These three issues are discussed in relation to Indonesian women's experience in the twentieth century. The membership of Indonesian Women in society has been a struggle to define because the state has been reluctant to deal with women on an individual basis. ... In the last couple of years women have had greater opportunities for political organization and expression. Now, women are exerting more of their rights as citizens. ... With the continuing notion that women should be domesticated and should only contribute to the benefits of the community there will be little progress on the...

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Women in the Christian Church Women in religion has been a controversial subject for many years. Even though advances have been made to include women, we as women still have a long road ahead of us. ... This included little girls. ... Women took on a new role. ... In the more traditional religions, women are having to fight a little harder for equality because these religions have been around so long. ...

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Many women were jailed, fined, banished and if the offense great enough executed. ... Often it took little evidence to convict a woman of witchcraft; any woman could easily be accused of the crime, even for forming an opinion. ... The expectations of women were very clear during this time period. ... Some women rejected these ideas and left to play bigger roles in society. ... Regardless of the fracturing of Christianity, the debate of women's roles was a mean to unite all Christian denominations against the crimes of which women commit....

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Women during this era were considered the "weaker" sex in both physical and intellectual terms. ... Kristeva recites Torvald's line to Nora when he says "is that my little lark twittering out there?... In the quote, "my" refers to possession, "little" refers to dependency, and "lark" refers to name-calling. Kristeva argues that "the symbolic language is the language of power, associated with patriarchy, such expressions, 'my' and 'little' are the preferably adopted lexemes of the male gender" (Kristeva). ... Al...

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"Frailty thy name is women" (1.2.146). ... Having these women lie in the shadows of the males reveals the power men have over women that Shakespeare suggests. ... Therefore, Ophelia continues to listen to what her father has to say and begins to distance herself from Hamlet by returning his letters and responding to him with little interest. ... As well, Gertrude explains that Ophelia did not fight her drowning; instead she let herself sink to the bottom to show the little strength women have. ... This concern about women being pure reveals that a women's sexual activities are ...

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This song demonstrates the position women are submitted into and advances a notion of having the women's role as an instigator for change. ... The novel maintains that "women are forbidden to take notice of men" (Rand 38). The role of Liberty displayed throughout Anthem restricts and limits the viewpoint that men have on women. ... Temptations can lead to big blunders or just simple little slip-ups. ... The burning of one man was caused by the simplistic ideas put into men's minds, such as thinking of women. ...

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"In one group of stories men and women are already established in a social identity and gender role, the men in the workplace and the women in marriage- (Brown). ... Therefore, the women in her stories become strangers to the conventional role of women in a stereotypical society. ... The case of Calixta is a little more complicated, she fights against the mundane male society and decides that it would be better to pursue her own interests. These women set rends for the eras to come. These women are the reason for independent women of today's society....

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We [women] are, as a sex, infinitely superior to men." ... Men and women are extremely competitive with occupations, and men feel superior to women. ... Many women choose not to see the statistics or they do not care and accept that men are more successful than women are. ... For the women that do not, there is a long struggle ahead. ... For example in the sitcom Dharma and Greg, which is about a young married couple, the man is a successful lawyer from a wealthy family, while Dharma is a cute little blonde that cracks jokes. ...

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Most women were reluctant to leave their family and friends at home. ... Feeding a family on the trail was a huge task usually taken on by the women. Women coped with the cooking dilemma by sharing tips and tricks to cooking. Faced with limited cooking facilities and ingredients available to the pioneer women, many women took pride in their cooking. Miriam Davis stated that, "I have cooked so much out in the sun and smoke that I hardly know who I am and when I look into the little looking glass I ask, can this be me? ...

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The role of Women in China and Western Europe was both similar and different. Both places looked at women to be subordinate to men. ... Women never had a high ranking role in society. ... Women in Western Europe were a little more free than women in China. ... Most higher status women didn't work, which meant that lower status and peasant women technically had more freedom than the elite and higher class. ...

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The role that women had then were very defined and they had little means to improve their situation, if they chose to do so. ... The career and education aspects of women have evolved as well as women's epitomes of marriage. ... Women were the homemakers and caretakers of the children, rarely were women asked to have an active role in business or politics. ... American women answered the call full force. ... In years past women stayed home with very little if, any social lives outside the home. ...

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In this essay I am going to be exploring the different views of how the roles of men and women have changed in the past 50 years and whether it has been significant, my reason for this is to discuss how far sociologist would agree or disagree with these different views. Young and Willmott (1973) believe that the symmetrical family has become the typical family form in Britain; they believe that gender segregation still exist but symmetrical families are developing much more joint conjugal roles and that there has been a large amount of equality between men and women. ... In her own research...

