Many of these I found to be fascinating however, for use in my paper I could only chose a few to help me explain the roles of women in Japanese religious traditions. ... The article in their book dealt with one of the new religions traditions in Japan that was founded by a woman. ... The gender roles that Japanese women experience in the country's religious traditions can best be understood through the evaluation and discussion of the roles women play in the Shinto and Buddhist traditions along with the new religious traditions founded by women in Japan. ... Queen Himiko was said to re...

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Frankenstein's wife, brother, friend, and father die by the hands of his creation. ... Even after the death of his brother William, friend Justine and lifetime companion Clerval, he remains so entirely fixated on himself that he cannot even comprehend the possibility that the monster would not target him when given the threat: "I shall be with you on your wedding-night." ... Frankenstein's 19th Century Genevan society is founded on the patriarchal division of gender roles. ...

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Once upon a time there was a magical world, where everything was perfect and everybody was happy and it was known as the land of Fairytales. Is this a realistic view of the world? This is the view Fairytales give the reader and it is evident that childhood tales help to shape the listener or reade...

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• Grade Level: High School

Abstract The research question of my extended essay is "How patriarchal and colonial oppression is expressed in Alice Walker's "The Color Purple?" The essay explores the themes of colonial subordination, gender oppression and the representation of gender relations of the male dominated early 20th century in the novel, The Color Purple and how these can be related to postcolonial feminist criticism. The novel can be looked upon as a strong censure of the bigotry and sexism that defrauded African- American women in the American South. The novel declares that the American culture is a b...

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• Grade Level: High School

Old writings within the 'Vedas and the Upanishads' label women as 'maata (mother) or Devi (goddess)', denoting worth and preciousness for women.1 It was male responsibility to look after women, brothers and husbands would look after their women by any means. ... After being found by her husband's family, she was dragged to the funeral pyre, where her husband's body was being cremated, she was thrown onto the fire to die'.8 This is the pinnacle of male expectations for women at the time. ...

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Phase one, data reduction, involves labelling and encoding the information found in the discussion transcripts i.e. identifying patterns and trends or recurring themes and sub-themes. ... 'My brother decided to be a stay at home and his wife went out to work I think his role was as valuable as his wife...

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In an age of female protagonists-like in Disney's newest animated musical feature Frozen-and even male objectification-like the trailer for the new feature Magic Mike XXL-there may be hope that contemporary narrative cinema has found a way to free itself from phallocentricism and objectification of its female characters. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate