unemployed moms. Society began to follow the sexist “templates” displayed on TV‚ newspapers‚ and ads. A few women however‚ one being Betty Friedan‚ did not back down. Betty was angry at the media‚ and expressed her anger and confusion in her book‚ The Feminine Mystique. Thankfully‚ women rose to the occasion‚ followed in Betty’s footsteps and fought for equality. Because of this fight‚ women in the 21st century have the same opportunities as men. The media however‚ remains partly tainted by the ideologies
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Heroine Hollywood is very influential. North American audiences in particular have developed conventions on the base of a commonality in Hollywood films. Aliens in particular‚ have a huge fan base‚ because it is impossible to comprehend the universe and thus we cannot know if we are the only life form. the movie Alien (1979) has challenged those conventions though gender role reversal‚ a strong female surviving heroine and unexpected sexuality. the unconventional nature of this film is what makes
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THE SOPHIANIC FEMININE IN THE WORK OF IBN ARABI AND RUMI By HeraZahra Introduction "Woman synthesizing virgin nature‚ the sanctuary and spiritual company‚ is for man what is most lovable; in a certain respect she represents the projection of merciful inwardness in barren outwardness‚ and in this regard she assumes a sacramental or quasi-Divine function." (Frithjof Schuon) The word Sophia is Greek for “wisdom.” It is the root of words such as philosophy (love of wisdom)‚ theosophy (God’s
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Winda Rosita Dewi 10211144022 Jane Eyre’s Struggle for Gender Equality in the novel Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte Equal is being the same in quantity‚ size‚ degree‚ value or status (Oxford Dictionary). From that definition‚ it can be said that equality is something that usually some people looking for‚ to show that their status are also same with the others. The inequalities are usually felt by women‚ because of their gender is related with something that weak‚ slow‚ home‚ and so on. Society
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"The Feminine Mystique" Analysis Paper By: Tess Taylor Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique was first published in the United States in 1963 by W. W. Norton & Company. Friedan began writing this piece after she attended her fifteen-year college reunion at Smith‚ a woman’s college. She prepared a questionaire for 200 of her classmates at this reunion. The results were as she expected; many American women were unhappy and did not know why. Many magazines did not want to post Friedan’s results
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The Feminine Mystique The Feminine Mystique is the title of a book written by Betty Friedan who also founded The National Organization for Women (NOW) to help US women gain equal rights. She describes the "feminine mystique" as the heightened awareness of the expectations of women and how each woman has to fit a certain role as a little girl‚ an uneducated and unemployed teenager‚ and finally as a wife and mother who is to happily clean the kitchen and cook things all day. After World War II
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Devaluation of the Feminine The devaluation of women is built into the culture all through industry and popular culture. When a baby is born he/she is like a blank slate to be written on by his/her surroundings‚ including family and society. For example‚ I am a Christian‚ however I was not born a Christian‚ going to Church and being taught about the Bible by my parents and teachers brought me to identify myself as a Christian. There are certain gender roles that are set up in societies that
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Nancy Romero English 205 18 October 2013 To be or not to be with the Feminine Ideal‚ that is the question The role of women has always been a touchy issue‚ but should a woman submit into the strong hands of men? In the stories I have chosen‚ women are not only objects in the life of these men but speechless by voice‚ venerated by society and zero individual strength falling into the. One woman in particular by the name of Antigone in the play Antigone by Sophocles although a fictional character
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The Ode of Heroine: Mulan Many ladies have ever imaged a different life they would have if they were men. Some of them would like to do some real men’s things‚ challenging the task which they impossibly accomplished as a lady. But there is a young maiden called Mulan whose surname is unknown in the history of Ancient China‚ who disguised herself as a man to attend fight in an army replacing for her father. Frankly‚ Mulan was a brave maiden and her romantic life was written in a ballad named as
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The Unexpected Heroine The most fascinating aspect about any given folktale is that each story is somehow passed on to other countries and cultures‚ where the indigenous peoples modify it to make it their own. Even though they are able to add their own flavor to the story‚ the gender roles seem to hold the shape. Usually we see the hero as a male that ventured out to the unknown and by some trial he matures and returns the respected head of the household. Women on the other hand‚ only leave their
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