Sex appeal is one of the most effective forms of advertising in modern popular culture. ... An androcentric position can easily be seen through any number of popular magazine publications. ... She is nude; flowers cover only her most intimate parts in a thin layer. ... Anorexia and bulimia are the most common types of disorders, claiming the lives of 150,000 women each year. ... I wholeheartedly agree with Naomi Wolf, "Dieting is the most potent political sedative in women's history." ...

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For example, most Swiffer commercials have young middle-aged women pushing around a Swiffer mop dancing to a cheesy theme song. ... Most advertisements about young kids eating healthy and physical fitness is in high demand because Michelle Obama has made many health regulations in the school systems. ... Advertising involves all sorts of interconnected relationships, the relationships between objects and people, how we use certain symbols to show that relationship, the symbolism and the power it has, and most important communications and satisfactions (Monk-Turner, 2007). ... Food advertisemen...

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Thoughts and opinions are expressed, most often, from the viewpoint of a symbolic interactionist. ... The Media As a whole, television is one of the most influential types of media today. ... The ever-popular Kardashian show had brought to light the long-suffering Bruce Jenner, now Caitlynn, as the quiet ex-husband of Kris Kardashian; mogul and manager of her daughters and their media empires. ... According to one article in the Journal of Popular Culture, "Particular attention is paid to the rise of magazines such as 'Maxim' that feature chauvinistic male attitude" (Trag...

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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"). ... Typically, most contraception is banned altogether, giving absolutely no control to the woman over her own fertility. ... Since a woman's sexuality is considered to be one of the most immoral aspects to life to Muslims, many countries choose to almost completely wipe out the problem but just getting rid of female sexuality through surgery. To many, this ...

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Before such a movement happened, life for women was not at all like how most people know it today. ... The changes occurring throughout this entire time period were reflected in the popular music. ... Such events became inspiration to many artists at the time; one most notably was Bob Dylan. Dylan paved the way for popular songs to discuss political and social unrest. ... It mostly caused the influx of female rockers, still rising in numbers in popular culture. ...

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Women In The Media Television is the most powerful form of media in our society. The American society is probably the most visually oriented society in the world. ... A show that has recently become popular is the comedy, Ally McBeal. ... Another popular television show is Roseanne. ... This gives the message that most people who are of lower income families are over-weight. ...

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Past feminism and popular thought was guided in a way that itself was oppressive and exhibited traits of dominance, in contradiction, new-age feminism and black feminism offer thought that is committed to equality, mutual respect, and justice. ... Most people these days were in favor of equal rights for homosexuals. ... Most of all, feminist therapy seeks to empower all types of women in today's world. ...

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The single young man with a high disposable income, living or working in the city (because that's where all the best shops are), is perhaps the most promising consumer market of the decade. ... Even though at the outset both these terms evoked very similar images in the world of popular perception, in reality they assume a host of completely different implications. ... There was a time when to take socially sanctified "woman's wear" and flaunt it on a male body was to send up and question society's most sternly guarded definitions of masculinity and femininity" (F...

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Ironically, popular womens magazines also use beautiful women to promote cosmetics and beauty products (funny that both my examples sho w the exploitation of female images in society...more on that later). ... Sally Jesse Raphael recently had one of these androgynous hu man beings on her popular morning talk show. ... Specifically those shown on the popular music video network MTV. ... But, for those who only see them as they were produced, which is most of the viewing popu lation, the videos do indeed portray these woman in a fantasized nature. ...

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Ironically, popular womens magazines also use beautiful women to promote cosmetics and beauty products (funny that both my examples sho w the exploitation of female images in society...more on that later). ... Sally Jesse Raphael recently had one of these androgynous hu man beings on her popular morning talk show. ... Specifically those shown on the popular music video network MTV. ... But, for those who only see them as they were produced, which is most of the viewing popu lation, the videos do indeed portray these woman in a fantasized nature. ...

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(My Big Fat Greek Wedding) Call it old-fashioned, but is this not the way that most people were raised? ... Do most men feel the way that Theroux does? ... If sports are a cause of men not enjoying being men, then why are major league sports so popular now? ... Men dress the same for the most part, but that is because most men do not really care about looking different from everyone else. ... This author has an opinion that is not very popular among most men. ...

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Both figurines are popular due to their representation of women in their era, revealing their own connotation of gorgeousness and cultural perceptions. ... This also shows that there was interaction between the communities and they most likely shared same cultural influences such as art and trade. Several studies give different dates of the Venus de Willendorf era where most recent dating is cited for period between 24,000-22,000 BCE. ... Barbie's role as a teenage fashion model has had close association and use in popular youth pop culture (The Barbie Effect, n.d.).They are used exten...

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(Horrock1995: 154) This shows us that male violence with in the field of sport is considered ok allowing popular male athletes the freedom to commit violent acts with less punishment. ... Sports associated with the dominant form of 'manliness' are the most culturally valued in our society. ... This theme appears most often in advertising geared towards young men. ... The "Cave Man Mentality" is the use of violent male icons or heroes from popular history to demonstrate masculinity in advertisements. ... (Peterson 1998: 47) As most people know high school is where most teen mal...

