Throughout the book she is described by her passivity and pure beauty and although Cossette grows up to be the least active female character in the novel, Hugo chooses to highlight some of Cossettes strengths as a child. ... Hugo's attention to the political and social struggles of women along with the presence of a strong active female character brings out a feminist agenda in the pages of Les Miserables. ... Hugo, in the Nineteenth century is reaching beyond the grasp of a typical novel and giving a voice to women and in representing the unrepresented. ... Eponine never gives up on ...

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Likewise, the gender category man (that is, the so-called "masculine" gender automatically assigned to members of the male sex) carries with it a very different set of expectations about how to act, what to do and who to love: Men are assumed to be more active and dominant than women, and are seen to be rational, objective individuals. ... More and more women are recognized as active, participating members of the public sphere, while men are increasingly assuming care-giving roles. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The group numbers, from 1 to 15, were used to maintain anonymity and although each person was expected to attend the focus group, it was made clear that active participation was not compulsory. ... Following the "ice-breaker", three scheduled questions (Appendix A) were introduced one at a time to the mixed gender students and everyone was given an opportunity to speak freely, albeit one at a time to facilitate the voice recorder. ...

• Word Count: 2714
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In Summa Theologica, Aquinas expands Paul's argument for female inferiority even farther: "As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active force in the male seed tends to the production of a perfect likeness in the masculine sex; while the production of woman comes from defect in the active force or from some material indisposition" (Source Book 211). ...

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Shelley was born in London in 1797, daughter of famous radical writers Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin; both of whom exemplified the ideologies of the French revolution. Shelley's mother was a pioneer feminist writer who had made her name with her revolutionary ideas opposing the patriarchal oppression of the female gender. Her father was made famous by his radical ideologies of political and philosophical anarchism. Thus it is not unusual that, as the product of such revolutionary parents, Mary Shelley would harbour the same feminist and Romantic ideologies and subsequently challe...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Gender Equality or Reverse Discrimination: Title IX: Under Review. One of the most important events that have happened in the world of female athletics is the establishment of the Educational Amendments of 1972. These amendments assure that everyone who wants an education is treated equally no matter what race or gender, to create opportunities for everyone. Most important of those amendments is Title IX. 1. It states that no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any ed...

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Ancient Indian Grammarians, such as 'Patanjali and Katyayana' write that women were educated in many ways early in the Vedic period.2 This education coincided to women having a voice, the power of important decision-making, including free will to choose their husband. ... The feminine qualities, and their roles as mothers, 'empowered women to find places in the public arena of protest". 17 In order to improve gender issues within India, women had to be active and pursue independence, to show men they were in fact of use. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

There was no statistical data shown in this article but the author concluded that when dealing with racism the only way to change it is by allowing for children to bring their own voice to the classroom and as a teacher be able to teach children to let go of set beliefs instilled by other and open their on minds to others beliefs and way of life. ...

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