Dystopian Societies and Female Oppression: An Overview The protagonists in both ‘The Handmaids Tale’ by Margaret Atwood and ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’ by Khalid Hosseini suffer in the societies in which they exist. Similarly, the theme of religious oppression underpins the suffering of the female protagonists in both the fictitious, dystopian society of Gilead in ‘The Handmaids Tale’ and the...
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The notorious photo of the 'obscure' Afghan Girl was shot by columnist Steve McCurry in mid 1980s. It turned into a notable photo after it was included in the June 1985 issue of National Geographic Magazine. Formally distinguished as Sharbat Gula in 2002, the Afghan young lady was around 12 years of age when the photo was taken by McCurry...
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The statement “by hunting sincerity out of our society” made by Mary Wollstonecraft in her Vindication of the Right of Woman indicates the aim of all revolutionary feminists during the Enlightenment. Feminists such as Olympe de Gouges, who famously and boldly wrote the Déclaration des droits de la Femme et de la Citoyenne, Mary Wollstonecraft, who through her troubled personal...
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As one of the oldest civilizations in Asia, Japan has a rich culture full of ancient rituals, social customs, traditions, and powerfully held beliefs all with a strong connection to religion and nature. It is the influence of the country’s religions, and the people’s respect of nature, that has initiated the evolution of the Japanese culture over hundreds of years,...
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Gender socialization starts when you are first born and intensifies as one reaches adolescence contributing to gender inequalities in education, employment, empowerment, and other related issues. Gender socialization gives more information on the behaviors associated with specific sex during the development stage of a child and hence setting norm which should be adhered to by a particular gender. In the...
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Chikamatsu Monzaemon and Kate Chopin are well known writers of their respective genre. While they are famous writers, they are also very different from one another when it comes to the tales they write about. Though there are quite a lot of differences between their most popular stories, the Love Suicides at Amijima and Desiree’s Baby have many things in...
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Every day, millions of people experience it. For most individuals, it is within reasonable limits and usually somewhat healthy. However, as the world continues to advance in technology and competition for school and work increases, stress levels are at an all-time high. These levels of stress can be dangerous for all people. In some cases, immense stress can be fatal...
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In regard to the effectiveness of dealing with legal and non-legal responses in dealing with domestic violence, there is a varying degree of success in achieving justice for the victims and their families. As stated in the Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007, domestic violence is described as “violence committed against someone with whom the offender has, or has...
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The treatment of women is different in all countries. It is important to pay attention to and recognize the differences in the way that women are treated compared to the way that men are treated. In the United States, there is a lot of controversy around the thought that women should be treated equally and the idea that women can...
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Teachers can have a large impact on the development of a child by helping students succeed in whatever they may want to do in life. They are there to make a difference in the way that children see the world around them. Positive relationships between student and teacher help guide students on how to become a successful adult in their...
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Mary Wollstonecraft was born in 1759 to a middle-class family in England. While her father Edward had at one point enjoyed significant financial comfort, he eventually squandered a large portion of his wealth on a variety of projects that failed to yield returns. Frustrated at his prospects, Edward became an abusive drunk who viciously beat his wife Elizabeth. Wollstonecraft was...
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From The moment were born well into our adulthood, we are in frequent and intense contact with toys from a wide diverse, types, complexities and composition. Toys are a very important part of a child’s experientially perceived reality operating in several related ways over and above their function as socializing mechanisms, as educational devices, as scaled down versions of the...
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Introduction In this paper I try to analyse the portrayal of sexuality and disability in the movies. I will mainly focus on two movies namely, Sixth Happiness and Scarlett Roads and the documentary called Accsex. According to Harris, most of the viewers do not relate the sexual lives of the disabled characters with their own sexuality. It is seen as...
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Feminism is “the advocacy of women's rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes.” There were many succuss in the feminism movements in 1960 and 1970 also known as the second wave of feminism allowed women to achieve legal and social equality. These succuss include abortion and oral contraceptives, Sexism, and harassment laws although there are succuss there...
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In recent years, particularly in the last decade, society has gradually become more aware of domestic violence cases in relationships and families. Society has started recognising the extent to which domestic violence impacts an individual’s mental and physical health and the overall impact it has on the well-being of a family. Domestic violence is a complex behavioural issue that may...
