The Victorian era took place between the dates of 1873 and 1901, it was called such because this is when Queen Victoria herself was in power. So, it seems rather fitting to think about the perceptions of the ideal woman during this time, when a woman herself was the one at the head of the monarchy. To be a woman in Victorian Britain, how were they supposed to act, think, dress? Well, there were ideals of such, how society wished...
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Based upon England's medieval era, the Canterbury Tales, one of Geoffrey Chaucer's most popular works contains 24 stories or as people like to call them satires, based upon corruption, problems and stereotypes that occured back in the late 14th century. One of the most acclaimed stories within the Canterbury Tales is the tale of the Wife of Bath, one of the most memorable characters within Chaucer's stories due to her detailed description and scandalous personality which can almost be compared...
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The treatment of women and minority groups has had a largely negative impact on the morally correct standards of religions. Christianity and Islam are the two biggest religions in the world. Their sacred texts (the Bible and Quâran) state clearly their opinions of how women should be seen; however, both the Bible and the Quâran treat outsiders/minorities (not including women) as equals. Christianity has now conceded to the fact that women were initially seen as a minority during the time...
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Henrick Ibsenâs âA Doll Houseâ tells a story of women's roles in society and their suppressed individuality in the 19th century. The author explores social convention in roles of woman and reflection upon relationships. Henrick Ibsenâs title âA Doll Houseâ has a significant representation to convey Nora Helmer and her image. She is conceived as a subservient, easy to handle and under control by her husband Torvald. Nora is depicted as a lovely doll in a lovely house that Torvald...
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Abstract The Present study entitled The Role of Marriage: A feminist study of The Immigrant tries to identify the problems experienced by a married woman. Manju Kapur is a contemporary Indian feminist writer. She focuses on the NRI (Non Resident Indian) marriages where men and women both are uprooted and move to live in some alien land. Consequently, both suffer from frustration, displeasure and nostalgia while leaving their homeland. As a feminist writer, she mainly deals with the common issues...
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Introduction Feminism today is a cause that several males and females are trying to champion. This is because they believe that the cause is indeed a noble one. Therefore, they fight for equal right for females, respect for females and above all, a pedestal with equal chances for females, just like the male. On this note, feminists have developed for themselves a âreligionâ of their own in feminism, leaving behind what religion (Islam) says about females. This is a result...
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ABSTRACT Measure for Measure play by William Shakespeare believed to have written in 1603 or 1604 . The playâs first recorded performance occurred in 1604. Shakespeareâs representation of women is his geniues. Mostly uses strong female characters in his novel. In personality the women in his plays may vary. Women characters in his play are mostly underestimated. His wit is however portrayed through them. Measure for Measure is set in Vienna. A city in which women in that period were...
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Space is a place full of unsolved mysteries for humans to solve, setting endless goals; meanwhile, there are a huge number of possibilities for humans to make other discoveries in space. Government agencies and private companies such as NASA and SpaceX are leading the way towards the unknown universe. However, NASA, one of the most important agencies, has been sending mostly male astronauts for decades, leaving women as minorities in the space programs. Starting with Yuri Gagarin, 565 male astronauts...
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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 with increased income for her husband and thus relieve most of the money problems they have had to deal with...
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The issue is that the men have disregard for ladies' jobs and think about homemaking a useless occupation. Different characters were in stun about Mrs.Wright killing her significant other Mr.Wright.The creator composed Plays in the mid 1900s - when Ladies Testimonial wasn't begun at this point. It just appears another homicide riddle however the play has progressively significant importance behind it. I will talk about how the creator sabotages the demeanor of the men towards the ladies through the span...
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By definition, feminism means economic, social, and political means equality of sexes. âThe word âfeminismâ itself originated from the French word âfĂŠminismeâ in the nineteenth century, either as a medical term to describe the feminization of a male body, or to describe women with masculine traitsâ (Pilcher 48) Later it is used for a range of political movements and actions that try to achieve the equality between genders. In most countries, women are marginalized thus feminism plays a huge role...
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For my inquiry, I wanted to determine whether genetics are related to the fact that women are more prone to knee injuries than men. Specifically, Anterior Cruciate Ligament tears (ACL) in athletes. Through numerous articles I discovered a lot of information relating genetics to ACLs. Recent studies have hypothesized that genetics do in fact have relations to a higher probability in an ACL tear. More specifically, people with âweaker kneesâ meaning less muscle mass and weaker ligaments due to collagen...
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In Islam, people are good equivalents in God's sight and are required to satisfy similar obligations of love, supplication, confidence, alms-giving, fasting, and Hajj. Islam, for the most part, has improved the status of women in contrast to the old Arab societies, restricting female child murder. Islamic law accentuates the legally binding nature of marriage, necessitating that a settlement be paid to the lady as opposed to her family, and ensuring the privileges of legacy and to possess and oversee...
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Women are always defined as creatures with unique traits, soft and full of emotions. Strong but might still need help at one time; a woman. The culture of respecting women has been introduced a long time ago and still be practiced until today shows how humans acknowledge each other without validating one through their characteristics and features. It is also being taught in the religion including Islam to be thoughtful to others. In fact, Islam prioritises women and their special...
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In the past men and women were never equal, even now sometimes there is still gender inequality. The Holy Quran has given the same status to men and women as it says that they are both from the same origin and due to this fact women should not be looked down upon men as lower creatures. In Islam, if you think about religion women and men were moral equals in Godâs sight. They are equals in religion, but not identical...
