking woman with generously endowed breasts, a slim waistline, a healthy tan, long flowing hair, luscious lips, pearly white teeth and gorgeous smooth legs. ... It also neglects to take into account any dressing that may go i...

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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. ... ...

• Word Count: 2240
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate