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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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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Before modern education evolved, religious authorities and institutions were responsible for teaching reading and writing, generating and distributing sacred and secular knowledge for many centuries. Religion plays a vital role in the history and development of our society. This essay will tackle the differences and similarities between Christianity and Islam, the traditional social roles of women based on the sacred...
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Japan continues to face demographic issues of declining fertility rates and an aging population, as a result the government has implemented strategies to ease the decline with the overall goal of increasing the fertility rate and women’s participation in the workforce. One big factor influencing demographic problems is the state of contemporary Japanese families and the strict societal expectations for...
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A woman's place in society has always been mapped out for her before birth. Women born in a patriarchal society of the late 1800s must endure the discrimination brought against them in a male-dominated time. In those times a wife and mother were regarded as women's most important occupations. During the period women normally had less legal rights and career...
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As a girl, have you ever been told that you should never initiate the first move because men should do that? Or that you should not be too loud because it’s improper for you to do so? Personally, I’ve heard these lines countless of times. These are believed and practiced by majority of Filipino families and eventually became part of...
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Through history, women have always been the homebody. The typical housewife: always cleaning, cooking, doing what women “are supposed to do.” In the 1950’s, it was not rare for a woman of a small town to do basic housewife chores. That was a woman’s identity at the time. Known for nothing else, women succumbed to that title. In “Chronicle of...
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A male dominated world has only recently introduced and probably recognised women. I will briefly focus on school experiences and its impact in science and then whether feminism has changed science. School may have influences on young women’s perceptions of science, hence, their choice not to continue in science fields like physics. The proportion of women entering scientific fields is...
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Disney’s Snow White was released in 1937. The protagonist is a young girl, named Snow White, and the Evil Queen, her stepmother, wishes to kill her so she can become the “fairest of them all”. She orders a huntsman to kill her in the forest. He cannot stand to do so and tells Snow to run away and never go...
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Reproduction and the labor of women Women’s bodies and biology has often been reduced to their reproductive capacities which goes on to show how this reduction has aided marginalization of women in social, economic and political aspects. This debate interestingly has garnered two major, yet almost opposite, opinions in feminist science studies. This highlights differences in feminist beliefs and that...
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Narrative Performance Theory (NPT) is an interdisciplinary framework that explores the performative aspects of storytelling and the implications of those performances in various contexts. Originating from fields like narratology, performance studies, and communication theory, NPT provides nuanced insights into how narratives are constructed, conveyed, and received. This essay aims to delve into the intricacies of NPT, examining its theoretical underpinnings,...
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Hinduism is the world’s oldest and largest religion after Christianity and Islam which began in Indus Valley (India) in 1500 B.C. Hinduism is not only a religion, but also the way of life. Today, around 750 million people follow Hinduism, and most of them live in India. Indus people believe in supreme God called Brahman and aspects of supreme God:...
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Male to female relationships is a common topic in literature. The women were known as supporting the men in their positions of higher authority and taking care of their family. Othello by Shakespeare is a great example of relationships. In the play, it shows the acts of love and hate for one another in the examples of Othello and Desdemona,...
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Female characters in gothic texts both challenge and reinforce prevailing standards of gender difference within the patriarchal society at the time that they were written. In Macbeth and Medea, both Shakespeare and Euripides portray women as a symbol of defiance, challenging the gender constructions and the male-dominant system by appropriating traits then-known to be masculine. Whether we talk about the...
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The novel, Dracula, by Bram Stoker is an important piece of gothic literature written to reflect on society’s views on female sexuality in the Victorian Era. Published in 1897, Stoker highlights the role of women in society as purely virgin and devoted to one man in their lives. The introduction of Dracula offsets the innocent side of women bringing forth...
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In Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Macbeth by Shakespeare, we see to extraordinary lady that are fundamentally for the two disasters. In Oedipus Rex, we've Jocasta and in Macbeth, Lady Macbeth. These two ladies have some various viewpoints and other where they're indistinguishable. Three focuses can be: their demises, characters and as spouse. A first point to coordinate is their...
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Jane Eyre, a victorian mentor, was a distanced figure for two essential reasons: sexual direction and class. For sexual direction, women, ultimately, had fewer rights than men. For one, no woman was allowed to cast a polling form, however, rich men and even lower office class men could cast a voting form. Also, women had some educational open entryways than...
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Pride and Prejudice is a romantic novel written by Jane Austen which discusses women's duties or roles in the home or work force, and how they have changed for a better life for women. For work duriung the 18th century, “Generally this work was done for the benefit of the family, not the outside world. “Women's Work” would have included...
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Shakespeare as well as other renowned writers during the Elizabethan time profusely explore the theme of controlling natures of men towards women in their works to highlight the strict patriarchal values of Jacobean society. Desdemona’s subservience acts as a signifier of the control men had over women. The concept of men controlling women can be seen and encouraged through women’s...
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In our world today, women and men are moving towards equal representation in many areas, from working outside the home and childcare to small household responsibilities like cleaning and cooking. Marriage is a partnership that in order to work successfully needs compromise and consistency, and if the couple splits the household responsibilities and keeps true to their promise they can...
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Gender roles are what society believes are acceptable actions or beliefs for a person to have based on their gender. There are gender roles in every community everywhere in the world. For example, it is socially acceptable for women to wear skirts and dresses but for men it is not. In the music industry, there are clear gender stereotypes for...
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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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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 seventeenth century – and the times before that – were not particularly great times to live in as a woman. Today we live in a mostly patriarchal society where men often have a lot more to say than women, but we also have feminism and feminist theory. Simone de Beauvoir states that “One is not born, but rather becomes,...
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The exquisitely decorated Ellesmere Chaucer is considered to be one of the most significant and high quality illuminated manuscripts of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, currently owned by the Huntington Library in California. Chaucer wrote the Tales during the fourteenth century, a time when the social structure was rapidly progressing. He addresses this change of events through “The Prologue of the...
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Gender equality is an opportunity for all Americans to grow. Equality is a fundamental human right that needs to be achieved in order for society to reach its full potential. A crucial feature in reaching gender equality is women’s empowerment. This includes women having autonomy, freedom, opportunities, power, and self-worth. Despite the rise in women’s rights throughout history, women were...
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The narrative Chronicle of a death foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez outlines the events surrounding Santiago Nasar’s murder. He is the man who allegedly took Angela Vicario’s virginity. Bayardo San, Angela’s husband to discover that she was not a virgin on their wedding night, and takes her back to her house. Disgusted by the shame brought into their family, Pablo...
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Modern poets have pushed past societal norms, and have given themselves the platform to conquer and challenge topics and issues in regards to racism, class division and sexuality. Two poets who have interrogated traditional concepts of gender, include Sylvia Plath and Carol Ann Duffy. Their questioning of female/male relationships, and the misogyny involved challenges society’s patriarch structure, and showcase the...
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Introduction The constatnt change of our society viwes it effects With the rise of the feminine movement it is becoming common for women wanting to continue twhat the common household roles are. From the very beginning women were known as the caretakers of the family and men as the breadwinners. With the rise of the feminine movement it is becoming...
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A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen is a play that primarily focuses on the relationship between Nora and her husband, Torvald Helmer. The play has three acts which all take place in the Helmer residence. Torvald just received news about a promotion at work. Nora, his wife, is excited by this news as she believes that the promotion would come...
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