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Sexuality is a topic that cannot be discussed and understand openly sometimes, but it is very important for human being to understand what sexuality and the importance of sexuality for our life is. When I was in high school, I first attended to psychology lecture. I heard some interesting and attractive historical psychology theories, like Freud’s psychosexual theory. Then I...
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This thesis focuses on the portrayal of masculinities and femininities in nationalistic Bollywood films. It precisely engages with the representation of masculinity and femininity in Bollywood war films. I assert that Bollywood war films are such a genre where the coexistence of various forms of masculinity and femininities can be explored. Further I would like to mention that in this...
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Proficiency in gender and sexual self-identity and the functions and effects of gender roles is important because it allows one to understand themselves and how to relate to others. The creation of gender identity is a complex process involving biological, cultural, and psychological elements (Yarber & Sayad, 2012). A person’s gender identity is the deepest feelings one has about their...
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This essay will explore and uncover the complex issues that contest the representation of women via social media. Through strong contrast and discussion, the essay will attempt to educate in hopes of inspiring the reader to actively engage in strong political design. This essay will reference Kim Kardashian’s KKW Beauty campaign for her ‘Flashing Lights Collection.’ The campaign explores the...
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Gender Gender and economics affect key characters of Hurston in her short stories. During 1940s, the work of Hurston was published in different magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post and The American Mercury. It has been demonstrated in Wikipedia source that “She also wrote fiction about contemporary issues in the black community and became a central figure of the...
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Introduction In this period of the pandemic, we all are locked in our houses considering our home to be the safest place. In this lockdown we feel safe at our houses, but does everyone feel the same? The answer is NO. Some people are going through the worst situations even in their houses. They are facing ‘domestic violence. This sounds...
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Although there are laws in the USA that protect women in their workplace, some women still suffer from sexual harassment mainly due to the insufficiency of the law that should protect them and women in some situations tend to avoid reporting sexual harassment cases. Introduction 'The glory of justice and the majesty of law are created not just by the...
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In the novel The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath it shows the women and femininity. Tha novel challenged the rules that each woman should follow in the 1950s, as at that time everything was under control of the men. The main character Esther Greenwood, wanted to prove herself as a woman in a masculine world. From the social point of...
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Gender has always been a highly debated one, even now in our society. In the early years, it was considered unlawful or a sin if one gender decided to act or become, in a way, the other gender. Even in some cultures, acts like these were crimes against nature and could have been punishable by death. To this day, many...
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“And they all lived happily ever after”. Throughout a child's life, someone has once read to them a fairytale. Every word and every picture of fairytales usually play a magical image in a person's mind. While reading a fairytale it can open magical worlds, possibilities, hopeful thinking and allows the reader to explore new ideas. Fairytales hold an important piece...
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Masculinity is an expression of traits that are generally exhibited by men. Society has a strict view of masculinity, thereby causing men being expected to display strength, confidence, ambition, leadership and similar traits. Masculinity is typically described in three main ways; healthy, toxic, and hyper masculinity. Healthy masculinity has a positive impact on a man and society, toxic masculinity has...
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Happiness: a complex limitation. Something Sylvia Plath struggled to achieve her entire life and incorporated into her novel The Bell Jar. As we read, we go into the depths of her life and how sexism, a lack of moral support, and her constant feelings of failure cause her to slowly fall into a deep state of depression that dominates her...
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Roald Dahl is a very famous British author, who had written many novels as well as short stories. One of such short stories is the darkly humorous story, “Lamb to the Slaughter.” This story talks about a woman in an almost oppressive marriage, who then, after hearing that her husband is planning to leave her, manages to successfully murder him,...
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There are many factors that contribute to the overall influence that an advertisement can have on an audience. In 2011 the Girl Scout organization placed an advertisement to spread the message and increase the awareness of this program, which was created to appeal to parents and a variety of girls with different personalities. This ad’s effectiveness relies on the choice...
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The challenges women face today is nothing short of the barriers that women have faced since the beginning of time or human development. I'm not sure if those issues aroused when Eve took a bite of the apple that men really feel that women should be beneath them or if women are really not made to be of equal to...
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