Wearing short skirts, low cut tops, high-heeled shoes, and, god-for-bid, a combination of all three is not the most tactful way to go about getting attention. ... Sadly, when a woman wants to dress sexy and obviously takes it to far she is no longer noticed for her facial features, intelligence, and personality, but for her breast size, leg shape, and hourglass figure. ... Regardless of whether this woman is a decent human being with morals and a conscience, men feel they are permitted to gawk, touch, or blatantly go for the sexual assault. ... It is all because of stereotypes that society has...

• Word Count: 335
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While it was considered totally safe and normal for men to go out alone at night, women only belonged in the day, and with darkness were expected to lock themselves away from awaiting threats. ... Though Lavinia tries as hard as she can to conceal her inferiority, she is still very much a woman, and is thereby vulnerable ("The heat pulsed under your dress and along your legs with a stealthy sense of invasion."). The story endorses the idea that women who do not take proper care of themselves, and try to be independent are to blame for whatever happens to them. ... Lavinia, despite her strong a...

• Word Count: 604
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Not much is mentioned about BoyBoy before he is quickly labled as someone who "did whatever he could that he liked, and he liked womanizing best, drinking second, and abusing Eva third." (32). ... This encounter mentioned came after Eva had obtained a large sum of money as a result of losing her leg (the book doesn't mention how it happens exactly). ... While Ajax remained unaffected, Sula found herself thinking about Ajax and wondering when he was going to return. ...

• Word Count: 994
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

, when she writes of a Catholic girl who must go home and tell her mother she is a prostitute. The girl finally breaks down and tells her mother, who in turn goes ash gray. ... She writes, "He has dedicated his entire life to flipping off light switches giving rise to his theory that "It is better to break your leg in the darkness than to curse the light bills."" ... Bombeck goes on to say that the mother has three sets of eyes, six pairs of hands and "run on black coffee and leftovers." ... Because of these women, today women are free to express themselves wherever they wish, on whatever ...

• Word Count: 1720
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

I had very limited access to education as women were regarded as inferior human beings, a famous saying goes ˜a girl is virtuous if She has no talent'. ... I remember my legs were broken which was quite painful for keeping myself in the name of beauty in men's eyes. ... The large number of children in my family is also a barrier for me to staying domestically instead of going outside. A lot of time is required for taking care of the children hence limited time to go elsewhere. ... They have been able to enjoy their rights having access to education with freedom to pursue what...

• Word Count: 1804
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Whatever created the human race also created a subdivision within it, namely men and women; though the two creatures are very much similar to each other except that they differ in only one thing, a single microscopic chromosome. ... Browsing through the advertisements published in the magazine, one is immediately aware that almost every single ad features an attractive looking woman with generously endowed breasts, a slim waistline, a healthy tan, long flowing hair, luscious lips, pearly white teeth and gorgeous smooth legs. ... It also neglects to take into account any dressing that may go i...

• Word Count: 1428
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

And if they fail to attain such an expectation, they are taught to feel ashamed and guilt-ridden until they go out to the store and purchase the necessary products capable of altering their misguided self-image. ... " The ad also goes a long way towards perpetuating the "superwoman myth" seen across so many of today's advertisements. ... This ad asks all women to go out and purchase this company's product so they will come to appear as beautiful and desirable as the woman pictured in this ad, and in turn become as noticeable to men as they've always wanted. ... ...

• Word Count: 2240
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The length of the sentence forces the reader to keep going to the end. ... Her father who " is the king in his own castle" which according cultural status quo gave him sanction to do whatever he wanted in his home without repentance or punishment. ...

• Word Count: 3020
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

To expand on the importance of the gaze, Bordo expresses that women have learned to anticipate or even play into the sexualizing gaze by trying to become whatever will please the opposite sex. ... The tight buns, the perfect skin, the firm breasts, the long, muscled legs, the bulge-less, sag-less bodies are everywhere. ...

• Word Count: 2044
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography

Without having to watch what they say for fear of offending people's cultural sensibilities (which are created by males anyway i.e. supposedly for the female gender's own good... but it is for the excuse that men 'cannot control themselves when it comes to sex and lust, etc') And this is exactly what this young woman is doing, she asserts her physical presence in public space (on the rooftops where people can see her) and just by doing that she makes a social statement for women's right to be whatever/whoever/doing anything they want. ... This only goes to show that S...

• Word Count: 4111
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School