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Muslim women can be involved in both Islam and hip-hop (McMurray, 2008). McMurray says that people often ignore the discourses surrounding Islam, which consequently ignores some Muslim groups such as the Black Muslim women. These women are used as agents of negotiating the relationship between Islamic faith and the hip-hop culture. She studies how the Black Muslim women negotiate hip-hop music and Islam, and how the society marginalizes the Black women due to their involvement in hip-hop music. McMurray uses...
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Introduction Women has always played a key role in human development. In few cultures, until relatively recently, have women been acknowledged as having an equal role with men, and having equal rights to participate in all social spheres. The Arabic language, which is the language of the Holy Quran and the sayings and practices of the Holy Prophet (SAW),differs from English and other languages in that it has two grammatical genders :masculine and feminine, which addresses both males and females...
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In the article âThe Political Economy of Womenâs Support for Fundamentalist Islamâ, the authors (Bladyes & Linzer, 2008) state that religion is the major contributor of fundamentalists in the political economy. Women in Islamic religion are forced to tolerate some beliefs to be considered religious and respectful. Despite that other religious countries have become compatible with gender equality most of them still have beliefs concerning how citizens should be treated. Other Muslim states such as Egypt are still categorized by...
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The word âCultureâ has plenty of definitions. Some people think that culture is mixed with their blood but if we do a blood test we can not find out culture in blood. Every nation and religion has their own culture and it is connected with other notions. âAs a methodological basis is used activity concept of the culture, supplemented axiological or value concept. The study found that the basis of the religious culture of the individual constitute the spirituality and...
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Jainism is a well known religion for its religious equality. According to Jainism religion all the creatures that exist on earth are equal and they have their own roles to play for the easy going of life. Jainism is an ancient Indian religion and its followers are called as Jian which means Victory. This consequently indicates that path of victory depends on how we over come the cycle of rebirth rebirth though an ethical land spiritual life. Concept of Liberation...
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Beginning with the invention of the telescope over 400 years ago, the field of astronomy hasprogressed rapidly, allowing humans to see distant celestial objects and study these to develop adeep understanding of the structure and evolution of the universe. Many notable astronomers havebeen crucial in the development of their field. However, very few of these have been women. InAustralia, just 15.3% of people forming the International Astronomical Union (IAU) are female (1), and only 33% of astronomy bachelor degrees in...
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Did you know according to a survey of the United Nation one-in-three women experience physical and sexual abuse?(United Nation). Sexual harassment can be defined as a heinous act characterized by the forming of unwelcome sexual advances or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature in a social situation or workplace (Edlan, 2017). Although there are many strict laws against sexual harassment, 70% of victims of sexual harassment didnât report it. Major causes behind this heinous act are- have...
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Through the history different belief systems and religions have arisen in which gendersâ social standing has varied in some degree. Among all these religions, Islam is one of the most worshipped ones; therefore, how women are socially active, and how they are treated in this belief system should be discussed. Even though there are mainstream stereotypes claiming that women are mainly discriminated in Islam, actually in this religion females and males are perceived to be equal in many aspects. I...
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Part 1: Introduction, literature review and methodology In her article entitled âTransnational Surrogacy in India: Interrogating power and womenâs agencyâ author Daisy Deomampo addresses the discrimination and predicaments that women face with transnational surrogacy in India. Transnational surrogacy is when parents, single parents and even same sex families around the world who want children through egg donation or in vitro fertilization can look for a woman from another country to carry and birth their child for them. Deomampo also discusses...
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Introduction A Muslim woman always comes with a set of labels and expectations in the mind sets of society. But in reality in addition to being a Muslim woman, she is much more. She is more than a Muslim and a woman. There is no template definition for what a Muslim woman should be. One of the most misinterpreted or misunderstood parts of the Islam are topics related to women. They are always framed as the oppressed. The repeated narrative...
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Abstract Gender identity is one of the major causes in the world as well as in individual countries and if we look at Pakistan, this country has many issues in which gender identity is also one of the problems. To tackle that problem of gender identity in Pakistan, aurat march took place by the famous ngo and different ngo also came to participate in it. This concept of gender identity is closely related to the notion of gender role, which...
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The romantic period in history and literature was a time that we now see was uneasy and full of turmoil and distress all over England. We started to see a rise in a revolution that completely split different class levels right down the middle, as many working class people started to notice that they were being held back from even attempting to work towards a better life. Oppression was rising on the daily but that wasnât just pertaining to those...
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With reference to wider reading, explore and compare Margaret Atwood and Khaled Hosseiniâs sociological representation of religion and its impact on womenâs treatment in The Handmaidâs Tale and A Thousand Splendid Suns. In both texts, A Thousand Splendid Suns and The Handmaidâs Tale, both writers explore the exploitation and mistreatment of women for the benefit of âthe class structure of a society...in a struggle for economic, political and social advantageâ, as stated by Karl Marx[footnoteRef:2]. However, the underlying force behind...
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Psychological Effects of Harassment Sexual Harassment is globally perceived to be an offensive act aimed at violating the fundamental human right of women and also violating their dignity. This negative trend has a very adverse effect when it occurs within an organizational setting. This is because apart from the physical and psychological trauma it exposes the victims to, their productivity are greatly affected.[1] Sexual harassment in the workplace is nothing new, but the issue is seeing a tidal wave of...
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One might not remember a time when women did not have a say in the world. Women today have the right to vote, join the army, and get any job they want, all because of Mary Wollstonecraft and other worldly known feminists. Throughout her life, Mary Wollstonecraft advocated for womenâs rights during a time when women were not viewed as equals. Her early life was very influential in her career as a writer and feminist, as she fought for womenâs...
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