If she is unable to bring sufficient dowry, this woman is therefore harassed and all control is issued to a husband. ... It was a changing mindset that led to such atrocities; as having a girl became a burden, more work than it was worth.7 The inhumane experience of Sati best personifies the injustice, where the wife burns herself alive in the funeral pyre of her husband. ... 'On September 4, 1987 in the northern village of Deorala, Roop Kanwar learned that her husband had passed away. ... After being found by her husband's family, she was dragged to the funeral pyre, where her hus...

• Word Count: 2806
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The ideal woman in the Victorian Age had to stay at home, lack any sexual initiative, be selfless, and be morally accountable. ... In this age, the ideal woman was to be pure and free of any sexual aggression. ... This idea of the ideal Victorian woman was widely witnessed in various literary works of the Victorian Age. ... "The Lady of Shalott" demonstrates the ideals of the Victorian Age on how men and women faced division regarding public and private life. ... The lady in the tower gets the portrayal of the ideal Victorian woman with an untainted, appropriate and housebroken prese...

• Word Count: 3387
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Under the superficial story of adultery and husband's jealousy, we conclude it is about conflict between men and women. ... In other words, her action shows a possible ideal coexistence with men. ... She represents the ideal feminine image and acts as a model as the possible harmonious coexistence between man and woman. ... Reflecting in her relation with Florizel, her enthusiastic love with Florizel represents the most ideal harmony between men and women. ...

• Word Count: 2824
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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

It took an in-depth look at the ideals of the new tradition and how gender was considered. ... This obviously would come in handy for the newly married woman who knows nobody when she arrives to the village, sometimes that also includes her husband, it is an action she can contribute the everydayness of life within the household. ... But regardless of its back burner treatment of women at times the tradition does help the women of Japan succeed in binding themselves to their husbands' family and village. ...

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• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography

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. ...

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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

The industrial revolution established social and economic conditions for women, which satisfied society's expectations.3 Society viewed women as weak, delicate, and subservient to their husbands. ... Unwed women reconciled society's ideals and the industry's needs.5 Their employment appeared to fulfill the responsibilities of their families. ...

• Word Count: 3534
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: High School