In their essays, the authors make assumptions about gender and how it structures the culture industries. ... Mulvey makes clear in her essay that men are the "bearers of the look."" ... Every morning, he wakes up and goes outside to greet his neighbors, ending with "good morning, good afternoon, and good night,"" receiving the same happy, smiling response from his neighbors. ... Truman does not know what she is talking about and does not realize the truth until much later. ... When Truman begins to realize that his life is not what he thought it was, he grabs Meryl and acts as if he is goi...

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In Barbara Ehrenreich's essay, "What I've Learned From Men," she explains to her readers how in the prime of her life she discovers that maybe there are some useful things men do that may be of benefit to the modern day woman. ... It is my opinion that there were places throughout the essay where Ehrenreich could have included logos to make her paper more vivid and lucid. She explains how a modern woman should avoid customary tactics acquired at an early age, "And a good place to start is by cutting back on small acts of deference that we've been programmed to perform since gi...

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Although harsh and maybe even cringe-worthy, his statement serves as a good look into the role women played in the 1970's. ... Berger's essay is still applicable today. ... At first, this does not make much sense. ... Every advertisement that uses women uses what society believes to be the ideal woman. ... Berger's essay is still somewhat useful today, but perhaps some adjustment is needed in order to make better use of it in 2015. ...

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We pay good money to see movies in the theater, television is no longer free (not the good channels anyway), and then, of course, you can pay extra for pay-per view channels on top of your regular cable bill. What are we watching? ... She blackmails him, humiliates him, and makes him look like a complete fool. If you have seen this movie, you know, Demi gets what is coming to her, but what a role! ... What about the movie that Stanley Kaufman critiques in his essay, "Primal Stuff"? ...

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What these people see are false ideals of men and women. ... Liz Jones, and ex-editor of Marie Claire shows readers the reality of the men and women we see in magazines in her essay, What I Think About the Fashion Industry. ... In his essay, Ted Spiker explains how body image too is important to men. ... So, many times, they want to look good for other men. ... They are not what they seem and make people believe it is real, causing them to strive to become a certain image that is not necessarily achievable through healthy approaches. ...

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Present day conceptions of gender would appear to be different to what they were in Shakespeare's day. ... A good example of this is the relationship shown between Rosalind and Celia. ... I will return to Rosalind and Celia later in this essay. ... Orlando describes Ganymede as "fair" and "good" and woos and flirts with him as he would have with Rosalind. ... In a patriarchal society women were viewed in a different light to what they are now. ...

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A Wife and a Woman: A Critical essay of Susan Glaspell's "A Jury of Her Peers." ... Glaspell makes it clear to the reader throughout the story what is expected of a woman and a wife through the interactions of the male and female characters. ... If the house is not up to standards she is not a good wife and therefore not a good woman. ... This ties back to the stereotype of keeping the house clean because that is what is expected. ... The inferences that these women are able to make about the life of Mrs. ...

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What makes them seem to have different abilities is the social construction itself. ... You might have a different approach compared to what your sister or brother got. ... From the example given in the essay, it is clearly stated that mother seems to make the biggest contribution because " while the mother keeps their daughter close she unconsciously trains her son to investigate - to become a problem solver." ... The differentiation in gender of what society expects continues until their later years. ... As a result, these ideal views limit their options and make them bound to their "fate". ...

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Abstract The research question of my extended essay is "How patriarchal and colonial oppression is expressed in Alice Walker's "The Color Purple?" The essay explores the themes of colonial subordination, gender oppression and the representation of gender relations of the male dominated early 20th century in the novel, The Color Purple and how these can be related to postcolonial feminist criticism. ... The concept of sisterhood which is engraved in the Womanist Theology is also looked upon in the essay. ... The essay endeavors to investigate how gender oppression, colonial subordinat...

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However, in this essay I will focus on how TV commercials and shows. ... Thus, in many TV shows such as housewives, keeping up with Kardashian, Cinderella for little girls, and so on, they usually put beautiful women so frequently that makes them believe that with a good body, make up, self-sacrifice, they can look stunning as the famous they look on the shows. Many TV shows provide a cute actress with a good dress or purse that make other female see and say "I want this for me", and they have the tendency to purchase the same thing they see. ... It also provides information that mot...

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The invention of cinema and the projection of films on just about any screen meant that this form of entertainment managed to make more accessible what was previously available to just a select group of society. ... The struggle to control this new medium and to impose Judeo-Christian values upon it culminated with the release of the Motion Picture Production Code in 1930.2 In this essay I shall first describe the social context in the United States in the early days of cinema and the introduction of content censorship. ... Hollywood's response was to include more representations of homo...

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Although she does a good job of caring for the children, Otsune is not the best looking and she is argumentative. ... She is the wife of Suezo, and even though she appears to be a good wife and mother, Suezo doesn't love her anymore because of her look and her humor. ... This makes the reader know that women in those times were very submissive with their husbands. ... This can refer to the context of the story because of the role that women has in those times were very strict and they were supposed to make whatever their parents said, or if they were married what their husband said. ... T...

