A deliciously gruesome re-telling of a good girl gone bad tale, Delarivier Manley's The Wife's Resentment engages with 18th-century notions of female identity, sexuality, and criminality, using a subtle mixture of counter-arguments to successfully flip the early conventions on their heads. ... Violenta's inopportune fall from grace then raises the question of what exactly substantiates the societal constructs that women of the 18th century had to suffer - the truth? Or a convincing performance of what the truth is expected to be? ... Deciding that what was good for the goose wou...

• Word Count: 1986
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Graduate

The views that were presented during the 1960s drastically changed the concept of sexuality from what it meant before the 1960s and what it means now. ... Thelma and Louise's attitude towards men is one of hatred and resentment. The resentment that the two women feel causes them to react to men with a violent behavior, such as locking a policeman in the trunk if his car, or setting a truck driver's truck on fire because he makes inappropriate gestures. ...

• Word Count: 744
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

"The lack of economic freedom breeds resentment, the noisy assertive resentment of the male, who insists on claiming his superiority, and the shrill nagging resentment of the female who clamors for rights." ... (Bell p. 144) However, what sets her apart from other writers of the modernist or feminist genre is her denial of her namesake, Woolf shed it and believed that a feminist label bastardized the ideal of struggling for equality, not only for women, but for men as well. ... Dalloway's previous lovers to whom she now looks for comfort and an escape to what-might-have-been. ... Dallo...

• Word Count: 2233
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Matthews treated her students differently because they were or were not athletes then she stereotyped them according to what she considered a "good" student. ... Because the teacher dressed in a less feminine way and had a larger framed body we thought she could have been showing signs of resentment toward nonathletic female students. ... We were raised in families that accepted people for who they were on the inside and not what they looked like or what material possessions they owned. ... If this is what we are teaching our children then it is inevitable that prejudice and discrimi...

• Word Count: 568
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• Grade Level: High School

The frustration of being a Mother is evident in this journal entry with words such as "suffering" (page 21), "bitter resentment" and "despair". ... In the chapter, it says that "my husband spoke eagerly of the children we would have; my parents-in-law awaited the birth of their grandchild" (page 25) yet she herself was unsure if she wanted a child where she says, "I had no idea what I wanted, what I could or could not choose. ... This is an age-old action, this is what women have always done.' ... This is what women have always done". ...

• Word Count: 578
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

She compared several other South Pacific societies with her own and discovered that what we think of as "feminine" and "masculine" are culturally determined traits, not inherent in biological difference. Two-thirds of African Americans who occupy professional positions are women and this often leads to resentment, which in turn creates tension and stress in female-male relationships. ... Finally, the chapter discusses African American women holding professional positions and it causing resentment. ...

• Word Count: 1230
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

What I have been yours, if you care enough about me to take it". ... Along with facing isolation and loneliness throughout the novel, Alexandra also experiences different gender roles, as well as resentment, not typical for an American woman. ... Cather introduces Alexandra as almost man-like, and describing her as a soldier, all the while demonstrating she is prideful of what she is wearing. ...

• Word Count: 649
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As she becomes an adult she has certain hopes and aspirations that come along with her expectations and as she gets older she is slowly realizing what expectations are realistic and what are not. ... I wonder if she made the best with what she got or was she sorry because she couldn't be all the things she wanted to be.... Instead, these women, like Marin, will not give up this power until they get what they want in life; which is to escape from Mango Street. ... She doesn't want her life to become a life full of resentment and regret. ... You can't forget what you know. ...

• Word Count: 1121
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• Grade Level: High School

As companies are becoming more diverse and it's becoming very important for companies to understand and manage it. People of different background, races, religion create a diverse workforce. There is an importance of having diverse workforce to provide better performance. There are perspectives of ...

• Word Count: 1230
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This issue, although distinctly smaller during the era, preluded what was to eventuate; men empowering women. ... Western ideals fused with Indian resentment, made Gender and Imperialism very important notions. ... Initially, Gandhi included no women in his original group of 70 satyagraha and this drew considerable resentment throughout many of the 'now' blossoming female freedom fighters. 14 Naidu, a close friend of Gandhi and fellow nationalist leader insisted on joining him, and in doing so set a precedence for other women, climaxing in her being the first women arrested in t...

• Word Count: 2806
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The main question is, what is the role of a woman, and what is the role of a man in society today? ... Now, this is not to say that a woman should not have a say in what goes on in the household, but that the man is supposed to be the authority. ... Some women become ministers or want to become president, going against what is typical. ... No one will ever be fully content with what they are. So, will there ever be no resentment between the sexes? ...

• Word Count: 1475
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

What is even more striking is that this genetic programming is present at birth. ... Young girls, who have more developed conceptions of what gender is, still prefer dolls. ... They simply are not able to do relay their feelings as well as girls based on how their brain works and to try to force it can create resentment. ...

• Word Count: 1794
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Pretending that women and men are the same hurts women, because the ways they are treated are based on the norms for men, and are nonplussed when their words don't work as they expected, or even spark resentment and anger. ... Men and women have distinct viewpoints and attitudes towards life, think differently, and therefore do not have the same notions of what is essential in communication. ... Men, on the other hand, have been pressured to take center stage, challenging others and boasting about what they"re good at. ... Women make an effort to acknowledge and respond to what their in...

• Word Count: 2241
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Sometimes aware of what is happening to them, and sometimes not, the "ordinary women- are often trapped . . . making for a tense atmosphere in a naturalistic milieu. ... Rather than helping his wife Millie to realize the injurious effects her actions could have on their daughter before it is too late, he waits until the damage is done to let her know what an awful personality he thinks she has. It is not out of bitter resentment that he tells her this but because he wants to be honest with everyone before he dies. ... It can be argued that Florence's ultimate decision is not so much ...

• Word Count: 1886
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Throughout the usage of imagery, sarcasm, and Plath's ability to pit herself against her enemy shows her resentment of male oppression and her nostalgia for death. ... Diane Di Prima presents feminism through the use of her female character living out the unique, atypical female life of a bachelor in her autobiographical short story "Dinners and Nightmares" and "What I Ate Where". The uniquely styled short story primarily focuses on a woman living in what seems to be a one-bedroom apartment, jumping from job to job, eating anything she can to survive. ... When Diane ex...

• Word Count: 2160
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Jackson (2006) explains that heteronormativity must not solely be thought of as the normative sexuality, but also as the normative way of living, thus making heteronormativity what roots the binary oppositions in all gendered societal roles. ... In her article, Rosenfeld (2009) explains that the presence of heteronormative behavior is what differentiates between homosexuals that are acceptable or unacceptable in society. ... Many individuals feel great deals of shame and fear due to their suppressed identity, as well as resentment towards the fragile balance between societal demands for hetero...

• Word Count: 1895
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This is true in the case of Jane, although it is necessary for Rochester to become physically disabled (loss of sexual appeal) and lose his property (loss of wealth and status) before she feels necessarily equal or superior to him – reflecting the attitudes of Victorian society of what connotes and what makes women powerful, also the significant extent to which men must deteriorate before women can be seen as superior or equal. ... The presentation of Blanche also demonstrates her to be a negative character, "Blanche, an accomplished lady of rank" (spoken by Jane with resentm...

• Word Count: 1797
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate