biological phenomenon‚ gender is a social construct‚ defined by societal norms that attribute different roles and values to men and women. Moreover‚ these sex-specific roles‚ rights‚ and obligations are not just different‚ they also tend to be unequal (Kishor‚ 1999). Unequal gender relations -- existing to varying degrees in most if not all countries of the world-- feed directly into the status accorded to women and girls in society. Women’s status is a term that describes women’s situation in both absolute
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The progressive era was a time starting at the end of the 19th century until the beginning of World War 1 when people banded together to reform social‚ political‚ economic‚ and moral issues. Workers were moving from farms to the city and would often live in crowded slums where diseases were common. The goal of the progressive era was to create a better environment for these workers and end corruption within the government. In addition to this‚ they wanted to pass more regulations for businesses
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As a women have you ever felt as if you have had less freedom? Fewer capabilities as men? That’s what most women felt in the 19th century and they felt that way because of how society treated them. The Yellow Wallpaper by‚ Charlotte Perkins Gilman was about a woman in the 19th century who isn’t given her rights because of the society she lives in and because of her husband. This story lets us see into a mind of a woman who is dealing with a bad case of postpartum depression. She is going through
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20th century From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search For other uses‚ see 20th century (disambiguation). | |This article needs additional citations for verification. | | |Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (January 2008) | [pic] The Earth seen from Apollo 17. The second half of the 20th century saw an increase
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The late 18th century and early 19th century is marked with revolution and change. This change was not restricted to just the political and economic landscape of that time‚ instead there was a large cultural response to the revolutionary ideas of the time. These cultural responses can be seen in the art of this time period. We will focus on one major artistic style of the era; and Romanticism. We will also briefly discuss Neoclassicism which preceded Romanticism. We will look at what these styles
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In the late 19th century‚ there was much debate stirring in the United States. Years after the purchase of Alaska from Russia‚ the United States began to set their sights on a new potential addition to the country: The Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaiian Islands were seen as a prospective inclusion as Hawaii had much considerable aspects‚ including obtaining a military base and spreading nationalism‚ and seen as great commercial and industrial advantages. But the fact of the matter is‚ truthfully‚ the
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used the nude body as a source of inspiration and content since the beginning of the medium. As stated by Graham Clarke in his book The Photograph‚ “[m]uch of the photography of the body in the early twentieth century is an extension of nineteenth-century preoccupations and attitudes” (Clarke). The 19th century encompassed the Victorian Era‚ and although it was shortly after the camera was invented‚ according to the Museum of Sex: “Victorians took millions of photographs; an untold
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In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century‚ the United States issued an aggressive policy of expansionism. This policy was meant to extend its political and economic influence around the globe. Before the new imperialism began‚ the old imperialism had begun. This meant that the European nations were trying to find a direct trade route to Asia during this age. However‚ they gained new land and established colonies in the Americas‚ India‚ South Africa‚ and the East Indies. They also gained
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informal efforts are often based on ethnocentrism and were exemplified by the social Darwinist movement of the late nineteenth century. Cultural imperialism is responsible for the spread of some positive values‚ including democracy and equal rights‚ but it also brought about the demise of many indigenous cultures and languages and provided a justification for colonialism. During the early period of Western colonialism‚ cultural imperialism was marked by efforts to forcibly spread Christianity and
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Imperialism changed the world in many ways as we lunched into the 20th century. When talking about imperialism i mean the social change on people’s behaviors and territory in the world. Often times people confuse it with the opening of more jobs and business and even though that was also a change but there was many more important things what happened such as the education that was happening. People become much more educated on the justice system and the division of labor. Imperialism also was the
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