The aim of this thesis is to prove that despite the fact that the stories of the adventure fiction genre usually focus on the male characters and their power1, the female characters in Haggard's novels turn out to be the very opposite of passive. ... What is more, Gretchen rarely expresses her opinion and often remains silent. ... It aims to draw attention to the fact that in Haggard's novels the female might be interpreted as an active threat to masculinity. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

They were portrayed as childlike and pure – and never dared express their sexuality (Benshoff & Griffin, 2009). ... Both women had to be what society deems attractive and express their sexuality in order for their films to be successful and catch their audience's attention. ... It was seldom appropriate for her to ever express her troubles to her husband, as her issues were only trivial to his. Women in the 1950s were trained to believe that men were the bosses of them, and that it was not necessary or desirable for a woman to express her intellect (Oneill, 2013). ... On the other ...

• Word Count: 1930
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Women have a weak and feeble voice and with control by the clergy through their regulations women struggle to express their opinions. ... A woman has a moral responsibility, in accordance to nature's law, to express beauty to induce procreation. ... This significant revolution aimed to challenge the foundations of patriarchy. ...

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Most likely these women take the abuse because of fear, also to avoid having their marriages be pointed out by others as a negative example of what not to aim for. ... In reality they"re just going with the flow and can't do nothing about expressing their feelings. ... Both males and females should be allowed to express how they really feel. Men shouldn't be taunted for expressing their soft side, like caring for their children and willing to help out in the kitchen. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

They are later asked to leave by a bisexual female prostitute who expresses a similar statement of their uselessness. ... Throughout the text, Du Bois successfully uses water to express Jim's loneliness and misery resulting from racial discrimination. The similar sensation of loneliness that the Spacers experience is expressed in Aye and Gomorrah through the plot, wherein the description of Spacers' rude behaviors and troublemaking speaks to their inner loneliness and longing for companionship in an atmosphere of sexual prejudice. ... Again, their aggressive reaction is aimed at eli...

• Word Count: 2007
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Frequently, the consumer's imageis featured in the advert with the product so that the targeted product or brand audience quickly recognise that the message is aimed at them. ... The traditional rules guiding gender behaviour are increasingly ignored, people are freer to express themselves without being tied to gender norms. ...

• Word Count: 1975
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The main aim was to make women the social equals of men. ... Only expressing the social concern of being equal to men, these women were not taking into account race and class privilege. ... Gender equality aims to achieve a genuine balance between men and women by respecting human rights. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

When you fill out an application for a credit card or even a survey there is one question that is always bound to jump up and out at you every time. What is your gender? It seems like a simple question but there are so many things that are hidden behind this question that have been hidden there for ...

• Word Count: 1675
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This is due in large to the fact that the products advertised are aimed at target male and female audiences, thus resulting in a higher level of specificity in sex-role portrayals"[CITATION Craig92 p 13 l 1033 ]. ... Put another way, when it is legal to express gender preferences in job ads, a significant share of employers chooses to do so, and uses gendered ads to solicit women as often as men"(Kuhn, Shen, 1). ...

• Word Count: 1690
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Masculinity in the Media The discussion of masculinity encounters a paradox: some behaviors are clearly aimed at dominance showing off, physical aggression, etc but no man is only dominant, some men are not dominant at all, yet somehow on the whole a systematic dominance of men over any person deemed as feminine seems to get reaffirmed. ... It's the notion of identity as dominance that most male roles express, whether in concepts of physical strength, power, or even competence. ...

• Word Count: 2296
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Radical feminism aims to oppose standard gender roles so as to reorder society. ... "I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat, or a prostitute." -- Rebecca West, 1913 (Kinds of Feminism. ...

• Word Count: 2129
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They were supposed to stay tranquil, and it was not a woman's place to express her own opinion, if they gained power it would turn them vain and merciless. ... One worrying factor is that these gender stereotypes are not aimed at audiences who can evaluate them thoroughly but at younger children who absorb the information and use these stereotypes to reflect upon society in later life. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

A man must express his dominance by offering different forms of masculinity, as appropriated by the current trend of culture. ... The delivery of questions aimed at the profiled students is similar to the cover girl; questions of sexual preference as opposed to life feature predominantly. ...

• Word Count: 1938
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The aim of this paper is to critically review the recent literature in this field and determine whether or not sex differences occur in play. ... This could have resulted because possibly when boys take on more flexible sex role characteristics, they are freer to express prosocial behaviour which is in contrast to the sex role stereotype of females. ...

• Word Count: 2481
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School