Every institution in society functions and regenerates these expectations, families, schools, businesses, the media, the law and politics. ... In this sense socialisation can be problematic, an individuals gender construction may be based on inequality or the expectations of the socialising agents within a greater ideological society. ... Finally, educational institutions are areas where many excellent studies and research into gender inequality have occurred, however, this has been discussed at great length in other summative work thus will not be mentioned further here. ... Marxist wr...

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Therefore, he will not be able to be intimate with those women who he has great respect and affection for, since they will effectively remind him of his mother. ... I stated above that a man chooses to marry someone whom he has great respect and affection for. ... This results in a great overvaluation of his wife. ... (Nietzsche 147) These things result in the woman once again feeling as if she has done something wrong, when really all she has done is conform to the expectations set forth by society. ... Yet as wonderful as this rebellion from the norms of society sounds, it is very diffi...

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In modern media, we are seeing a change in how women are represented and I guess it could be said that the way in which women are portrayed in modern media is a great stride in comparison to the roles that they once had. ... Some might argue that Wonder Woman is a great feminist icon as she is strong, independent and her life does not revolve around the dictates of a man. ... It is also interesting to note that these women always have the perfect or "ultimate" bodies; they are well toned, and have a small waist with large spherically rounded breasts. ... Men will continue to have unrealistic ...

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She yearns to earn her own keep, to work like a man', taking up copying work that she hides from her husband, deriving a guilty pleasure from defying some of the social expectations of females, which dictate that the husband is the master of the household, as well as the sole breadwinner. ... Nora's pampered lifestyle is at great odds with Mrs. ... As Tatiana from Eugene Onegin notes, without rank and riches', without moving in the grand monde', a woman is not a tempting plume' for a man to take. ...

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The fact that Louisa willingly released the hand Joe Dagget, who was undeniably husband material and considered a "catch" for any single woman, reinforces the point that she was rebelling against the norms and expectations of society. ... "(661) What is interesting is that Freeman describes death as something great which happened to Louisa. She is advocating for women's freedom through the death of her family, when Louisa comes to recognize the great path of independence, and becomes a strong symbol of the strength of a woman as she is able to thrive on her own. It is also worth noti...

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