Choreographed by Sergei Diaghilev and George Balanchine, Ballet Russes was regarded as one of the most influential ballet companies of the 20th century. ... They were looked at as the catalyst in the most popular form of dance during its time. ... After all, ballet was seen as the most popular form of dance and entertainment for many years during the 1900s. ... Although ballet may not be as popular as it once was when it took off, its' beginning roots established the hegemonic values of portrayal of women in dance and entertainment. ...

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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 introduce young women to the new modern womanhood. "In the 1920s they [movies] served as a means of propagating new values and translating popular images into social behavior... Cotter stated in 1939: Not only do they pattern their hair styles, their clothes, their cookery, and their behavior after those favorite actors and actresses as interpreted by the sob-sisters; most of them also base their most profound thinking on the word...

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Advertising does more than just promote mere products in popular culture today. ... Most of the roles portrayed by women in advertisements tend to be a negative, and subservient image. This presents an itony since it is these negative images which have been most successful in selling products. ...

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Popular culture has a significant effect on the inequality of men and women by the ways men and women are portrayed, whether in movies, television, or in different magazines. With popular culture being such a broad subject, this focus will be on magazine ads and what exactly these ads are saying to the men and women who read them. ... This is interesting to consider that most people just flipping through the magazine would rarely take the time to think about what the ad is telling them. ... Most of the companies in the magazines wanted to send the message to the reader to "buy this product....

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For this particular reason I decided to analyze The Simpsons, one of America's most popular television shows. ... The Simpsons, one of televisions most popular shows, exhibits how gender roles are apparent everywhere and how television like many other forms of media shape our lives. ...

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For this particular reason I decided to analyze The Simpsons, one of America's most popular television shows. ... The Simpsons, one of televisions most popular shows, exhibits how gender roles are apparent everywhere and how television like many other forms of media shape our lives. ...

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Most of the women in Indonesia are housewives at home. ... The most popular argument in gender gap happens in employments, work or occupation. ... In Indonesia most of my girl friends are not allowed to study abroad because their parents think that girl do not need to have high education and sometimes parents told their daughter to marry a guy from a rich family. ...

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Women Gender, and Culture In todays society most people think that gender inequality is no longer an issue. ... It is interesting to note the current popular perception is that affirmative action precludes white males from finding employment with companies that implement these plans. Most critics of affirmative action do not consider the grossly unequal numbers of men in management and professional positions. ...

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Gender roles assign specific requirements and expectations of each sex, for example, a popular gender role for women is that they tend to get emotional more so than men. ... Although some of the characteristics that are included in these gender roles are neutral and not demeaning, most of them hold a negative connotation about that gender. ... Their role is society is only to reproduce and please their husbands, which is by far the most insensitive, cruel, and self-centered role to ever place upon a human. ...

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JOHN 8:3 In this situation there are some of the most powerful members of this ancient civilisation condemning one of the least powerful members, a woman. ... This is a good example of the fairness and consideration of Jesus who urges us to reject extreme ideas and go against popular notions to find a better way to think and behave towards others, including women. ...

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Over the weekend, I visited a very popular toy store called "ToysRUs." ... It's the parent's fault because most of the time they will give their child gender-stereotyped toys to play with. ...

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I feel as though the creators of this film took a stereotypical approach when representing Regina George's femininity, which results in the degradation of women, by proposing that in order to be feminine you must date and sleep with several guys, wear tight clothing, obsess over being the most attractive female in the school, and use the distinctive colour of pink. In the movie, Mean Girls, the main character, Regina George, is the stereotypical and superficial popular girl based on her attractiveness in high school. ...

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Low self-esteem issue is most common in teenage girls and in women however younger and older men could also feel this way as well. ... This is most common when color television started to become very popular and advertisers began to target specific audiences in their commercials. ... One of the most dangerous effects of advertisements may be eating disorders in women both in the advertisements and in the audience. ... Although white women and girls are most likely to have eating disorders other women around the world are facing similar situations mostly in developed countries. One journal ment...

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Most people associate feminism with being a lesbian. ... Most Western feminist history has been split into three different waves. each wave has minor differences in what they focus on. ... Working Women's Day became a national holiday in socialist countries, although western nations largely ignored the occasion. " (64.)second wave and most popular wave of feminism opened up a broader focus. ... The third wave of feminism is seen to most as a response to the second waves failures. ... The media tends to show what gives them the most ratings and females marching naked burning bras gives th...

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Along with the unfortunate conditions in the workplace, the most readily available living arrangements were in small shanti communities near the factories in which they worked. ... Huddled on the cold ground with your family, or what is left of it, as most of the men (fathers and husbands) had either perished on the voyage to America or had been a victim of some other accident. But the most common reason for a fatherless/husbandless home was abandonment; women in the workplace became a new "threat" that often caused men to abandon their wives and children, feeling emasculated by the...

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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 television series such as Moonlighting. 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. ... Viola disguises herself as a man for most of the play in order to preserve her state of free will. ...

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In India, the most visible advocate of ecofeminism is Vandana Shiva. ... However, the "feminine principle "is largely expressed in Hindu terms which are close to Sankhya philosophy, which is mainly popular in the North. ...

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In America modern society, media has huge influence when it comes to in establishing what is feminine in society, and we can found it in many popular forms of media, including TV commercials, movies, radio, magazines, newspaper, and so on. ... Most of these information helps women to find out what they're looking for in their lives because women tend to do what they see in TV as a role model. ...

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If you're in denial about this you clearly haven't paid attention to advertisements like the low-rider magazine, burger king commercials, herbal essence, and the most popular one of them all, the AXE commercials. ...

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Most children are raised with the belief that girls are pretty in pink and boys are rough in blue. ... With small things like this becoming more popular, eventually its going to lead to things and ideas that is of much greater importance. ...

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The Role of Women In "Battle Royal", Ralph Ellison tells us a story of people being used for entertainment at their own expense. Young men were forced to box one another blindfolded against their will and were forcefully persuaded to scrounge for money on an electric carpet. The townsmen would l...

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