Men were looked to as the superior being, the one who women were supposed to look up to and serve. ... "Whut Ah seen just now is plenty for me, honey, Ah don't want no trashy negro, no breath-and-britches, lak Johnny Taylor usin" yo" body to wipe his foots on. ... She didn't want to be there, where there was no warmth. ... "She must look on herself as the bell-cow, the other women were the gang." ... "No matter what Jody did, she said nothing. ...

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"Their Eyes Were Watching God," by Zora Neale Hurston tells the story of a middle-aged black women named Janie Crawford who lives in Eatonville, Florida. ... They then marry where she becomes the wife of a mayor. ... She wants to run away but she knows there was no were else for her to go. ... Joe then dies from a kidney failure. ... Their Eyes Were Watching God was very will written as she gives us an outlook how women was perceived back then and how they was not able to have their own, but somehow the character of Janie Crawford shows us different. ...

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She was a "curvaceous" model, and since then models have become thinner and thinner to the point where the typical model is as much as twenty percent underweight and most likely has anorexia (Dittmar, Halliwell, and Stirling 45). ... Studies were done that concluded that African-American girls felt less affected by the media's constant suggestion to be thin. ... The photograph is then digitally altered to create a better look for the model. ... From then on the digitally altered photo was then placed on a billboard. At the end of the video, a slogan came across the screen and st...

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Janie then reaches the climax of her new life when she is willing to die just to be with her husband, Tea Cake, in a violent storm. ... During these long years with Joe, Janie, on the outside, is lifeless, living a monotonous daily routine while inside her there still burns a small flame of hope. ... No, Janie felt "it was important to all the world that she should find them and they find her." ... She knows this and that is why Janie is able to endure and then emerge from the ferocious storm stronger than ever. Their Eyes Were Watching God is a novel about Janie Crawford's struggle...

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Women in Combat Today there are many women who serve their county by participating in the armed forces. ... If women are willing and able to put themselves in the situation of combat and are able to pass the same tests men have to pass then there is no reason why they should be excluded from doing what they think they want to do. ... German troops were quoted saying that they were more afraid of the female pilots then the male pilots. ... These are two examples in history where women have been able to offer their assistance in a time of crisis and have done no worse then men would have done....

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Peters were not even supposed to be looking for facts and evidence regarding the murder, but since they were women "of the home",they came across a lot more evidence then the men in their everyday worrying about trifles. ... The ladies felt sorry for her and thought no such thing to turn in a dead bird. ... Hale knew that there was a man that came through town a while back selling canaries, but since then no birds of any sort were being sold in there town. ... Then when the ladies were gathering up Minnie's items that she had requested to have brought to her down at the police station, th...

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Since these women were on there own they had to take care of themselves, and therefore were independent. ... Who then really had a "better" life, those who had all protection and no freedom, or those who had all freedom and independence? ... There were set views and expectations of how women were supposed to interact with others outside the home. ... Women could get a loan from a client and then pay it off with what she made as a free prostitute. ... In many cases, these women became more entertaining companions to the men then their wives were. ...

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Women were not protected then."... The handmaids and Marthas were then given positions in the houses. ... Once more daughters were born and raised, it was planned that there would no longer be any need for the handmaids. ... (p. 43) Before the Sons of Jacob took over, there were many reasons why people were no longer having children at the normal rate. ... Before it had been out of control, "There were stories in the newspapers... but they were about other women, and the men who did such things were other men. ...

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You"re walking down an empty street and you hear soft footsteps behind you, but when you turn around no one is there. ... There was a mole. ... She worked her way through the social chain of people until she found out enough information about certain Germans that were there. ... Now more then ever they needed to find out who the mole was. ... People were being murdered left and right and still no one knew who the mole was. ...

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Emily Grierson and Granny Weatherall actually have more things in common in ways then were originally seen when the stories are first read. ... It almost seems like after her husband dies she no longer had the wealth that she once had. ... Then when they came to her door she turned them away. ... When Granny Weatherall died he whole family, the town doctor and priest were there at her beside. ... Most people would choose to have Granny Weatherall's life for the happiness then Emily Grierson's for the money and no happiness. ...

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The homo-sociality bonds were extremely important. ... There is this integration when Bisclavret was a knight for the king and there were implications throughout the tale that they were very close. Then there is the disintegration when Bisclavret was stuck in his beast form when his wife stole his clothing and he couldn't transform. No one knew what he was and they were unable to find him. ... Then again at the end when Bisclavret gets his clothing back and can transform back to man. ...

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It was a simple way of life for men in that they would basically work and then return home to a home that was cleaned, dinner was ready, the kids were in bed and his clothes for the next day laundered and laid out for him. ... Men were the kings of their domain and quite literally the world. ... They faced many challenges over the years and yet the one I believe is the most daunting and sad over all is the fact that they had no choice in their role and also no voice in which to state their case for equal rights . ... Then there are the women who want to be involved in business and to be a...

