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    "Today there is no field where the women have not shown their worth. From holding highest public office in bureaucracy to holding highest political position‚ the women have shouldered all kinds of responsibilities with grand success. A lot of change has taken place‚ in their position in this man dominated society. With this gradual transition from household life to working women the sufferings of women have increased manifold." During ancient days women have been adored and worshipped as goddesses

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    What I Learned from Men

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    What I’ve learned from Men Is it true that women could learn some useful things from men? And is it right that women are always responsible for every interaction? Is it their responsibility to keep the conversation going well? Also‚ are women too polite in situations so men take advantage of them? And many other questions could be asked; they might or might not be true. Every gender has his/her opinion of these questions; males could answer these questions differently from females. According

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    the play to accept responsibility which could perhaps suggest Priestley wanted to present young woman as strong minded. This is significant as many people thought women had a naturally lower status than men at the time and weren’t considered to be open minded. Also‚ Priestley could have directed Sheila’s change specifically towards the women in the audience to show them if Shiela is able to become open & strong minded by accepting responsibility‚ then they will too if they do the same as

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    different subjects and matters. In the society during the Enlightenment period‚ women were valued as creatures that were secondary to men. They were seen as short-lived beauties‚ only able to acquire power and significance through producing healthy offspring‚ as it was their primary role in society (Wollstonecraft 114). Discrimination towards the female race was very common‚ and it influenced the minds of both men and women. However‚ as the Enlightenment period unfolded‚ more people started to think

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    called the "The Cult of Domesticity " women were supposed to hold to perfect virtue in all senses. The women who followed these standards tended to be generally literate and lived in the northeast‚ particularly New York and Massachusetts. Women were put in the center of the domestic living and were expected to fulfill the roles of a calm and nurturing and supportive mother‚ a loving and faithful wife‚ and a passive‚ delicate‚ and virtuous creature. They women were also expected to be pious and religious

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    Wife of Bath – Analytical Essay In the Medieval times‚ women were subjected to men in every aspect of life and would have much difficulty striving to advance to a higher status a male could reach. Geoffrey Chaucer presents such an unconventional woman‚ who refuses to conform to the expectations of her gender. In Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales‚ the Wife of Bath is considered a revolutionary female in her time because of her aggressive‚ outspoken‚ and rebellious behavior in her attempt to challenge

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    The Barbie Doll Effect Society’s idea to be attractive is to be nothing less than ideal. To lack perfection is not acceptable in society. Also society tells people how to dress and act‚ having people be and look a certain way to be accepted. The desire to be accepted can destroy ones’ self-esteem and many lose sight of their own true beauty. Many will do whatever it takes to not be‚ say‚ or do what society thinks is disturbing. Marge Piercy’s poem “Barbie Doll‚” written in 1973‚ is a powerful

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    The Dancing Girl Summary

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    and worked. She was the only woman in the Gulf of Thailand who went out alone every night not knowing what dangers the ocean held for her. The man‚ who is a writer‚ is asked by his editor to write a story about the women. The editor thinks this would be a great story and names the women‚ Meh Yaa Nang which means “guardian spirit of the fleet”. As the man goes to write his story about her‚ he notices that she named the boat “The Dancing Girl”. She reveals to him that she had kept the picture he gave

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    conjugal ritual in general. The young girls must know how to cater to the needs of men. Through this poem‚ Kincaid gives young girls instruction on how to be a lady‚ feeds the stereotype of being a female‚ and also empowers young girls to become strong women without becoming a gullible woman. Kincaid writes “Girl” as if she is a mother lecturing her daughter. Throughout the story‚ instruction is given. “This is how you smile to someone you don’t like too much; this is how to someone you don’t like at

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    morals throughout the many stories within the main story. This tale is about a clever women that saves herself‚ as well as the women in her kingdom‚ from being put to death by the king. She does this by marring the king and telling him bedtime stories every night that lead into the next day. She would purposely not finish the story‚ to leave him interested in the ending which eventually saves her life‚ and the women in her kingdom‚ day after day. Not only does the main story have a lesson to be learned

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