If men or women engage in unethical moral behavior, both men and women will receive the same punishment. ... "Unto men (of the family) belongs a share of that which parents and near kindred leave, and unto women a share of that which parents and near kindred leave, whether it a little or much- a determinate share" (Qur"an 4:7). ... Women also have rights as wives. ... (Al-Bukhari) Finally, women have legal rights in Islam, allowing women to give witness. ... However, people who have little understanding of the background of Islam tend to draw their own conclusions concerning the rights of w...

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We are seeing and hearing about the women from the Middle East. ... There were, however, a few women had made their mark. ... They were held in very little regard or value in their society. ... The women are still judged by their men peers for their actions although it does not seem to phase some of the women. ... It appears as time goes on women get a little more freedom and rights. ...

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The Oppian Law "limited the amount of gold women could possess and required that all funds of wards, single women, and widows be deposited with the state". ... Besides weaving, which was viewed by their society as an "expression of ideal virtue in a woman", women did little or no work in the home (The Roman Family). Compared to women in other nations of the classical world, the women of Rome "had comparative stature, independence and a value recognized by their society" (Cross). ... Little is known about these women besides the fact that they "ran shops, were nurses, laborers, domestic weav...

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Today, women experience freedom and opportunities that were thought unattainable by their female ancestors. ... In a time when women had very little freedom and were "chained" to the running of their homes, Louisa Ellis' rejection of Dagget's marriage proposal symbolizes the emergence of women and their growing sense of autonomy. ... This further fuels the notion of women's independence. ... Then she went out into the garden with a little blue crockery bowl, to pick some currants for her tea. ... When Joe walks into Louisa's house, "a little yellow canary that had bee...

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Treatment of Women in Islamic and Hindu Culture From the beginning of time, women have been looked down upon as inferior to men. ... Women were excluded from public life and were left to be in charge of home and children. ... Far more contoversial, however, is the issue of women in Islamic and Hindu cultures. ... And while poor treatment in Islamic cultures can be attributed to radical regional customs which are easily debunked by the words of the Koran, Hindu culture, with its lack of an offical religious text, has little to govern the treatment of women by, thus opening up the door for tra...

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Anglo-Saxon women's daily activities depended greatly on her status. Traditionally, women in this period were cloth-makers and embroiderers. ... Well-born women were very powerful. ... This is generally white, indicating linen, although poorer woman may have had little choice but to wear wool next to the skin. ... Married women, widowed women and disreputables(dancing women) were excluded from being saints because it was assumed that they had lost their virginity. ...

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The women of "The Wife of Bath " and "Noah's Flood " fall in perfect alignment with this theme as their independent thinking is perceived not as a quality that should be praised for its radicalness, considering the culture of the time, but instead is shamed and used as evidence of women's evilness. At first glance and with the most shallowness of analysis it can be assumed that these women are "bad women ", especially when set up against the woman of "The Clerk's Tale " whose submissiveness was often celebrated and elevated as something all women should strive to emulate. ... I...

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Wright to represent the reputation of women. ... Without husband, women would not have security, but with security, women would not have freedom. ... However, women like Mrs. ... Men has little respect for the women and the society views women as the household wives with less education who has duty to marry and produce child only. ... It is an inspiration for women to have women's right movement and shows that women can be stronger than men....

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Women were valued very little by nineteenth century society. ... Nora has the same money issues of other married women. ... However, he then gives her some money to do a little shopping, but tells her that is all she will have to manage with. ... As he shakes his finger at her, Torvald asks, "My sweet tooth really didn't make a little detour through the confectioner's" (Ibsen 785). ... All right you little goose, I know you didn't mean it like that" (Ibsen 808). ...

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In response Frau Brechenmacher feels small around her husband and is described as "the little Frau" as he patronises her. ... However, even more disturbing is the implication that women were complicitous in their own oppression. In a strongly homosocial environment where men bonded with each other and women were seen as a sub-class, for servile and procreative purposes only, we are shown no camaraderie amongst the women that would help to strengthen the woman's dignity. In "Frau Brechenmacher attends a Wedding", the women accept their roles and do not appear to question their inequaliti...

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Most little girls want to be teachers whilst the boys eager to be astronauts. When they want to be something a little bit unusual for their gender, parents usually doubt and ask them why. ... They believe that pink is a little too feminine for their son and dolls can make him looks like a sissy. ... Once the girls do a little mischievous thing, the parents will scold them and make them promise not to do the same thing again. ... Society expects different roles for men and women; they believe that men are more virtuous than women. ...

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Torvald's aversion to his wife working is marked, thinking that Nora working, tiring [her] pretty eyes' or her sweet little fingers' through work would imply that he could not support her on his own income. ... Linde's words as knowing so little about the troubles and hardships of life') with the harsh reality, that workingwomen lead hard lives. ... Women also covet independence in a physical sense. Torvald's pet names for Nora, such as little songbird', show the generally accepted notion of women as being caged creatures. ... Many women choose to deceive...