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The Oppression and Progress of Women I agree with Adrienne Rich that every women needs to educate herself in what she needs to know to know for survival in the world. ... And that was the only place for women in the world. ... Women and men alike are waiting longer than ever to marry, and I feel this is great progress for women. ... There are many places around the world where women still have little or no value or rights. ... We need to teach our young girls to be strong, self-defining women. ...

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Women are conditioned into dressing in a provocative manner revealing displays of various body parts of the women anatomy such as; the breast, thighs, legs, and behind. ... " Just a little history about AXE, AXE is a brand that produces hygiene products geared towards heterosexual men, including body wash, deodorant and body spray. ... It shows how women are meant to do sexual deeds. ... It shows how women are destined to do sexual deeds for pleasure. ... When it is all said and done, I am trying to provide a message to our young women and men in today's society not to fall for thes...

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Do men have more power over women? ... Maybe films should also reflect women as being tough so women can idolize them. ... We often see male heroes save women, but why don't we see women saving men? ... "[Women] make tight little smiles of ladylike exasperation, while [men] pound on desks and roar" (255). ... Women can learn much from men, but men can also learn much from women. ...

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In fact, women were made to feel inferior. ... Shortly after that, the women find a quilt that Mrs. ... Hale and repeated her words for a laugh, further insulting women. ... Henderson being disrespectful to the women. ... Getting all stirred up over a little thing like a "dead canary." ...

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For example, women are shown as sex objects or homemakers and men are shown in occupational work most of the time, having more power than women. This is not a true reflection on society today because many women have professional jobs(such as a lawyer) and a variety of men have jobs like nursing for example which on the media would be shown as a women's job. ... I think that most of the women's roles are limited and I think there are various roles for the men. I think over the years the roles have changed a little in which women are now not just always shown as "sex objects" or "hous...

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This war would help out women in Canada for years to come. ... While economic was changing so was the women's roles during WW1. ... They would raise money by doing different little shows and using all the money they raised to buy different supplies to send to the men over seas at war. ... How did WW1 help change the way women are portrayed today? It thinks that the women back then paved the way for the women today. ...

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The main women in the book are Harding's wife, Ratched, Candy, and Mrs. ... Thus, women are shown as being the evils of society and the temptation of men, and are only good when they submit to men a la Candy. ... On a larger scale, these women exemplify the notion that women are to blame for the ills of soicety. ... He's a frightened, desperate, ineffectual little rabbit, totally incapable of running this ward without our Miss Ratched's help and he knows it. ...

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For example little girls pretend to cook and clean, and take care of their dolls. ... On the other hand little boys play with trucks, tools and racecars. ... Women have a feminine role to portray; women are portrayed as sexy and beautiful. Women take care of the kids, and the home. ... Hopefully in the future men and women will have more similar roles so we can make this gap a little smaller....

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Though at the time when this book took place the Women's Liberation movement was in full swing though this movement did not have an important effect on Lakota culture because it just did not apply as Mary Crow Dog explained, "women's lib was mainly a white, upper middle-class affair of little use to a reservation woman." ... Now they say to our women; Lets you and me make a little warrior, after which they got lost making little warriors some where else." ... In the Lakota's ancient tales the women came first, as opposed to the Bible's women being made out of the man...

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Women in the movies were a glamorous rendition of the social roles that were now open to women of this time. ... Young women idealized the stars of their favorite films and wanted to be exactly like them. To these women the movie stars had the freedoms they wished to possess. Of a Joan Crawford film, one girl said, "I watch every little detail, of how she's dressed, and her make-up, and also her hair." ... Motion pictures were one of the most popular forms of entertainment at this time and women were the most prominent audience, so this served as a perfect means to in...

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Iago's view on women is presented in (II.i), providing further insight into what women mean in the play. ... Emilia seems to be more loyal to Desdemona and also has very little knowledge of her Iago's plans or his evil nature. ... We only really see her relations with Cassio who treats her with little respect, which is quite the opposite of how he treats everyone else. ... In the themes of the play the women played an important role. ... Iago said women are as objects and he uses them as objects. ...

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Generally, parents dress little boys in blue and give them cars to play with while little girls are dressed in pink and play with dolls. ... Little girls are trained to nurture, take care, and be beautiful. Little boys usually receive sports equipment, toy cars, and Incredible Hulks. ... Women have to work two jobs: outside the home and within the home, taking care of the children. ... These viewpoints guided early interventions of counseling in that women were directed toward family, marriage, and motherhood while men were directed toward excelling in careers, which kept women financially dep...

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These characters possess very little complexity or importance in Candide.  ... Women in the 1800s had very few choices for advancement in life. ... I confess that were I in your position, I would not harbor the least scruple at marrying the governor and thereby securing Captain Candide's fortune. (41) " These women understand that in the 1800s they had very little power; only through men may they exert any influence. The female characters in Candide are of little importance to the action of the story. ... This perspective highlights how little power women possessed at that time. ...

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