There are four other agencies under the administration of the Ministry of Women, Family and Community, Department of Women Development (DWD), the Social Welfare Department of Malaysia (JKM), the Board of The National Population and Family Development (LPPKN) and Social Malaysia Institution (ISM). ... National Policy on Women is the continuation of the National Policy on Women first enacted 20 years ago with regard to the issues, opportunities, challenges and the current environment and future. ... If visible to reforms made in the development of National Policy on Women 2009 is the passion to...

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In the late 18th century during the American Revolution the issue for women rights became prominent. ... She is a perfect example of a woman who believed that this political, social and economic injustice amongst women needs to end.  She is known for founding Miss Magazine which in 1976 issued a cover with a woman who had a bruise on her face which was a very powerful social message exposing the notion of domestic violence. ... Her efforts in giving social awareness regarding sexism, equality, the power of sisterhood and the empowerment of women is part of the reason why women in today'...

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It also fails to provide the correct social direction for the development of a society and its democratization. ... In defining the role of women in contemporary society, there were distributed the questionnaires among civil servants (which were totally women except of their boss) of the Public Offices of Labour, Employment and Social Securing of a Population. ... Shortly, all 103 respondents were people of both sexes, different ages and social status. ... The totalitarian society tried to construct true equality and improve the political status of women; the reforms of socialism could have a ...

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Women were encouraged to support the Revolution by assuming the duties associated with being a good Frenchwomen, not by forming legions or social clubs that argued for equal rights. ... The National Assembly or the King never accepted this document, but its mere existence and the support that it gathered help bring women's issues on to the table. The women of Paris traditionally had been very involved in street politics, especially if the issue centered on subsistence. ... The cahiers des doleances also demonstrated how a woman's social class determined which issues she chose to e...

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His seemingly irrational annoyance and lack of social restraint are characteristic of id. ... In this extract these elements emerge from figures both masculine and feminine, or even from figures of different classes and social activities, and even of different age. ... Sexuality is not biologically determined but is part of social learning. ... It may as well symbolise her ferociousness .The description we are given about the woman and her gestures possibly gives rise to the issue of sex. ... The cultural code negotiates with cultural, social and scientific knowledge which goes on between the ...

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However, it is the underlying cry for social change that is deeply imbedded in his writing, namely The Canterbury Tales, that is his most admirable accomplishment. ... Although the medieval franklin's social position is not clear, Chaucer's Franklin is depicted as a true gentleman who exhibits only admirable traits and thus must be judged according to these. ... The two do not have power issues in their marriage. ... In the case of the Wife of Bath, love is an important issue that needs to be examined. ... This view becomes more apparent in her tale, but even more apparent is ...

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Another thought about the setting is that it speaks about 'space', personal and private space as opposed to public and social space. ... the heat of Nature and the heat/stress/pressure imposed upon them by the male-dominated culture, social expectations and lifestyle. 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. ... There are a few issues here. 1. ... The issue ...

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Abigail had a ready reply: "I regret the trifling narrow contracted education of females in my own country .You need not be told how much female education is neglected, nor how fashionable it has been to ridicule female learning. " I suspect he needed not be told because she had told him again and again. " (Roberts (1), p.12) While John and Abigail were real partners in their marriage, they didn't always agree on every issue. ...

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" These factors later contribute to their desires to challenge social norms and acquire a house of their own. ... By using writing as her outlet, Cisneros was not only able to cope with her suppression, but she was also able to sublimate inappropriate wishful impulses/phantasies into a socially acceptable form. ... By allowing Esperanza to be her spokeswoman who asked questions and called attention to issues Cisneros could not express herself, Esperanza was ultimately operating as a fictional substitute for Cisneros. By making Esperanza her fictional substitute, Cisneros is able to shed ...

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The pressure that today's media is trying to administer to young girls is forcing them to look down upon themselves and question their body image, causing them to consider self-harm things like starvation, binging and mutilation; it also takes a toll on the young girl's mental health, which could lead to things like self-esteem and anxiety issues. ... Two studies were done that examined "whether media literacy interventions can disrupt social comparisons with media images and, therefore prevent negative exposure effects" (Halliwell, Easun, and Harcourt 397). ...

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During the Heian Period, men were allowed to marry several women and in addition could have secret affairs with "both occasional and live-in lovers- (Pekarik 219).This may not seem to be a big issue because the women in the story were expected to overlook many things, including affairs; it is unknown if the women expected the same from men. Although men could practice polygamy, they were to be married to women of the same social status. ... What is known about this particular relationship was that it was secretive and that Rokujō should have been treated better because of her social statu...

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Physical size and strength, the possibility of injuries, and the color of one's skin have been used as strong reasons to prohibit women and girls from entering the world of baseball, all of these claims are absurd and false, these issues should not just be associated women due to their biological sex. ... The association of women and softball was thought to alleviate the issue of women playing baseball with men, "It served the purpose, so much on the minds of turn-of-the-century health and education experts, of providing women with safe, nonviolent way to get exercise, and it removed the ...

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In One of Ours the main character, Claude, is confronted with life changing decisions in his social and personal lives. ... 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. ... At first it s hard to see why Claude is the way he is however, upon further review Cather makes the reader very aware that most of the issues in Claude's life can be traced back to his childhood. ... From that point on he exhibited issues with other stumps he encountere...

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Chicago' was set in the 1920s, a time of conservatism and conversely of great social change. ... The fact that it is a musical allows it to use scenes with interesting dance numbers to divert the audience from the real issues involved. ... This allows the court scene to become more of show then a real issue. ...

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The industrial revolution established social and economic conditions for women, which satisfied society's expectations.3 Society viewed women as weak, delicate, and subservient to their husbands. ... An example happened in the Price Waterhouse Coopers case where a woman was denied a partnership because "she didn't wear lipstick".22 The issue of appearance is a lose-lose situation for women. ...

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., PhD of the Department of Women and Development Studies of the University of the Philippines College of Social Work and Community Development, and author of the book Love, Rape, and Sexuality: The Construction of Woman in Discourse, in her feminist study of fictional love letters, rape stories and a feminist text on sexuality, has deduced two male stereotypes. ...

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Many of the Indian women novelists focus on women's issues; they have a woman's perspective on the world. ... ["Women and the Hindu Tradition,"in Women in India (New Delhi: Manohar, 1986), 122-123] Thus, In India, with its strong bent for tradition, the woman is expected mainly to live for others than for herself because "others" controlled and moulded the social structure. ...

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The issue of past female influences in Japan was answered by the third work I considered in my research, Religion and Women by Arvind Sharma and Katherine K. ... Martinez explains the social differences between genders very well when he describes a fishing households roles: "it was the job of the women in the house to prepare the food and go to the shrines and give thanks on the other hand it was the job of the men to treat the other fishermen to a drink of sake (189.)- However, Women weren't always considered to be supporting actors in the Shinto tradition. ...

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Webster's College Dictionary defines feminism as "a doctrine advocating social, political, and economic rights for women equal to those of men; a movement for the attainment of suck rights- (Random House, 2000: 484). ... Issues of both feminism and friendship are dealt with in the 1991 film Thelma and Louise. ...

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From dog-fighting in Mexico to issues of transsexuality in Cuba, contemporary Latin American cinema covers a diverse array of topics. Lauren Mulvey, British feminist film theorist, uses pyschoanaylitics to offer a feminist critique of all classical narrative cinema. She establishes that narrative ci...

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