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Her husband didn't even call her by her given name, instead he used pet names such as "my little lark", "my squirrel", and "little spendthrift". ... She has little sense of the world, and this shows it. ... She wants to make them happy and give them the best Christmas she can with what little money she has been given. ... Women should be modest, virtuous and sweet. ... How is that a symbol for women's rights? ...

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It has served two main purposes for men and women. ... While most modern religions tend to be a little of both, those that encourage natural gender roles tend to be more fundamental in belief while those that seek to control these natural tendencies tend to be more modern (or "western"). ... If a woman does not like sex, there is little motivation to engage in it. ... While this religion may seem to be a little more modern than that of the Tiwi Aborigines, it is still very fundamental in form. ... The bible is filled with stories that demean women and make women seem to be the evil half of th...

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The volatile problem-solving method occurs when couples bicker about many little things. ... These couples have little interest in hearing their partner's side of the argument. ... Women, in fact, can experience flooding when their partners stonewall. ... Gottman also recommends a more positive view of women's emotions. ... Women, on the other hand, need to monitor how personal they get when airing grievances. ...

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She was also educated by women, leaving her little room for notion on a traditional marriage. ... Born in a time where women had to act a certain way, she saw that women did not have the freedom to express themselves as men could. ... She was raised and educated by women. ... Kate was raised and educated by women, having very little room to form notions about marriage (Deter 1). ... Marriage today still ties women down to some extent. ...

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In Victorian Society, there were two types of women: Fallen women and Good women. Good women were women who were usually virgins upon marriage. They were married or going to be married, had very little education, were trained in domestic affairs (sewing, cooking, housekeeping, etc.) and they had little or no voice over what was asked of them to do. ... Hardy defended Tess as one of the "good women-. ... Some fallen women were prostitutes, but not all. ...

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Edna even sends her two children to their grandparents house and moves into her own little house across town. ... Elizabeth Le Blanc remarks, "men have an investment in difference that women do not have. ... Through all of these little steps toward being an individual, Edna becomes a stronger woman. ... Arobin dotes on her and eventually tries to get a little too friendly with her. ... Edna Pontellier is a timeless role-model for all women. ...

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Literature containing how women should and should not act was very well known by women and men alike during the nineteenth-century. ... Once married, in the nineteenth-century, women were completely dependent on their husbands; she [women] essentially become "an empty vessel, without legal or emotional existence of her own" (Welter 3). Women were viewed as a piece of property bound by the wedding ring. ... But her small boot heel did not make an indenture, not a mark upon the little glittering circlet" (Chopin 50-51). ... "In the eyes of the law, women did not exist as leg...

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One hundred years ago only few women worked outside the home, however presently 75% ( Manchester,pg 2) of women do so. ... It was not until the 1940's till American women became vocal and concerned about their rights, their women's rights. ... Women's voices only became heard as women became more vocal. ... Women can seek out their own education. ... With very little guidance and direction , children turn to other outlets to comfort there insecurities and troubles such as drugs and sex. ...

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His belief that women are below him causes Anson to be arrogant and conclusive about the women he meets. ... In short, Anson only likes the idea of women. ... Paula represents all women, because how Anson treats her is how he feels about women in general. ... When they separate and Paula tours around the East she writes him letters, "When he saw a man's name in her letters he felt more sure of her and a little disdainful- he was always superior to such things."" ... Anson's character and background effects the way he treats women. ...

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Even though all these little things help, they do not help to the point to help a woman out of poverty or fall into poverty. In the book, Women, Work, & Divorce, written by Richard Peterson, Peterson talks about how women are affected in the work force due to divorce. ... The decline is especially severe for women who have children, women who were married to upper middle-class men, and long-married women. ... This quote summarizes how women most of the time become poor. ... Since women merely get the same amount of money as men, even if they have the same job, women tend to have to work more...

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Chaucer appears to support women and specifically these feminists by creating two very strong-willed and successful women in the Wife of Bath and the old hag in the Wife's tale. ... Through the original strong qualities of the two women, Chaucer provides a hopeful example and model for women of now and then. ... She shows how little control she has over him: "My fourth husband, he was a reveller, That is to say, he kept a paramour;" Paramour meaning mistress shows that first of all she was not all that desirable any more, and that her man could go out and do what and who he pleased rega...

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Then again there is a little advantage in the schools. ... I don't think it's fair because the women doesn't have her freedom. ... It's not fair, but a lot of women live with it. ... That's an advantage for women in the United States. ... It may be a little expensive but it's worth your money when you see the baby blue water and the white sand. ...

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This one act play focuses on the mystery and interaction between men and women at the time. ... The women on the other hand observe the surroundings and notice the small things the men deem unimportant. ... Wright did not care about what the women thought or were discussing. ... In what seems like a trifle may lay great revelation if only we look a little closer. ... This can be seen most when women stay home and only the husband works whether or not there are children to care for. ...

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