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    Argumentative Essay Although women have the same constitutional rights as men‚ women still continue to be degraded and treated as inferior by a big percentage of the population. Women all over the world are faced with injustice acts every day of their lives due to this discrimination. This is not only shown in America‚ but in other counties as well. The countries Afghanistan and Nepal provide many statistics showing that even women on the other side of the world are not treated equally in their country

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    Freud’s biological determinism where he stated that Gender is the product of sexual maturation due to Oedipus & Castration complex. Boys gain strong superego & become civilized people. They become obedient rule followers of the father’s value & patriarchy. It clears masculine traits. Girls get penis envy. She becomes narcissistic moving from active to passive sexual aims. She wants to be loved & controlled by man & fall victim of vanity & shame leading towards uncivilized moral inferiority. This

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    Patriarchy was diffused deeply in both religions; Hinduism saw women as household up-keepers and should respect all words from a man’s mouth. Likewise in Confucianism‚ women were placed at the bottom of social patriarchy according to the 5 key relationships (ruler/subject‚ parent/child‚ husband/wife‚ elder sibling/younger sibling‚ friend=friend)‚ women were in

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    In today’s society‚ most men often take some type of dominant role over women‚ varying from higher paying jobs‚ certain real life stereotypes‚ education‚ etc. Although it is like this today‚ some societies and cultures in prehistory varied from patriarchy to matriarchy and even to gylany. Throughout my essay I will be touching on how vital women were‚ the roles they played in ancient times and the switch between cultures from equalitarian to patriarchal. One quote that supports one of my ideas about

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    her life of poverty. Why would this be though? Could it be due to the Shona culture? Nervous Conditions point out how prevalent patriarchy and gender oppression was. "Can you cook books and feed them to your husband? Stay at home with your mother. Learn to cook and clean. Grow vegetables." (Jeremiah pg. 15) Similarly‚ Faat Kine reveals a vivid example of patriarchy that exists within the Senegalaise society as Kine apologizes to her father for bearing children out of wedlock. A second example

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    Assess the view that the main function of religious belief is to promote social stability. (33 Marks) PLAN INTRO: * Define Religion: sociologists struggle to define religion – Substantive definition (Max Weber) defines religion as a belief in a god or supernatural power‚ however this excludes Buddhism - Functional definition (Emile Durkheim) defines religion as performing social or psychological functions of social integration‚ however this definition also applies to football fans. PARA 1:

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    Outline and assess the five main theoretical perspectives of sociology Marxism Marxism is the political philosophy and practice resulting from the work of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Any political practice or theory that is based on an interpretation of the works of Marx and Engels may be called Marxism. Under capitalism‚ the proletariat‚ the working class own only their capacity to work meaning they have the ability only to sell their own labour. According to Marx a class is defined

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    Compare and contrast how ‘Patriarchy’ shows oppression in ‘The Awakening’ and ‘Wide Sargasso Sea’. ‘Patriarchy’ is a social organisation in which the father or eldest male is head of a household or tribe‚ having supreme authority over his women and children. It is a system of government‚ where men hold the power‚ and women are largely excluded from it. A patriarchal civilisation promotes the dominance of men in social or cultural societies. Jean Rhys (August 24th – 1890 May 14th 1979) was a Dominican

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    establishing equal rights and legal protection for women. It involves political‚ cultural sociological theories .As well as philosophises concerned with issues of gender differences. It also is a movement that advocates for women’s rights and interests. Patriarchy according to Robert (1991) is “derived from a Greek word Patria means father and arche means to rule‚ beginning‚ and origins. A male head

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    Khaled Hosseini is a significant narrative which brings to fore the predicament of Afghan women who have lived under the debilitating shadows of patriarchal oppression and war. This paper attempts to argue‚ in the light of Hosseini’s novel‚ how the patriarchy and persistent conditions of conflict have multiplied the oppression on women in Afghanistan. However‚ in the beginning of this paper‚ one needs to make it clear that the aim of this paper is not to homogenize Afghanistan or its women by any means

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