The other two male characters also mistreat their women. ... But though the men regard the women as inferiors, the women never confront or resist their mistreatment. ... Thus, not only are women mistreated, they seem to accept their mistreatment with little resistance. ... Change in the society's view of women only came about when women began to speak out against their mistreatment and inferiority. ... There seems little chance of voting for a female candidate for President, women's salaries across the country are comparatively lower than men's salaries, and sexual harassment,...

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Women became the answers. ... Beauty defined the value of women. ... Eventually, single American-born women left the work force.6 The 1900s brought more jobs for women. ... 17 When women do not see other women at the top they get scared. ... The men feel intimidated and uncomfortable by attractive women as well as unattractive women. ...

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In his plays, there are around 170 roles for women, compared to about 700 for men (Packer 117). ... In these works, Shakespeare presented women as either terrified or idealized. ... This can be seen through the characters of Kate and Beatrice: hardheaded, outspoken women; and Bianca and Hero: two subversive, obedient, and easily swooned women (Packer 123). One can take a closer look into women's roles in Shakespeare's comedies by focusing on women's roles in Shakespeare's England. ... Finally, in the last act, Beatrice fully confesses her love for Benedick (with a li...

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He used his dominance to mistreat the women both physically and mentally. ... Unlike these two, his other women would wait until he came to see them. ... Although he was insensitive to both women, this contradicted how he treated other women. ... Despite the fact that Genji used women he made sure they were taken care of. ... Jealousy did not occur between the women because Tyler claimed that Genji valued character more than looks which meant that he selected those women who had the best character. ...

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Instead its conception has affirmed women to be fragile and it has also depicted women to not have the skills or talents to play and compete alongside men. ... Girls are often shunned away from little league games due to the toughness, manliness, or the possibility of becoming a tomboy. ... It wasn't that women were not physically capable of sharing the field with men, they were afraid of women taking the spotlight. ... Individuals opposed to women sharing the field often use the excuses that women are not as strong as men and smaller them as well. They often associate women with weakness...

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Moreover, it does not allow women to enter the structure of authority and power as an equal member. ... Since that moment a second stage, of hidden or indirect breach of women's rights began. Actually, Kazakhstan declares equality of rights for men and women in all spheres of activity. However, women are unable to put this principle into practice. ... Little girls saw that around them their mothers were working as medical servants and teachers. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Lawrence uses these women to represent soul, spirit, and flesh; helping Paul pursue his goal of becoming a perfect man. ... Lawrence: "An Intellectual Biography " (1986), wrote "In fact, the three women, mother, Miriam, and Clara all made Paul feel that he was imprisoned"." ... What the three women have in common, however, is a type of control over Paul. ... Morel's tragedy, like all the other women, Lawrence shows her as a sufferer of the Victorian morality. ... Morel who came from a little capitalist class, aloof and cultured, was a Victorian woman who had knowledge like Lawrence&#x...

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(Status of Women Internet). ... Women are persons- (Status of Women Internet). ... Before she ran for parliament she was a schoolteacher, which was an ambition she had since she was a little girl. ... However during the time the government did little to stop and help them, and tired of government reports Macphail travelled to Cape Breton herself and saw first hand the horrible living conditions that the men and their families were in. ... Macphail was also a pacifist, she was against war, she opposed armies, gun makers and military parades she said that it was "stupid to make little boys ...

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People saw a little girl when they looked at me and heard a little girl's voice when I spoke. ... By making Esperanza her fictional substitute, Cisneros is able to shed light on the social constrains that limit the progression of women. ... I found it frightening and very terrifying for women. The future for women in the barrio is not a wonderful one . . . ... That is why Cisneros is able to relay the stories of these women with such accuracy. ...

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While the two women try to run away from their pasts, the past continues to haunt them. ... It forces the audience to put themselves in a similar situation to fully empathize with the women. ... Clairee, played by Olympia Dukakis, is the wealthy, comedic woman and Ouiser, played by Shirley MacLaine, is the grouchy woman who tells those around her what she thinks with little censoring. ... Finally, even though the women in these films are extremely close friends, the women are paired extremely close to their opposite personality . ... As the movie begins, both women look wonderful, both w...

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"In many places around the world, witchcraft beliefs and practices have existed for centuries with little change, [and] [p]rehistoric art depicts magical rites to ensure successful hunting. ... This power is essentially good; so that the men possessed of it can control and combat the women witches- (p.19). ... Therefore, men have a certain power over the women even in their "fantasy realm-. ... (p. 25) Unlike the Nupe, European women accused of being witches were not successful, family women who had prominent careers. Most were older, poorer, ordinary women who were victims of others a...

