Although their relation appears to be settled on the outside, Nora is treated like a child rather than a spouse. ... He calls her names and puts her down whenever she begins to voice her opinion. This can be seen when Nora's forgery is brought up in their final confrontation when he calls her disrespectful words like "featherbrained woman," "incompetent child," and "blind' (Ibsen, 810). ... Nora states "I've been your wife-doll here, just at home I was papa's doll child" (Ibsen, 817). ... Torvald displays dominance over Nora as he frequent...

• Word Count: 1128
• Approx Pages: 5
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The tradition has not been broken by Feminists and all scientific arguments for behavior deemed inappropriate for a child's sex is used a "back up" of sorts to explain so-called oddities in children. ... If the parent expects their child to grow up in a gender neutral and free society, they are not allowing their children to see it. ...

• Word Count: 627
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When the time came to give birth, these women would secretly give birth and usually kill the baby, which was called "inficide". ... Besides the immoral conception of the child, the church argued that by doing this a woman was withholding spiritual rights to the child, specifically the sacrament of baptism. ... If a woman was found guilty of hiding her pregnancy and murdering her child, "in reparation, [she will] be punished by death and the last agony". ...

• Word Count: 858
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The father blamed the mother because the child's skin color wasn't white. ... Racism was in its peak and it was a terrible accusation to be called a person of mixed blood. ... Racism is not very prevalent in society, but besides that, women are still blamed if a couple can't have a child or the gender a child turns out to be. ...

• Word Count: 836
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• Grade Level: High School

This practice is not only followed in the backward areas of our country where people are not well versed but is highly common among our so called literate class of our society. ... An unborn child is aborted with the help of sex determination techniques. Some people consider girl child as a burden on them and thus do not give equal treatment as given to boys. ...

• Word Count: 650
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Most of the punishments that Pip endures as a child are also endured by Mrs. ... Joe treats her husband as another child, one whose mouth needs to be rinsed with tar-water (pp 12), and who endures physical outrage as much as Pip. ... This simple act displays Joe's true temperament as a person who understands and tries to alleviate the pain (pp 26), Joe behaves as a mother should towards her child. ... Joe appears as strong and dominant, enhancing these characteristics is that she is never called by her first name, which would have defined her as a woman, but is always referred to by way ...

• Word Count: 1179
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

These female characters call into question what it means to be a man. ... Lady Macbeth is the one who calms him and plays it off as something Macbeth has always done since he was a child. ... What need we/fear who knows it, when none can call our power to/account?...

• Word Count: 693
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Women were considered to be possessions of their husbands, Helmer sees Nora as his possession or maybe even a child. ... In some way I feel that Nora likes the fact the Helmer treats her like a child, she plays right into the traditional role, sometimes she is eggs him on. ... When Helmer calls on Nora to have sex with him she is expected to do so without hesitation. ...

• Word Count: 1172
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The play involved characters such as bears, wolves, goats, flowers, and fairy's, and of course not knowing any better I wanted to be one of the "forest animals" and I raised my hand tirelessly each time an animal part was called out. ... Moreover, not getting everything you want is really just a lesson in life that every child must learn, but this experience also made me question why men and women were given different roles and duties to perform, and it made me question why different genders were restricted or discouraged from pursuing certain hobbies and careers. ...

• Word Count: 747
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Over the weekend, I visited a very popular toy store called "ToysRUs." ... It's the parent's fault because most of the time they will give their child gender-stereotyped toys to play with. ...

• Word Count: 883
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Devor has described what most Americans would call a "real" man. ... Not a day goes by that one of his pledge brothers does not call him gay, or make fun of him in some way. ... They may also have been the only male child in a family of sisters. ...

• Word Count: 1235
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School