The characters used in Little Caesar and Goodfellas are typical of the gangster genre. ... He is brutal, merciless, overconfident and ambitious, as Rico is in Little Caesar. ... The role of women is predominantly the same throughout the evolution of the gangster genre. They are primarily sex objects, "Most women in gangster films were objectified as sexual punching bags to be smacked with grapefruit, hands, or feet and dragged around by the hair." Though in both Little Caesar and Goodfellas, women are used as an aid as well as an object. ...

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The book, Little Women, is enjoyable because it's realistic, its characters are unforgettable, and the author wrote it so you never get bored. Little Women is a story about a poor family of girls and the time they spend growing up during the Civil War. ... I also think that the author wrote this so real people could relate to these brave women. ... The second reason I like Little Women is because its characters are unforgettable. ... The final reason I think Little Women is a great novel is because the author wrote it so you never get bored. ...

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The Little Mermaid While watching The Little Mermaid I noticed that the females were portrayed as physically appealing in many inappropriate ways. ... There are many things in The Little Mermaid that exists in our everyday society. ... Arial also became a metaphor for the traditional housewife when Ursila tells Arial that taking her voice away isn't so bad because men don't like when women speak. ... Ursila is a symbol that represents what our children don't want to be when they grow up, and Ariel is a symbol that represents what every little girls dream is. ... After vi...

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Many women were captured and enslaved by the Moors on their way to transatlantic destinations. ... Other women like for example Mary Velnet were not that lucky, she had to suffer for seven years before the Italian consul paid the ransom to set her free. ... In comparison to Mary Velnet, Eliza Bradley was luckier than she was, but given that she lived under better circumstances, she still had little to eat and to drink and life was hard for her, especially seeing her beloved husband suffer in a horrible manner (Bradley 256-257). On the other hand, there were women, who one could say hit the ja...

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The belief the women can be little more than pretty is the sole cause for it. ... Women are awarded purely for their looks and are forced to use their bodies to gain sponsors and media coverage. ... Elite women receive only 0.5% of the total sponsorship between January 2012 and August 2011 (www.guardin.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/noc/women-in-sport-point-five-sponsorship accessed 21/02/13). The stereotype of women is affecting the participation of females in the sport of volleyball in a negative way. ... These uniforms have little technological, practical or performance-enhancing qualities. ...

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President Kennedy has long been revered by women as easy on the eyes, but during his presidency he was not so revered by the ladies on women's issues. ... Unfortunately, the new law had little effect on narrowing the wage gap between the sexes. Most female workers remained in jobs traditionally held by women, offering low wages and little prospect for advancement. ... Was there life for women outside the cooking, cleaning, and sewing? ... The Women's Strike for Equality was a massive demonstration to commemorate the 50th anniversary of women's suffrage. ...

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President Kennedy has long been revered by women as easy on the eyes, but during his presidency he was not so revered by the ladies on women's issues. ... Unfortunately, the new law had little effect on narrowing the wage gap between the sexes. Most female workers remained in jobs traditionally held by women, offering low wages and little prospect for advancement. ... Was there life for women outside the cooking, cleaning, and sewing? ... The Women's Strike for Equality was a massive demonstration to commemorate the 50th anniversary of women's suffrage. ...

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They thought like that, because nobody before could give chance to women. ... Also women who had the gift to write could have been writing great novels. ... People in 16th century did not think that women could do it as well as men, even write better than men, because women were more sensitive and could understand things better. The second reason, is that women in the 16th century would have been writers, if they would have been married a little bit older than they were, because first of all they had to make a career. ... I think now we would have more great books written by women. ...

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In the 20s and the 30s there is no women's movement and little progress is made in addressing women's issues. ... The Depression was a big part of why there was so little movement. ... Although looking on the surface of the 20s and 30s, it seems like there is little women's movement, but there were actually many advances for women during this time also. ... A dress reform came about in women's society. ... In the 20s and 30s there was no women's movement and little progress was made in addressing women's issues. ...

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Medically women could be a huge advantage in the war. They could even draft women to be nurses. ... In The New York Times it states that approximately a little over 60% of the United States army are males and not females. ... Cause sometimes women think of things that men don't, which goes to show how important a women can be in the time of war. ... The reason he left out women in his great speech is because women were to busy picking and choosing what they want to be equal in. ...

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Advertising For Little Girls: Is It For Fun or Domestication and Sexualization? ... All of this goes with women's self-esteem and confidence with herself. ... In Barbie commercials, little girls are the main characters. ... It is not about choices, but determining the subconscious of who these little girls will become as women. ... Little girls become immune to the treatment women receive from those advertising around them, and therefore they accept this treatment as okay for them to succumb to when they grow up. ...