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Claude chooses the wrong women in order to help him gain acceptance from his family and Cather does a good job of taking all of the women in Claude's life and placing them into two distinct categories: safe and dangerous women. Claude had several issues with every woman he encounters and ends up discriminating against the women with whom he could have strong relationship and opts for women he feels are "safe" for him. By definition, these safe women tend to be older in age, unattainable and have mother-like qualities. ... This view of women continues on through his life as be becomes attr...

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Most men relate to his problem of continually being abandoned by women, while most women despise him for the immaturity that causes this abandonment. ... It will also answer questions such as, "Does he treat women properly?" and "Is he sensitive towards the needs of women?" ... Rob's chauvinism is seen in his dependency on women. He believes women are placed in the world in order to serve him. ...

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She offers that female characters add nothing or very little to actual elements of plot and character but rather are subjected to male scopophilia, the fetishistic and voyeuristic, due to phallocentricism and psychoanalytic fear of castration. ... " He places little value in women outside of their beauty and constantly objectifies them throughout the movie. In his apartment there are pictures of naked women, he even objectifies artistic figures (eyeing a naked statue of woman while walking by, staring at a women's breast in a religious book, drawing naked women in class as a child). ...

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These new rules divided men and women into two distinct worlds in which they performed different roles. ... The submission of women to men represented the enduring feature of the Victorian Age. ... Specific ideologies regarding the characteristics of women and their role in society marked the Victorian Era. ... In this regard, Tennyson divulges his personal opinions on women. ... The second half of Tennyson gives a precise description of his views about the roles of Victorian women. ...

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Neither men nor women can be determined by love to one person only. ... Women define themselves through their relationships. ... The subservient roles of women towards men can also be witnessed in post-war Europe. ... Finally, women can bestow on themselves sexual freedom, for generations considered a "male birthright", and the ensuing freedom from economic dependency and a restrictive marriage. 1968 is a major boost for "women's lib" or for women breaking out of their restrictive roles. ... Lennon has to reach deep and asks for her understanding and love he needs "as the little c...

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This extract gives the reader an insight on how some men view women. ... The way he views women and nudity is depicted. ... She ignores them totally, when women are actually supposed to pay attention to men's needs and wants and submit herself unconditionally to their demands. ... It is usually argued that while women's general bodily demeanour must be restrained and that their femininity is gauged by how little (personal) space they take up, in contrast, masculinity is judged by males' expansiveness and their strength of their flamboyant gestures. ... We are told that the wo...

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Through the women's evolution of self, the narrative also enables the reader to see the society in which the characters are constructed, and how through the female's transformation society's attitudes towards the women are revealed. ... Her appearance and clothes are unkempt as her "little sailor hat of black straw" had "long been exposed to the soot of London" and "her hair needed washing badly". This portrays her as having very little wealth and a low socio-economic status as she is not able to dress like or look like a lady. ... Henry and Edward share the same viewpoint ...

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World is made of men and women. ... What is it exactly that makes the division between men and women? ... Women are expected to love and marry a man and to become mothers. ... There are only, it is usually assumed, "women" and "men" - and these are understood to be very different from each other. ... It is not what we are born with, that shapes us into men and women, but it is a much longer process, which sta...

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In an Elizabethan context, the word "honour" means something very different for men and women. ... This belief in the chain of being is also shown in his attitude towards women. ... Bianca can also be compared to Margaret as, in both plays different levels of honour are attributed to women of different class. ... Women like Hero were easily slandered as, in Elizabethan times, female sexuality was something feared by men. ... Her worth has little to do with her own actions, but those of her father, as a woman's social status was dependent on that of her father or husband. ...

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Women, have tried to make themselves heard and seen in society without being discriminated against. ... She raises the position of women as creatures who can stand the heat! ... She wins a victory for women in this issue of 'having the right to exist' and also the issue of sexuality and women's bodies - that we own our bodies i.e. we own this personal space, we may display it to the world but our bodies belong to us, not men. ... Important too: we, women should not self-impose that kind of restrictions unless we find that it is necessary. ... Towards the end of this paragraph, a...

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Feeling Poetry Linda McCarriston shapes feelings of anger, rage, contempt and healing in her poetry through narration, metaphors with detailed sensory language as she unfolds the painful story of sexual abuse and family abuse at the hands of her alcoholic father. In an interview with Bill Moyers...

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(It was a common custom in the 19th and early 20th century for wealthy, unmarried older women to pay young girls to travel with them, as both a servant and a friend with whom to converse. During their travels, the two women come to Monte Carlo, a resort city in the south of France. ...

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