Kilbourne shows the way genders are depicted by one form of the media in, "Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt": Advertising and Violence. ... The first character I took a look at was Homer Simpson. ... Homer just seems to go to work every day, come home to his living room, and sit on the couch and drink beer. ... Marge is always solving the problems of her children and her husband Homer. ... She is laughed at by Homer and their children, because she is a woman and no one thinks she can do the job. ...

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Kilbourne shows the way genders are depicted by one form of the media in, "Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt": Advertising and Violence. ... The first character I took a look at was Homer Simpson. ... Homer just seems to go to work every day, come home to his living room, and sit on the couch and drink beer. ... Marge is always solving the problems of her children and her husband Homer. ... She is laughed at by Homer and their children, because she is a woman and no one thinks she can do the job. ...

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Over the years many changes have happened in the home, especially over the last century. ... An example of this gender role-reversal is shown in "Husbands at Home" by Jane Wheelock. ... Also their 14 year old daughter does the washing up; an example of how helpful children can get in exchanged-role households. ... In terms of books that deal with men's work in homes (housework and childcare) there is very little. ... She did find some changing roles homes and the reasons were that women become employed and men become unemployed. ...

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He understands that the decision of who stays home and who works is an equal decision. ... Women can go to work as long as their husbands choose to play a more active role in their children's lives and women choose to stay home if they don't want to leave their families. ... Who works and who stays home depends on the financial situation of the family. ... Slaughter and Marche also disagree on how gender inequality can be ended. ... Slaughter honestly believes that women alone can change the world. ...

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When flipping through the Home Goods Living magazine, one ad stuck out like a sore thumb. ... When a female reader is looking at this ad, they can correlate the idea of a Freedom Mop, with being a strong woman in good shape while cleaning their homes. ... Women being shown as the gender that cleans the home consistently can be offensive to some consumers who see the ads. ... With a stereo-type of women being at home, maintaining a spotless, well-run household; the magazine also depicts ideals for the perfect home. ... It could let woman see that, if such a strong powerful character can use thi...

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We can talk about the fact that women have taken men's jobs because we can see a mechanic engineer woman, a woman doctor, lawyer, teacher, politician, economist, anthropologist, etc., but can we see a housemaid man? ... The fact that women have inserted themselves into men's work is the reason we can talk about "same work." ... Talking about babysitting, we can say that men have left behind the idea of letting just the woman take care of the children, instead, they are staying home while the woman is out not only for work, but for other things like shopping or hanging out with frien...

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A person can be born with girl or boy characteristics, or probably both. ... I can relate to Sandra Cisneros in her essay "Only Daughter.... We, men and women, can benefit by changing how we view each other, not disabling the opposite gender because one feels that the other is inferior. I believe that men should have the approval of society to stay home, cook and raise children. ... The ethics and morals of life and of what is wrong from right are introduced to children at a young age and it starts at home. ...

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Darren was mainly a "bring home the bacon" kind of man, while Samantha was expected to fry it up. ... Leo is more understanding to the stress she is under and has quit his job to stay home with the baby so Piper can keep her business going. I think this would be too much for Darren who liked having Samantha at home and he all but forbid her to work. ... The same can be said of Leo. ... With any other matter like home, word or children she did as Darren said. ...

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The society that includes many people who have different ideologies, how they can build the society up has many roles that almost dominate traditional or modern gender roles according to the views of people. ... Besides, men who could do many household duties can stay at home to take care of the children, according to the modern view of the gender roles. ... In other words, the main responsibilities of men are income and for the women are home duties. ... Brescoll and Uhlmann (2005) observe that when the mother who works outside of the home are more negative than them staying at home. ... Peo...

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Most women who were shown in non-working roles, took place in the home. ... " In this commercial, we see a stay at home dad who is not ashamed to stay home and do the laundry while his wife goes to work. ... Women were labeled and deemed to be weak and fragile and who can only survive if they are supported by their husbands. ... Men don't want to be labeled or judged for being a stay at home dad. A man can stay home and take care of the home and all the chores without losing his sense of pride. ...

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Is it a mother and father where the father makes an income while the mother is at home? ... There was a time when women needed to stay home and cook, clean, and take care of the children. ... It makes girls at a young age dream of the perfect home, kids, perfect home cooked meals, and the floor cleaner. ... Men's food advertisements of a hamburger or something hardy is shown more in the evening when the men come home from work and are hungry for the home-cooked meal that their perfect housewife has slaved over the stove all day to make. ... The advertisement is basically saying that it...

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This is evident in the home, workplace, and society in general. The problem of men and women not being equal can be traced back to the Declaration of Independence. ... Women were confined to the home to take care of the domestic housekeeping duties. ... Another sign of the unfairness can also be found in the lower ranks. ... A clear example of male dominance can be seen when a woman gets married. ...

