In the title, Sherry Simon (1996) refers to linguistic aspects of gender as opposed to biological or social gender. Linguistic gender breaks down into semantic and grammatical gender: semantic gender corresponds to a referent's biological sex; grammatical gender is assigned even to inanimate nouns. English follows a natural gender system, where the assigned gender corresponds to the perceived sex of...
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My selection for this discussion is The Handmaid’s Tale. This show was recommended as a must-see and I was not disappointed. This series is about a totalitarian society named Gilead. In a world where fertility rates have collapsed as a result of sexually transmitted diseases and environmental pollution, the totalitarian, theonomic government of Gilead establishes rule in the former United...
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Critically assess the claim that religious controversy is always caused by broader changes within society. Religious norms, rituals, and restrictions have always influenced and enveloped intimate human interactions. Religions' emphasis on the issues of gender and sexuality has expanded, if anything, about other areas of society and its impact in the modern era. I have to agree with the title...
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Should women and men compete against each other? For the longest time, women's and men's sporting abilities have been compared against one another, whether it be through thinking men are stronger and their bodies are built and made for the said sport, or that women are much more capable of competing in expressive sports to a high standard. These views...
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Why was there so much discrimination in the early 1930's? John Steinbeck’s highly renowned “Of Mice and Men” is an outstanding novel that paints a depressingly realistic portrait of America during the Great Depression in the 1930s. In the novel, Steinbeck attacks the many issues that plagued the country during that time. His purpose in writing “Of Mice and Men”...
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Menstruation; is a natural process that occurs in the female reproductive system and grants life, or another reason to shame women? In our patriarchal society, it is unfortunately often presented as the latter, thus creating the need for nonconforming portrayals of periods in media such as Bodyform’s “Blood” commercial. In “Blood”, Bodyform uses various clips of women performing different demanding...
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Dystopia- Sexism? Racism? Homophobia? These are present in all aspects of our lives, especially in Hollywood, it thrives on it. We do not all live in a perfect 'utopia' as we were told by the big-budget movies. In reality, over the years it has engulfed Hollywood through and through. Outrageous is what it is and needs to be abolished. My...
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Although the Heart of Darkness is encompassed with the essence of femininity, this novel does not do women justice. It is safe to say that Conrad's text can be found sexist for the portrayal of women, as demonstrated throughout, are non-complex characters and they simply exist for the male to gaze upon. From Marlow's perspective especially, women are treated as...
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Disney Princess movies are not as safe as we previously thought. We are unintentionally damaging our kids by subtly enforcing social stereotypes. This is done by using classic story tropes like the handsome knight saving the pretty, helpless princess. Along with that, it can make girls self-conscious about their bodies. This is due to all the pretty princesses all sharing...
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The images are evident examples of how advertising uses women as a tool for sexualization and objectification to sell products. Unfortunately, these images are sourced from an article that was published only four years ago, in 2015 (Chaudhary, 2015). This establishes that over the years the portrayal of women in advertising has evolved from typically stereotyping women to using them...
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Gender equality is one of the propaganda in this world that some people face every day. Gender equality is propaganda in this world because millions of people yearly get put down because of their gender. Gender equality should be more addressed as time goes on, even with little change in inequality in institutions. For gender equality to not be as...
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What are the conditions, if any, that would justify the use of violence to oppose an unjust legal system? Introduction Political resistance continues to manifest in different forms and to varying degrees throughout the modern age. Despite its critics, civil disobedience has generally come to be considered a permissible mode of resistance. The philosophical debate that I seek to engage...
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Civil Disobedience Rhetorical Analysis American transcendentalist and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau, wrote the essay “Civil Disobedience” in response to slavery and Americans' involvement in the Mexican-American War. Thoreau practiced what he preached, spending the night in jail for non-payment of taxes in protest of the Mexican-American War. Throughout his essay, he shares his idea, which is “That government is best...
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Many people still argue whether the Umbrella Movement is a civil disobedience protest or a riot. The nature of them is different, the former is to fight for the rights and interests of society but the latter is to fight for self-interest and violence is involved. Therefore, seeking the nature of the umbrella movement is conducive to unraveling the argument....