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The song particularly makes black woman the bulls eye for his lyrics, who amongst the woman in America have little or no voice at all. ... The poem brings up many points on women covering their bodies to make men in theory respect them for the beings that they are. ... To write with all her heart and mind to create action from other women. ... The problem with women and their rights is woman has had little or no example to follow. ... This is a struggle that will have to be fought on both sides of the fence men and woman working together, because if this is not done in a collective way wom...

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Women were in power more than ever. ... Ruth Sidel states, "Over this quarter-century there has been very little change." ... Underprivileged single mothers struggle to make the ends meet and have little time and/or minimal knowledge to plan their careers. ... Society's views of women need to change and embrace women as equal to that of men. ... Heroines: Remarkable and Inspiring Women/An Illustrated Anthology of Essays by Women Writers,. ...

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Despite the odds, women can overcome all obstacles. In the past, women have desperately struggled because men belittled them. ... In The Color Purple, by Alice Walker, several women were extremely mistreated by men. ... Through the collection of letters that Celie wrote, the reader could see the development of a frightened young woman who had little regard for herself and of another, Shug, who struggled to become a successful woman. ... When she was only a little girl, her stepfather sexually abused her. ...

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On September 1, 1957, Gloria Maria Milgrosa Fajardo was born in Havana, Cuba. When she was only two years old, her family fled from the Castro government of Cuba and came to live in Miami. Her father had been a Cuban soldier. When Gloria was just a little girl, her father was recruited for the 250...

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The Abduction of the Sabine Women By: Nicholas Poussin Nicholas Poussin's " The Abduction of the Sabine Women" is a very powerful, emotional, and theatrical piece of art. ... It looks as if, the women are being taken away from their families by soldiers. ... The women are being taken away from their families by soldiers. ... There are a number of people in this painting, which makes it look a little crowded and it is hard to take it all in at one glance. ... The use of the many people makes it a little crowded and therefore there is a lot going on in a little space. ...

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Women's Football as it moves into the 21st Century The real breakthrough in women's football came in 1986 and was almost solely down to one individual, Norwegian associations delegate, Ellen Wille. ... An increase in women participation in football needed an event to kick-start its proposed growth. ... The women's Governing Bodies now have to actively nurture their sport. ... One of the biggest events in women's football so far took place three years on from Atlanta during the 1999 World Cup. ... Figures like that leave little argument over the popularity of the spor...

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In our society we see a girl as "beautiful" as thin and pale with little to no blemishes. ... Magazines such as Playboy claim to be "celebrating women's beauty." ... Although these false advertisements of women are usually in advertisements, one very incorrect depiction of women in which is very impactful is the Pornography business. ... Once you have learned to see a class of human beings as objects, or in ways that effectively reduce them to objects, it becomes much easier to use them as one would an object, with as little, or less, regard. ... The result of all of these subli...

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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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The Women's Advantage It seems that in times before the women's movement, women weren't thought of by men to be capable of being self sufficient. ... At the same time two women, Mrs. ... Hale, were pointing out little clues about Mrs. ... In "Trifles," the whole time the Sheriff and the County Attorney were making fun of the ladies pointing out, what seems to them to be pointless little things, but are actually big clues. The women pay more attention to it because they are women looking from a woman's point of view. ...

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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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Koehler wrote that an inheritance provided "some immediate purchasing power, but did little to increase their occupational possibilities"" (Koehler 10). ... There were very little to no perks of the job. ... The women were not allowed to teach older children (nine or above) because women were not thought of being smart enough to teach older children. ... These female nurses and midwives earned the respect of their neighbors, but evidence suggests that they received little income for their services"" (Koehler 13). Women could help in the medical field but people were skeptical of letting women ...

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The number of women in STEM fields are rising, but the number of men in STEM fields are still outnumbering the women in the same field. ... Cultural norms of society has inhibited the advancement of women in science, technology, mathematics and engineering by supporting the dominance of men and the submission of women. ... As a child, young girls are taught to be little delicate princess that only play with Barbie's, Easy Bake Ovens and little Kitchenettes. ... Prior to World War II women were not permitted to work in such fields. ... And that was problem because women were not actual...

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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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Stage Performance After looking over the requirements for this assignment I decided to attend the play "The Trojan Women." ... This play was a little too blunt and short handed in my opinion. ... What is so ironic about this piece is that the women of Troy are probably the most significant part of the play, hence the title "The Trojan Women." Back in those days however, women were not allowed to have a say in any occurrence. ... Back in the day, women were not allowed to own property or speak freely as they do today. ...

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