Female Ambiguity: Kirke from The Odyssey vs. Bianca from The Taming of the Shrew Women are ambiguous characters throughout texts such as The Odyssey and The Taming of the Shrew. In these two stories‚ there are female characters that are deceitful and beguiling towards men. Kirke and Bianca are two comparable characters that display such behavior. I will explain how both characters display ambiguity by hiding their true nature behind actions that they wouldn ’t normally take; therefore these
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Women are murdered all over the world. But in India a most brutal form of killing females takes place regularly‚ even before they have the opportunity to be born. Female feticide--the selective abortion of female fetuses--is killing upwards of one million females in India annually with far-ranging and tragic consequences. In some areas‚ the sex ratio of females to males has dropped to less than 8000:1000. Females not only face inequality in this culture‚ they are even denied the right to be born
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Female Foeticide in India Submitted by admin on 1 May‚ 2004 - 05:25 • India • IHN 2004.2 May • International Humanist News [pic] Female Foeticide in India By Indu Grewal and J. Kishore Introduction Some of the worst gender ratios‚ indicating gross violation of women’s rights‚ are found in South and East Asian countries such as India and China. The determination of the sex of the foetus by ultrasound scanning‚ amniocentesis‚ and in vitro fertilization has aggravated this situation
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Female Feticide: Causes‚ Effects and Solutions The curse of the girl child The curse of the girl child Female feticide Female feticide Isolation Isolation Female Feticide Pursue this fragment of an otherwise innocent conversation Doctor (female): It’s a little late. Besides‚ IT has grown too large in size to eliminate. Woman: Does that mean you can’t do anything to get rid of IT? Doctor: Hmm‚ maybe a timely pill or an injection can still kill IT. The money charged will increase
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A Cry Still Unheard: The Menace Of Female Foeticide In India “I am daughter of India. I am like your daughters who are playing in your premises‚ who are bringing laurels to the nation like Sunita Williams‚ Kiran Bedi‚ Kalpana Chawla‚ Sania Mirza etc. But there is a difference between me and all of you as I have been killed in the womb of my mother itself.” Once in our lives‚ most of us must have heard that a child is a ‘gift’ from God. Though whatever biology may suggest‚ it is not an uncommon
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FEMALE INFANTICIDE Imagine a world with no women. There are no wives‚ no sisters‚ no daughters‚ and no mothers. Unfortunately‚ this world is on the brink of becoming a scary reality for Asian countries such as China and India. Due to attempts to control population and the low value associated with females in these societies historically and culturally‚ both China and India are now facing a serious gender imbalance. Female infanticide and sex-selective abortion are responsible for this gender imbalance
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declined and the decline was sharper for female children than a male children in the age groups 0-6 years‚” reported the “Children in India 2012- A Statistical Appraisal” conducted by the Central Statistical Organization. This developed a noticeably skewed child sex ratio. China’s One Child Policy‚ established by Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in 1979‚ has led to the disdain of female infants‚ abortion‚ neglect‚ abandonment‚ and infanticide- known for the female infanticide rather than male. Though
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2: Findings 5 Background 5 Start up 6 Success 7 Future 7 Beliefs 7 Section 3: Analysis 8 SME 8 The Entrepreneurs Characteristics 8 Motivational Factors 9 Catalysts 10 Female Entrepreneur 10 Conclusion 11 Reflection 11 References 12 Introduction This report will cover the key issues faced by Edinburgh entrepreneur Roz Colthart of www.black-essentials.com. Both primary and secondary
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Female oppression Women have been exploited and faced oppression for ages. Until the 20. Century‚ societies had not been realized that situation or the opinions against women violence had not been spreaded enough. After the technological and intellectual development‚ many books have been written and movies have been made to increase awareness about the female oppression. I will analyze a movie and a book named Color Purple and Nora: A Doll’s house. Nora: A Doll’s house is one of the most
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Ellen Moers defines female gothic as the “work that women writers have done in the literary mode that‚ since the eighteenth century” (317). Gothic writings are fake fear; fear to stimulate what you might feel if this were actually to happen. But‚ gothic is not tragedy‚ tragedy is more terror and horror. Ellen Moers’ essay is about the evolution of different gothic writings and writers. As she states in her essay‚ “For Frankenstein is a birth myth‚ and one that was lodged in the novelist’s imagination
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