In ancient western civilizations, cultures like the Hebrews and Romans the status of women were clearly defined as inferior to men either through scripture, law or custom that is understood and obeyed by everyone in these cultures. ... Romans placed a very high value on marriage, home and the family and this made quite a difference to society's treatment of women. ... Although it is better than no appreciation at all, it is comparative to the Christian ideas of the status of women. ... To Paul, however, Christian faith transcends barriers to make all free and equal. Of all ancient write...

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Thus, western feminists called it Declaration of Men's Rights. ... It has been lasting such a long time in western culture. ... The classical western religious book, Bible, considered women to be the roots of all evils and proved the inequality between men and women to be quite normal. ... They demonstrated, paraded, and made bombings, just to attract attention from society. ... They are the hope of all the worldwide women, and it is an inevitable trend."5. ...

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With strength and integrity, Jane is able to break free from the role that the rest of the society has put her in. ... This was quite rare at a time, were arranged marriages were the most common thing, and were love was not the main part of it. ... That in itself is quite a feministic action. ... However, her ability to overcome all of the hardships shows her strength and integrity, powers that many women did not posses under this period, and her financial independence being particularly unique. ... Women are dominating on all attractive schools and universities in the western world. ...

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Together with the liberalisation and equalisation of people of all races, gender equalisation also received a boost It is for this very reason that one is astounded at the realisation of exactly how unequal women were until quite recently According to the proponents of the "nature concept", the distribution of work along gender lines commonly found all over the world can be explained on the basis of the biological differences between men and woman Everywhere it is women who nurture the children, not men, though they both constitute their parents. ... By the mid-twentieth century womens ...

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Abstract In recent years, many critiques expressed their concern about the social issue of gender in Western cultures. ... It also identifies the main points of this critical social issue in Western communities by discussing important theories and keywords in Critical Psychology. ... For example, if a person is born with female genitalia, a particular type of behaviour and dress code is usually expected from this person in a Western society. ... Not all societies look at gender in the same way as it is viewed in the West. ... This notion of gender might seem quite unfounded, because if gender ...

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All of the models would be rated high on any physical attraction scale. ... The ads were quite racially diverse, including: Asians, Hispanics, African-Americans, Arab-Americans and Caucasians, across each gender. ... In every advertisement the women are posed in a sexy manner; ranging from lying down submissively on a bed to sucking on a strawberry in a bubble bath. ... Of the five ads I found, all are full of sexual innuendoes. ... In the past twenty years many Western nations have seen an increase in the accessibility of sexually explicit materials and a rise in reported rapes (Harris ...

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Fashion in the early 20's was still quite elaborate: hairstyles, hats and skirt shapes varied. ... Hats were worn all the time in the 40's, and after the war they were little, sloping down, and dish shaped. ... The new silhouette had been quite childlike with rounded limbs, and the model, Twiggy, with her childish, innocent look was the face of the decade. ... The period of 1980's was all about dressing for power. ... Thunder of 90's - a tall girl with a short hairstyle or without hair at all or she made her hair look like a sponge. ...

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Because of the two unique ways their brains are programmed to work, their differences further expand, from the ways they speak to ways they listen, from the ways they laugh to the ways they cry, and from the ways they sleep to the ways they eat. Although men and women are quite different, they are created equal by nature. ... In other words, Chinese women are the properties of all Chinese men. ... It is from the lips we speak. ... It is all due to our different gender styles in doing things. ...

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The Impact of Neoliberal Globalization The neoliberal trend started progressing in the Western countries at the end of the Second World War, with the creation of International Financial Institutions at Bretton Woods (George, 1999). ... Monetary benefits and costs shape individuals' agency, individuals who are believed to all have equal opportunities but positive inequality of outcomes (Greig et al., 2007). Today, the understanding of a global world is framed principally as an economically driven process which aims to prosperity, liberty, democracy and peace for all (Scholte, 2005). ... Th...

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The fact that men are expected to be all withstanding, puts an unparalleled pressure on them to live out roles which they can fall short of in situations of crisis and may not want to be trapped on a day-to-day basis, but since masculinity is shaped and reinforced by society, they most often refrain from thinking their way out of this dilemma and from taking active political steps to resolve their crisis. ... Both feminist and anti-feminist views on this conflict are rooted in a perception that to be a man means to be at the controls and at all times to feel yourself in control. ... In 1965, ...

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From the changes from the Venus de Willendorf era, there is a sex/gender struggle in definition between female and feminine. Analyzing this from a male-dominated western culture perspective, the traditional Venus is both sexually and gender feminine. ... The analysis of the Venus of Willendorf shows that history regularly takes from the earlier aspects to redefine the future and usually the input of the societal setting is quite conspicuous. ... The Barbie doll was first unveiled in 1959, and she was the perfect role model for all women and girls, or so it appeared. ... Most of the changes ha...

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The country and western music is playing in the background off camera, which gives the spectator dirty tacky suspicion that is later confirmed by the later events. ... However, Louise takes the phallic power from the attacker in the rape scene in the form of a gun and then penetrates her attacker with her phallic symbol, removing all power from him. ... They are devoid of all feminine qualities that would be normal in a Hollywood film. ... Another problem of analysing film as a feminist using psychoanalytical theories is that Freud was sexist and the theories where all written from a ma...

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Fairytales have been passed down through the ages, originating from the old oral Folk tales. ... Real help for the hero or heroine came most often from a fairy godmother or wise woman, and real trouble from a witch or wicked stepmother. ... No One in our western culture is unaffected by the values contained within fairytales. ... In all three tales the major theme of the female character is passivity. ... Cinderella reflects all of these virtues and expectations of women. ...

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Walser argues that for most of its early history, heavy metal was actively made as male through a series of quite particular practices, strategies and tactics. ... After all, where are the female rock musicians who might challenge the success of Guns 'N' Roses, U2 or REM? ... It should not be based on looks, after all, not a lot of male rockers are attractive. ... Powerful use of dynamic contrast at all levels - acoustic versus heavy distortion, gentle low register versus shouting/screaming high register, and understated verse versus powerful chorus. "Riot Grrrl was essential...

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