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At Home Essay III (Documented) Essay Final Draft In our society, gender, either as a man or a woman, usually determines how we will lead our lives. ... They are taught to play with dolls, make-up, tea sets, dress-up kits, and are taught to stay away from boys. ... At an early age kids are taught what the colors of the girls are and what the colors for the boys are. ... Men, as we all know, occupy most of the positions in any good job. ...

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In this essay, with the ideas of some of the most important philosophers in the history, I shall investigate the gender roles in society, marriage; even every part of life and whether because of these roles is one gender superior the other. ... However, I also disagree with the idea of Aristotle; ruler in the household does not make the relationship permanent, on the contrary the kind of relationship that Aristotle argued can be temporal. ... He said " If the women was not made to be a helper for the man in generating the children, for what help was she made? ... Augustine defined the ...

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The more narrowed scope of this essay is to inform the audience of how gender roles are taught and perpetrated by the media as a whole, but on television in particular, but also from a more sociological aspect or viewpoint. ... While gender itself is a universal idea, what constitutes a person as masculine or feminine changes with the culture, and also the times. ... Their prevalence alone makes them one of the most important social problems we can discuss as a society. ... These standards are considered to be a very important part of society's make-up, and gender is often the first q...

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There was one thing that my dad could not teach me, however, and so my mother taught me what exactly what femininity is. ... Sitting back and actually thinking of my mother's actions and values, I can say that femininity is the ability to make oneself beautiful and sexy yet still refined as to not look overdone or over make-upped. ... This definition of femininity is quite different than what Susan Brownmiller thinks in her essay "Femininity," because she sees "femininity as a desperate strategy of appeasement" in which a woman has to understand the "feminine principle" is a "great collec...

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In her poem titled "Lady Lazarus," Plath exploits the viciousness of her male dominator as he makes a spectacle of repeatedly pulling her back to life after her suicide attempts. ... When Plath says "Dying/Is an art, like everything else/ I do it exceptionally well" ("Lady Lazarus" 43-45), she is using snide sarcasm regarding how she really is not good at anything because she is unable to kill herself due to the control of her oppressor. ... The uniquely styled short story primarily focuses on a woman living in what seems to be a one-bedroom apartment, jumping from j...

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From the day you are born you are taught and interpret a certain way to act depending on what sex you are. ... In some part of our society this is probably common practice for the male of the household and this is what Homer represents. ... She fits well into the female gender role that Television makes its viewers believe is correct. ... Bart doesn't get very good grades and isn't shown to be very bright. ... Lisa always portrays a good girl image opposed to Bart who is usually in trouble for something. ...

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From the day you are born you are taught and interpret a certain way to act depending on what sex you are. ... In some part of our society this is probably common practice for the male of the household and this is what Homer represents. ... She fits well into the female gender role that Television makes its viewers believe is correct. ... Bart doesn't get very good grades and isn't shown to be very bright. ... Lisa always portrays a good girl image opposed to Bart who is usually in trouble for something. ...

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As Patricia Gourlay has mentioned in her essay about The Winter's tale, the position of men and women in Shakespeare's society is as follows: That society is, of course, masculine, with male and female roles, in general, conventionally defined. ... What Shakespeare wants to talk is how to build up the real harmony in a society which is composed by men and women. ... However, what strikes him most is the betrayal of his friend. ... In retrospect, in ActI, when Polixenes is asked about his relation with his child by Leontes, he answers: If at home, sir, He's all my exe...

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He means that enthymematic generalizations "make a singular conclusion likely" similar to how "a properly universal premise make a singular conclusion necessary" (107). ... Other scholars have expanded Aristotle's notes on anger-its use as a rhetorical tool, what causes people to get angry, and what kind of rhetoric best evokes anger. ... Emily Winderman touches upon evoking anger to promote social change in her essay regarding the role that anger played in the Planned Parenthood Federation. ... Allen appeals to this unstated premise by singing, "if you're no...

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Women can't make their own decision like choose the marriage but following the instruction order from men. ... Along with the development of social process, it will develop towards in a good direction in the future. ... What cause child labor such popular? ... The good thing is, child labor began to decline after industrial revolution. ... As you can see, in today's consumption market, each single good have dozens or even hundreds of brand to choose. ...

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In this essay, we will use the Bible to understand the role of women in the church of the first century and apply that understanding to the church of the twentieth century. ... I also want women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God. ... This can be a difficult task since there is not a record of exactly what was being said, so only remarks made in the text itself can give a clue. ... This would explain the strong words Paul makes i...

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Another article written to refute Udry's essay is Barbara J. ... Risman suggests that if the concept of femininity is what Udry makes it out to be, then the specific differences he's highlighting should be expected to change as our culture changes over time. The concept of femininity and what is considered feminine in our culture isn't even accepted by all women in America; what is feminine in one social class or region doesn't necessarily carry the same impression across the board. ... Cerroni-Long discusses the characterization of our species through out sexual-dimorphi...

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Intention of reasearch report - For this essay, the intention was to inform the reader of the representation, effects, and resolution of gender inequality. ... Along with this, the advertisement insinuates that all women cook and are not good for much else other than housework; as per the social norm many decades ago. ... If society hopes to liberate the world of these stereotypes people need to be looked at for who they are and not what they are. ... Therefore, what a child sees and experiences, will stick with them; as with a toy and their gender binding qualities. ... What can be done to re...

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