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    Katha Pollitt Gender roles are not always prominent in a child’s life. Sometimes their parents influence how a child will grow up and act due to the way that they teach them to be at such a young age. However‚ when it comes to Katha Pollitt’s article‚ I do agree with her when she states that feminism does have a “natural limit”. When the subject of a natural limit to feminism is brought up‚ the idea of where the influence of this comes from comes to my mind. When it comes to parental

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    divided by gender. One is all in pink‚ with Barbie’s and kitchen sets. The second one is a mixture of colors‚ mostly of blue and red with trucks and guns. I wonder how it would look conversely‚ dolls in blue clothes and pink trucks. According to Katha Pollitt article‚ society gives children deceptive view of the world. She states‚ “… to reject her is to say that what Barbie represents- being sexy‚ thin‚ stylish.” This quotation shows untruthful vision of the ideal women. A toy like Barbie negatively

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    Katha Pollitt counters arguments against marriage between homosexuals in her essay “What’s Wrong with Gay Marriage?”. I think the main purpose of this essay was to convince the reader that there is absolutely nothing wrong with gay marriages. The author starts her essay with a question because she disagrees that gay marriage threatens the so-called institution of marriage. Pollitt jumps from one argument to another and looks at the institution of marriage from various perspectives‚ such as history

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    Journal 1 What does Pollitt believe to be the most basic reason why people object to same-sex marriage? Katha Pollitt on her essay called “What’s Wrong with Gay Marriage”? (Page 570)‚ she is arguming against same-sex marriage. This subject is very controversial in all aspects. Some of the reasons are: Political‚ Judicial‚ Economical‚ Conservatives people‚ History and Religions. Pollitt on her argument gives different points of view of why people object to same-sex marriage. One of the reasons

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    the Use of Tone in Essay Writing The tone of an essay reveals to readers who the author and gives them a sense of the writer’s personality. Tone tells the reader why the author is writing about their chosen subject. Both Barry and Pollitt are comparing the differences in men and women but their reasons for it and outlook about it vary greatly. Barry seems to celebrate these differences and make light of them while Pollitt explores the causes and effects of the differences. Katha Pollitt’s is most

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    Katha Pollitt‚ writer of “What’s Wrong with Gay Marriage?” depicts several reasons why people oppose to same sex marriage and among them‚ the most controversial reason is religion. Even though societies may think legalizing gay marriage will provide established homes for children who are left in orphanages and add financial earnings to state‚ marriage as it is‚ is between a man and a woman. Objection to gay marriage are based on religious prejudgment because a marriage of a man and a women is sacred

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    Gay Marriage: The Controversial Issue Gay marriage has been an ongoing controversial issue. Many other countries have legalized gay marriage for decades and the United States is just beginning to pick up on the trend. While many people believe that gay marriage will stem many problems in both the short run and the long run‚ it is an issue of discrimination if we were to put a law banning gay marriage. Currently the United States are split up with some states supporting

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    The articles ‘Land of the fair has fair way to go on same-sex marriage’ and ‘A matter of conscience or convenience’‚ and the illustration by Leunig were written in 2011-2012 were all focused on the topic of gay marriage and the laws restricting it in Australia. In The Age article‚ the Prime Minister’s old fashioned view on something that has become the norm has become out-dated‚ which she refuses to accept. There are also two significant ‘us’ and ‘them’ groups; between Julia Gillard and her party

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    Journal 22 Should Gay Marriage Be Legal In Texas? An Annotated bibliography According to Bothelo‚ a federal Texas judge did not implement the ban for same- sex marriage. The judge‚ stated “the current prohibition has not legitimate governmental purpose.” However the ruling by Judge Orlando Garcia will not go into effect immediately; there is a process that will take place which will not allow same- sex marriage in Texas for the time being. Bothelo‚ article gave

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    this place up. Yes‚ the Bible exemplifies marriage as a union between a man and a woman‚ but the Bible was written thousands of years ago‚ this is the future‚ and things are different. And since when did the Bible come to overrule the Constitution when it comes to Law? Everyone in Washington is constantly having the debate over the “definition of marriage”. Do we really need a definition? The only word that should come to mind when talking about marriage is love. If two people love each other why

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