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Then it started to click in my head. ... " "No I don't remember.... "Well then that's ok. ... " "Well we better hurry then don't we? ... " "No, just a little lost....

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In these plays there is a sense of role reversal, showing the women to be stronger and more intelligent then men and on some occasions is shown to feel less emotion the men. ... If the women were widowed or divorced and they had no sons, then they would go back to their original guardian, but if they did then they could be place under the guardian ship of their own son. ... Then too Were underlings ruled much stronger hands So we must submit in this and things still worse" [74-80] Antigone goes ahead with her plans. ... "No women while I live shall master me. ... However there is no ...

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In some ways, these Greek women were almost like slaves. ... Finally, there is the revenge factor. Many times heroes were out for revenge against someone who did them or a friend wrong, and in this case Medea is no exception, since she wants to have revenge against Jason for divorcing her without just cause. There are two main reasons why Medea decides to kill her children. ... Once separated from Jason, she becomes an outsider with no place to go, because the barbarians were not thought too highly of in Greek society. ...

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There were a lot of arranged marriages back in those days, and usually to complete strangers. ... That is what she was afraid of at first, but then she started to see the good in it. Back in those days' women that were not following the norm were shunned from society and looked at as outcasts. ... "There would be no one to live for during those coming years; she would live for herself. There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature. ...

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The man then goes on to say, "And if I do it you"ll be happy and things will be like they were and you"ll love me?" The woman then replies, "I love you now. ... Until they began discussing the operation there was an uncomfortable tension between the two. ... If I were given a white elephant as a gift, it would be amazing because a white elephant is very rare. ... A female waitress then brings the two drinks to them. ...

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There are also many similarities between the male and female slaves as well, mostly on the treatment and chores they had to perform each day. ... Their masters would beat them and then rape them, and if they refused they would be beaten until they gave in. ... For the fear that they would be killed, because no master wanted to be affiliated with a female slave in that sense. ... There is one similar case that came close in this same situation. ... The women who were sexually abused suffered a more mental breakdown then the men. ...

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Going into an art gallery and looking around, there are only 5% of exhibits whose artists are female, while 85% of the exhibits were nude pictures or sculptures of women. "Why are there no great woman artist?" ... A group of feminist activist artists refused to conform to the pro-masculine way of expression, and the concept of "men are better then women", yet they were surrounded such a way of thinking. If they wanted to overcome this restraint, then they would have to discover a world which belonged wholly to women. ... Assisted by 21 female students of Art, they turned a derelict Hollywo...

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In the short story, "The Man From Kabul- by Rabindranath Tagore, there was a man known as the Kabuliwallah. ... Then one day he came across a young girl named Mini whom he felt resembled his daughter and he became attached. Through the beginning of their relationship the Kabuliwallah and Mini were the best of friends. ... - then Mini would say: " are you going there?... His hair was short he seemed aged and he carried no bag of goods at his side. ...

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The people who were there were the woodcutter, the priest, and the commoner. ... In the movie, there were four witnesses who narrated what they had "seen-. ... The movie is sending the idea that there is the inability of any individual to know the truth, no matter how clearly he thinks he sees things. ... The text had no mention of finding a baby. ... It showed the kind of life the people were living then. ...

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She then returned to get a Masters Degree in English and then a Bachelor of Letters in Education. ... There are virtually no women in positions of power and influence in the new technological environment and there should be so that the decision making is fair and justifiable, so that we can make the best informed and most accountable decisions possible. I moved on and asked her what she felt were the most interesting find she had discovered. ... I was kind of stumped on what it was then she told me. ... So despite the fact that there were so many studies which suggested that there was not...

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She went on to add that "There is no justice in the world's censorious eyes. ... Life has no pleasure, dear friends. ... Then the great question: will the man we get be bad or good? ... Then after a woman has found her husband, he owns her and is in charge of her and if he decided he wanted to leave her there was nothing she could do about it. ... This section also showed how women were viewed as being inferior to men and that once a woman is with her husband, she has no other choice but to stay with him no matter how good or bad he treats her. ...

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She starts off by saying, "If ever two were one, then we. / If ever man were loved by wife, then thee; / If ever wife were happy in a man, / Compare with me ye women if you can" (Bradstreet 394). ... She is simply saying, "If two people were ever in love, then it is us. / If a man was ever greatly loved my his wife, it is you; / If ever a woman was completely happy with her husband, / Compare me to that woman if at all possible." ... Starting with line ten she says, "The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray. / Then while we live, in love let's so persevere / That when we live no more, w...

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Women were regarded as less than equal to men and were afforded responsibilities such as cooking, cleaning, and birthing children. ... "...For people born and educated as we have described, then, there is, I believe, no correct way to acquire and employ children and women other than to follow the path on which we first set them.... Socrates states, "Then, my friend, there is no pursuit relevant to the management of the city that belongs to woman because she is a woman, or to a man because he is a man; but the various natural capacities are distributed in a similar way between both c...

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