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    In Sophocles Antigone‚ the title character’s gender has profound effects on the meaning of her actions. Creon himself says that the need to defeat her is all the more pressing because since she is a woman her rebellion upsets gender roles and hierarchy. By refusing to be passive‚ she overturns one of the fundamental rules of her culture. Women were subjugated and supposed to be silent spectators to the world around them as men’s‚ such as Creon’s‚ search for power fuels there desire to put women down

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    “The Language of the Brag”: Sharon Olds’s Poem on Female Accomplishments Defining what it is to be a woman‚ Sharon Olds’s poem “The Language of the Brag” examines where the achievements of women fall along the accomplishments of men. Capturing both my personal interest and intrigue‚ Olds uses graphic imagery in a poem that connects to the values of womanhood. Showing the transitions of a woman’s place in society through metaphoric conventions‚ Olds exhibits her pride in being a woman‚ a pride all

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    been used to either empower or control another person. When used together‚ these two opposites lead to sexual assault. Through Dreaming in Cuban‚ the female characters during the Cuban revolution were affected by the two extremes of sex and violence. Thus their family was torn apart by men using both sex and violence in different intervals. These female characters thus turned to using them together in hopes to gain back some of that power or control they had over their lives to begin with. Cristina

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    representation of female sexuality in Cymbeline‚ the Sonnets‚ and one of the plays: A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ Richard II‚ Hamlet‚ Antony and Cleopatra‚ Measure for Measure or King Lear.     Both Cymbeline and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (AMND) are both set in a patriarchal environment where both genders grapple for control. Valerie Traub defines the distinction between gender sex and gender behavior as “Sex refers to the . . . biological distinctions between male and female bodies. Gender refers

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    Female Genital Mutilation is a controversial topic that forces people to choose between traditional cultural rituals and the ethical rites of the female involved. Female genital mutilation (FGM)‚ explores several different points of view as well as addresses many contemporary issues. Mainstream assumptions and stereotypes‚ contemporary issues‚ and the women’s cultural and traditional perspectives paint a broader picture of the issues and implications surrounding FGM around the world. Sub Saharan

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    I strongly oppose Female genital mutilation to the fact that it violates two important human rights‚ namely: the right to have a surgery or not; and the right to keep one’s own gender identity. Another reason why I stand against female genital mutilation is the fact that I think that female genital mutilation is a strong gender issue leaning in favor of traditional men who want to control their many wives while they take turns to sleep with them‚ since female genital mutilation reduces the urge

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    Do Males and Females Communicate with each other in different ways? "…I do not give you the right to raise your voice to me because you are woman and I am man…" (Tannen p 23) This statement is offensive to both men and women alike. Yet it is a true‚ telling statement as well. This one sentence shows us that in many countries‚ including the U.S.‚ a patriarchal society creates a hierarchal push and pull between the genders‚ creating a very large gap in communication. This assertion also brings

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    Female Genital Mutilation Female Genital Mutilation is believed to have started in Egypt 2‚000 years ago and spread from there. Only a few years ago‚ FGM was considered a cultural tradition‚ but now the United Nations has labeled it as a violation of human rights. Canada‚ Denmark‚ the Netherlands‚ and the United States has declared Female Genital Mutilation grounds for seeking asylum and is a punishable offense (1). Many of us never heard of Female Genital Mutilation until the story of Kauziya

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    awareness‚ create an information portal as accessible as possible for everybody. Female circumcision seems to be declining slightly in some areas of Sudan. A culturally accepted policy and political commitment to eradicate the practice are needed. Education and economic empowerment of women would help lower support for the practice. A mass media campaign publicizing the risks of female circumcision and the fact that female circumcision is not obligatory for Islamic women would also be helpful. In

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    The female athlete triad is a health condition in which active women experience three inter-related disorders due to unhealthy body weight and eating habits. In the case of the triad‚ the word active refers to females who display moderate to high intensity levels of performance. The rate of performance must be high in order to counterbalance the decrease in calorie intake. Females who perform at a high intensity are at risk for the triad since they do not take in enough calories to fulfill the

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