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With the absence of the father figure in many American homes women have taken over as head of the house. They juggle home life and work to keep their families together so that they can properly raise their children. ...

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"It was no light thing for a woman to go out of her home "3. ... Ning had stated that she was the first woman to "come out " in her family and no longer live in her home. ... She gave up work to care for her daughter and stay close to home; she could leave her workplace and go home at night exercising her newfound freedom that many women did not experience in imperial China. The more Ning was able to take control of her life and actions we can see peace and happiness in her family. ... We can see that Ning realizes that the world is changing around her and that she must accept it even though s...

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In South Bend, we see the same emphasis put on social networks back home. ... Many women, upon arri-val in South Bend, feel more isolated from the social networks of which they were a part of at home. ... They are presumably the "bridge" between the home community and the new community in the United States. ... They gain power when they learn how to drive, form relationships with other women, and work outside the home. ... Since men normally are the pioneers of public social networks, it is difficult for them to accept that women too can and should build and maintain them (Hondagne...

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Especially today, with women now working full time jobs and men staying home more often to watch the kids or even do house work.. ... The fact that the land is owned by the females has actually set them back a bit in the past because the males didn't care as much about home because it wasn't theirs. ... No longer are men the true breadwinners who make all the money so his wife can take care of the kids. ... Leaving less time for home forcing both genders to equally participate in order to be efficient....

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She is totally opposite of The Intended, and of what "perfect" women are supposed to be back home in civilization. ... She is also proud and "wild and gorgeous" (Conrad 135), which are adjectives Conrad never uses to portray the women back home. She represents the wild beauty of the jungle, and how it can never be tamed - not by the colonists and not by the Europeans. This African woman shows the men of the novel what a woman can do, and because of that, they find her "barbarous" and frightening, and would kill her if they get the chance. ...

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Men and women today can be seen as having expanded their roles in society, with women entering formerly male dominated roles and men finding new ways to relate to and function in the family unit. ... The roles of men and women in the home are becoming more co-operative than in the past decades. ... Today, it is not uncommon for a man to come home and fold a load of laundry while his wife is cooking dinner. In successful homes, the roles of all family members are changing, the roles of mom, dad, and the children. ... This can result in feelings of guilt when their reality and the image they...

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This can be a great opportunity to learn about other cultures without having to leave our doorsteps. ... Definitely, social status can hurt women as well. ... Hispanic American women who live in decaying, poor quality homes in ghettos or poor communities are forced to find ways to escape reality. Many choose prostitution as a way of raising enough money to leave their unhealthy habitats; others search for a husband to take them far away from home. ... Better-educated women can communicate and be better informed of the world, giving them the ability to increase their participation in soc...

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In refutation of the counterargument, it can be said that some women can make bad moms, and some men can be better at parenting. This counterstatement has shown why women shouldn't be defined as only "stay-at-home moms" (Sassoon, 1987). ... The gender difference in household work can be translated into the disadvantage for women. ... While, all the domestic care is done by the women at home. ... In society's conventional view, men have and can out-earn women economically based on the norms of what women have always been doing. ...

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This literature put the home at the center of a woman's life with child rearing the most important aspect of home. Women then became willing to follow the leanings of society and remain at home. ... This dissatisfaction at work, unhappiness at home, and separation between husband and wife led to men joining clubs and lodges and also led to the proliferation of prostitution as men looked elsewhere for the companionship they were not finding at home (Demos 71). ... The majority of women of course did not result to this procedure but the fact that many did is an astounding implication on...

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Which tells us that she is no longer trapped in a room but can be free is she chooses. ... Until she goes on vacation, at the Grade Isle, she doesn't realize that she can be an independent women. ... Calixta is at home doing chores, not noticing a storm is approaching. ... She went about her wifely duties while Alca©e simply returns home and writes to his wife, who seems to be away from home during the period the story covers. As you can see the focal point in the stories written by Kate Chopin is the relationship of man and woman. ...

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According to Gilmore's essay the worst thing a man can do is depend on a women because it diminishes their manhood. ... He must not give the impression that he's being under the spell of the home, a clinger to wife or mother." ... Traditional gender roles can be harmful. ... He was happy to stay home and help around. ... Women shouldn't be seen as objects man can marry to obtain their services. ...

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Could it be possible that a woman can actually be able to carry on and withhold a professional career such as these listed above. ... They were strictly housewives and stayed home with still no advancement to this point. ... At the beginning , women were meant to just stay home, take care of kids, and be restricted to husband's rules. ... They adapted to the new way of living in American which meant, men or husbands can and do carry on housework duties just as their wives. ... She had to adapt to working outside the home and still completing her housework duties as a mother and wife. ...

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The role of the woman was as the homemaker; she was responsible for affairs of the home and the well-being of the family. ... The liberation of women across the world can be viewed as an evolutionary process. ... Few women worked outside of the home; they were mainly teachers, nurses, or in such professions that were considered appropriate for women. ...

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