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    ROLE OF WOMEN IN ERADICATION OF CORRUPTION It is a matter of shame that even after 63 years of independence‚ India figures among the thirty most corrupt countries. The virus of corruption has crept into all walks of life and it can endanger the body politic of our nation. Eradication of corruption should be the nation’s number-one priority in view of the ever-increasing horizon of political and administrative corruption and its baneful multifarious effects on the society-at-large. It needs

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    The Women of Beowulf: More Than Just a Pretty Face Throughout time‚ female characters have never played pivotal roles and do not gain recognition for what the contribute. In a book titled “The Women of Beowulf: A Context of Interpretation”‚ Gillian R. Overing writes that “the women of Beowulf…. are marginal‚ excluded figures…” Even Bernice Kliman claims that “their inferior position in society results from their lack of strength‚ the most important attribute when war is a constant activity

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    The Role of Women Throughout History Summary: How women’s roles have changed from the past to the present. Women`s role No matter how the world changes‚ no matter what country and social system people live‚ no one can deny women’s importance in history. But it doesn’t mean that women are always treated well and fairly‚ and the womenrole in history was changed in each period‚ too. At first‚ in primitive society‚ people proved that it was the time when women took the domination in family and

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    The Iliad Role of Women The role of women is very different than the role of men‚ because when a woman gets married or becomes a mother her duties are to take care of the house and family and to make sure that everything at home is on task and in order. The woman is supposed to respect the orders of the husband‚ vice versa‚ but in a man’s view the lady should respect the man more. The roles of Hecuba and Andromache represent the roles of women in Greek society‚ but as for Helen it doesn’t. Hecuba

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    sixth century BCE‚ women were given very small roles in the Greek community. The female duties were glorified in literary such as Antigone and The Odyssey. The typical housewife was made to have children and take care of the home while the men worked and fought. Women were given very few rights and didn’t have an input in political issues. Women could exercise very little power in Ancient Greece due to literary‚ social‚ and political ideals. In Antigone and The Odyssey‚ women are portrayed as insignificant

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    Women’s role in today’s society Mao Rankin BCOM/275 March 24‚ 2012 Grey Scott Women’s role in today’s society Women always have been known to be the caretaker of the family. They were to stay home and care for the children and their husbands were out earning the income. In today’s societywomen are out in the job market earning a steady income along with their husbands. They may even hold such titles as Chief Executive Officers or run in politics. No matter what they do they are still

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    The traditional family roles of men and women have certainly changed over the last few generations. The traditional family has been defined since the biblical days. It portrays men as the independent hunters and women as the dependent gatherers. However‚ today there is a continuing decline of the traditional family and the rise of the equal two-earner family. The traditional roles of men and women were established to enable power to head of household‚ which is historically known as the male

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    Throughout the first chapters of her analysis‚ Leila Ahmed repeatedly tries to emphasize the fact that the submissive character of females in the society was a result of centuries of changes‚ embedded into the civilizations as a consequence of general development. What I find particularly interesting‚ however‚ is the social perspective of a highly limited group‚ prostitutes‚ which‚ as I noticed‚ provide usual insight into the matter. One of the claims of Ahmed is that along with the gradual increase

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    outline the roles women and men play in society. These cultural myths constitute to the lack of differentiation between sex and gender‚ imposing the idea of nature versus nurture. While one is born either female or male due to biology‚ one’s culture ultimately makes one into a woman or a man. Society has predisposed images of what it means to be feminine or masculine. These gender roles limit the individual’s potential‚ making humans into performers that must conform to their “appropriate” roles. Being

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    myself what I want for other women‚ absolute equality. After that is secured‚ then men and women can take turns at being angels." - Agnes Macphail The 20th century has been a period of rapid and far-reaching change for many women but life for women in some parts of the world still remains harsh. Even where females have experienced great advances like those in Canada‚ there are still some similarities between their economic role today and the role of women in the 1900s. During the 19th

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