The protagonist Celie is diminished and isolated by the men in her lives, first by her father and later by her husband, Mr.________. ... The ideal role of a man or the qualities of a 'real' man would be defined by a man having a well paid job and him driving a Cadillac, and any man lacking these qualities is less of a man. ... The term "patriarchy" can be defined as "the rule of the father, including the rule of older men over younger men and of fathers over daughters, as well as husbands over wives....

• Word Count: 3403
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: High School

Through Hugo's novel, Cossette portrays these stereotypical feminine ideals with her pleasant and easygoing attitude and striking beauty. ... One Feminist ideal that becomes popular after the publication of Les Misresbales is the slogan "the personal is political". ... Eponine breaks away from the classic ideal of a women being controlled by a man, either a father or husband. ...

• Word Count: 2647
• Approx Pages: 11

It is noteworthy that the fathers of Isabella and Lady Nijo are architects of their repression, as well as their husbands (particularly the Emperor in Lady Nijo's story and Griselda's Marquis Walter, whom she had to obey in all things, even to the point of giving up her two children at his request). ... It would seem therefore that Wasserstein's play, The Heidi Chronicles belongs to the 'female' phase of 'Gynocriticism'[Kat15], which refuses to defend feminist ideals. ...

• Word Count: 3095
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The spouses of civil servants - their husbands were needed to know what could be the level of difference between the answers of males and females and what do husband consider his wife to be and what are the ideological constraints do they both have in participation of women with men. ...

• Word Count: 5989
• Approx Pages: 24
• Grade Level: Undergraduate