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'But I will bury him; and if I must die, I say that this crime is holy' Once described as a play depicting the complexities of 'state versus personal', Antigone's sheer determination to transgress against the politics of the king, to follow her personal beliefs, presents her as a highly strong-willed protagonist. The idea of a female figure with such...
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Firstly, what is gender inequality? Gender inequality also known as sexism is prejudice or discrimination based on a person's sex or gender. Sexism can affect anyone, but it primarily affects women and girls. Sexism can be experienced anywhere and everywhere but why is it so normalized in the entertainment industry specifically? From men getting paid more than women starring in...
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Immigration is the movement of people to another country where they are not native. Host countries, home countries, and immigrants themselves are groups who incur many costs and benefits due to the process, resulting in winners and losers. This essay will discuss the pros and cons of immigration and specifically how the American economy has flourished due to the facilitation...
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In the year 1963, there was still segregation within the United States. Black men had fewer privileges and fewer rights over white people, so they were trying to stop segregation and bring equality to all Americans. Martin Luther King’s speech ‘I Have a Dream’ was one of the greatest and a turning point in the struggle for equality. In the...
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Immigrants who are residing permanently in a country are less likely to be attached to their country of origin as they depend on their host country for the material and financial needs of every kind that they were unable to have in their home countries. While they face a lot of heterogeneous-level cultural differences while living in the United States...
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History repeats itself. While many people tend to disagree with this saying, others, including myself, firmly agree with it. Looking back at past events, whether they were political, economic, cultural, or even religious, it can be seen that very similar situations are happening nowadays, if not identical. These events work in cycles, and in this essay, I will use an...
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The Brown v. Board of Education case was a huge piece of American history, it was a fight for change in schools and the way they were operated. This was a lengthy process of racial integration, starting with the schools; segregated schools were supposed to be equal, but in fact, were not. That’s when African-American families influenced the fight for...
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Entrepreneur, singer, actress, and mother, Beyonce Giselle Knowles-Carter has used her fame and name to express many vital issues in today’s society, feminism being one of them. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Beyonce started a musical group with a few of her friends, ‘Destiny’s Child'. By being in this group it started her career and helped shape who she...
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In many major religions, same-sex marriage has been forbidden and illegal. Additionally, in many countries across the world such as ….. Same-sex relationships and marriages are viewed as unnatural and against God's views, Canada is one of the first countries that allow same-sex relationships and same-sex marriages which opened up a portal for many social justice advocates and organizations to...
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Introduction In this essay, I want to address the overshadowing of gender equality by feminism within painting. Gender equality is defined as having equal rights, responsibilities, and opportunities for women and men. In the realm of painting the issue of gender inequality has been steeply shadowed by the importance being placed on feminism- the perceptions of women and the purpose...
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In one of her finest works, Charlotte Perkins Gilman is well-known for her writing of “Women and Economics” in 1898. In this work, she described how rigid social norms and unequal gender roles between men and women negatively affected women’s rights. In addition to these social norms, it prevented women from developing or having opportunities equal to those of men,...
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The main character of my book was Brian Hammet, aka “brainman”, he is the main person followed throughout the book, and the story was based on his actions and history. He is the high school basketball team captain and the kid who everyone looks to for guidance. The secondary character is Amanda, she is the love of his life until...
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From the initial creation to the groundbreaking ideas that led to the creation of our great nation more specifically during the late 18th century and throughout the early 20th century, the ideas of liberty, equality, and power have echoed throughout as key to the fundamental and structural ideals on which our country was built upon. The Revolutionary Period, the Civil...
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The beginning of this issue started after “The Great Depression” which started in the early 1930s and The Second World War which happened from 1939-1945. It affected most Canadians, most of the homeless were single men who stayed in Salvation Army housing. The word “homeless “ was not used to describe a social dilemma in Canada until the early to...
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Bullying is a worldwide issue plaguing schools and even the workplace. As Bernard, Johnston, and Rampersad indicate in their article, 'A new report from UNESCO (2019) states that nearly one in three students worldwide (32%) has been bullied at school at least once during the previous month”. The article further goes on to state that whether children go to school...
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Traditionally, men have been dominating sport, in terms of both participation and governance. Looking back to the first modern Olympic Games, held in Athens in 1896, women were excluded from participation. Women were only allowed to participate after four years. Although women’s presence and involvement in sports activities have gradually evolved and improved, girls and women across the world still...
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