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Stepping into McComas past the glass sliding doors into the cool air-conditioned building, most gym goers make their way down the long hallway slightly to the left walking and chatting with their friends. ... This not only allows for students to have a more productive workout but it allows them to finish quickly so that they can be more productive and have more time doing other things such as participating in clubs, taking part in social activities, and most importantly spent their time studying and doing homework. ... " Studies have shown that most girls feel uncomfortable in the weight...

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The separation of the sexes on most athletic teams in the U.S. while having its advantages, does not allow for the potential positive outcomes of integration. ... On the popular show MADE that is on MTV, there was a particular episode where a high school girl wanted to participate on the men's football team. ... In the popular magazine Sports Illustrated in the same study, the magazine only featured women in 6% of all the covers featuring women. 4% feature legitimate women athletes, whereas 2% feature the swimsuit models (Birrell and Theberge). ...

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The most immediate form of advertisement is visual, consisting of colourful images with catch slogans that are design to stay in the reader's mind for as long as possible. ... What advert of cosmetic products use most are the bodies of consumers to display the relation between user and product. ... Cosmetic brands are the most heavily advertised to stay in tandem with constant socio-economic evolution. ... Mainstream politicians and popular media preach tolerance and freedom of self-expression in contrast with the early days of marketing. ... As feminism became popular among women, so...

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In America as well as most Western cultures abroad, women's place in society was valued little above the livestock, slaves or other property that men owned. ... The equality of all humanity, of groups and cultures seems to be the motivating factor that inspired most of Margaret Fuller's writings. ... These "Conversations" became so popular in Boston that she attracted not just wives of prominent citizens, but also some sympathetic reformers (Hampson 1). ... Later, in 1845, this treatise was expanded into Fuller's most remarkable feminist book Women in the Nineteenth Ce...

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To those who "take gender seriously", sex refers to biological distinctions between men & women, most obviously differences in reproductive organs. ... The feminist engagement with theories of patriarchy criticised pre-existing theoretical positions and their ideological use, tracing theoretical progenitors of popular views about gender, gender roles etc (Cooper, 1995; Raymond, 1980). ... The gender differences, which lead to gender inequality in the division of labour, and presented as natural by patriarchy and unequal gender order has been normalised and legitimated by science, medicine and ...

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Well, if so you'll be able to clearly distinguish two major categories in your toy store; "boy toys " and "girl toys. " For as long as we can remember growing up as a little boy or little girl, we would always want the toys that best fit our gender most, but what made us understand what toys is for what gender? ... When children view advertisements on the television a change is taken place in their minds and they adapt to what they are exposed to most, which is advertisers showing boys playing in the blue section slightly more aggressive, but having fun, and girls playing in the pink sect...

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Some examples of these "standing out " became very popular and were followed by more people. ... Fashion is one of the most powerful means of communication, which sometimes may play a vital role in the life of a person; it especially concerns the cases of getting a desired job. ... As soon as women realized that experimenting with their clothing might bring them the results they need they became the most interested consumers and the demand on women's production increased greatly. ... Expression of symbols through clothing is a very popular...

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 Each day, millions of people listen to the radio and are exposed to the social critiques that are apparent in many popular songs. ... Christopher Carey notes that some of the most persuasive "angry rhetoric," evokes anger in a way that makes the audience feel personally offended, even though it may not have actually been a personal attack (408). ... The authors explain that evoking anger through rhetoric is most justified when it is "directed...toward particular agent, policy, or idea," but unjustified if it incites violent actions in listeners (Zagacki and Boleyn-Fitz...

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They were continuously mentioning how Minnie must have been lonesome and cheerless, and how she used to be popular as they wandered through the house effortlessly dealing with their frivolous day. ... Peters would have realized that they, for the most part, could be a great help in this case. ... Peters uncovered is the most important proof, and shouldn't be hidden due to them feeling sorry for Minnie.. ... (Glaspell Pg. 72) She most likely got upset due to something that her husband had done, and she got riled up and was rough with the bird cage. ... Peters decided to try and cover up ...

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Women are no longer simply painted nude for a particular person, but Berger's statement still holds true, "she turns herself into an object "and most particularly an object of vision: a sight " (Berger 47). ... She is submissive, and this shows the spectator (most likely a male) that women are meant to submit to him. ... Other women seek to be the woman they see in advertisements but most do not know "only 5% of women naturally possess the body type often portrayed by Americans in the media " (ANAD 1). ... The men in most advertisements are not shown as submissive to women. ... Se...

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The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare's most famous plays, and has weathered well into our modern era with adaptations into popular films such as ëten things I hate about you. For all the praises it has garnered throughout the centuries, it is curious to note that many have considered it to be one of his most controversial in his treatment of women. ...

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The reasons for choosing these novels is not only that they are considered Haggard's most successful and popular works and have never been out of print since the 1880s (Brantlinger, 495), but also their similarity as far as the plot, setting and characters are concerned. ... In my thesis, I will first examine the historical background of the novels and the definition of the adventure fiction genre into which most of Haggard's works belong. ...

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