negative stories that can be sometimes sexist. Sexist ads portray women as objects in order to convince consumers to buy the product. Other ads tend to portray the perfect women that each time seems to become impossible to achieve. Kilbourne and Mernissi argue that ads present an unrealistic and unattainable female ideal‚ which is being pictured in a Detour Protein Candy Bar advertisement. This advertisement does not clearly show an exterior or an interior setting that could perhaps be Photo Shopped
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Nenna ENC1102- 403997 27 July 2014 Thematic Synthesis of “The School Days of an Indian Girl” & “Size 6: The Western Woman’s Harem” In both essays “The School Days of an Indian Girl” by Zitkala-Sa and “Size 6: The Western Woman’s Harem” by Fatema Mernissi the theme is based around alienation and the definition of normal‚ which is tested when these ladies step outside of their homelands. In Zitkala-Sa’s essay she tells the story of a young Indian girl who‚ in transit to be educated by missionaries
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Harem”‚ Fatema Mernissi‚ a middle aged Moroccan woman‚ ventures into an American department store‚ only to find a stuck up saleswoman who seems to be degrading her because of her size. The woman tells Mernissi that the high end department stores only carry up to a size 6‚ and that that is the norm in America. Mernissi explains to us that in her hometown of Morocco‚ the men drool over her “generous hips”; while in America‚ men seem to like women who look like “adolescent girls”. Mernissi elaborates
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the old age of chivalry‚ lance in hand‚ silken banner fluttering over his head.” “Out of the way of these two men behaved at Appomattox came the possibility of a peace of reconciliation.” “Size 6: The Western Women’s Harem” By Fatema Mernissi The two subjects that Mernissi compares are the image of beauty in the west and the western man. She starts her thesis in paragraph 6 and then she restates it in paragraph 14. “The objective remains identical in both cultures: to make women feel unwelcome‚ inadequate
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The Women’s Second Job: Western Society’s Impractical Standards Women’s bodies are a topic of many discussions in different cultures across various countries‚ from their size‚ to their appearance‚ to their clothes. A body means countless different things to different people‚ so why is there only one image of an “ideal” woman in Western society? Through the media and our culture “beautiful” has been so narrowly defined‚ women are constantly at odds with their bodies to achieve the prefect look
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Restrictions Upon Women (Final Draft) In the article “Size 6: The Western Women’s Harem”‚ Fatema Mernissi talks about how Western beauty standards harm and embarrass the female population even so as the veil does the same in extremist nations‚ if forced by authorities. She explains how the Eastern countries do not have such a rigid standard of beauty and how men are simply not part of fashion‚ in contrary to the West where fashion is used by men to control what women wear. She does this by relating
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people is next to impossible. For women‚ the past many years have changed lives‚ careers and family life. Yet the women’s revolution did not remove discrimination from society‚ it only changed certain discriminatory actions into others. Fatima Mernissi wrote the short story "The Harem Within" about a young girl living in a Harem where her primary role is to become a slave to her husband‚ being both uneducated and unlike herself. Proceeding a few years ahead‚ Clarice Lispectors short story "Preciousness"
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influential. Men‚ and many other people were afraid of their power that they used‚ the power of persuasion. This persuasion made people what they would do out of the ordinary. 2) Why Mernissi feels that the Westerners misunderstand her culture? Give examples of Western journalists‚ literature‚ art‚ etc. Mernissi feels that Westerners misunderstand her culture because of the image that the media gives. Westerners put an excessive amount of trust in the media. Therefore‚ if a Westerner sees something
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development of her child-self as a tool that accompanies the reader in their evolving understanding. “In a harem‚” young Fatima states‚ “you don’t necessarily ask questions to get answers. You ask questions just to understand what is happening to you” (Mernissi‚ 22). The bright heroine asks the essential questions as the reader asks them and major issues are analyzed through the - generally - objective eyes of a child. The author’s characters are not wholly submissive‚ nor do they quietly accept their restrictions
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L’université McGill attache une haute importance à l’honnêteté académique. Il incombe par conséquent à tous les étudiants de comprendre ce que l’on entend par tricherie‚ plagiat et autres infractions académiques‚ ainsi que les conséquences que peuvent avoir de telles actions‚ selon le Code de conduite de l’étudiant et des procédures disciplinaires (pour de plus amples renseignements‚ veuillez consulter le site www.mcgill.ca/students/srr/honest/) McGill University values academic integrity. Therefore
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