Analysis: The Civil Rights Act of 1964‚ Title VII‚ forbids “an employer to … discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation‚ terms‚ conditions‚ or privileges of employment‚ because of such individual’s … sex.” Civil Rights Act‚ 1964. In Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson‚ the court held that “a plaintiff may establish a violation of Title VII by proving that discrimination based on sex has created a hostile or abusive work environment.” Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson (US 1986)
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Muted Group Theory Cheris kramarae Center for the Study of Women in Society University of Oregon Ph.D. University of Illinois‚ Urbana-Champaign 1975 Speech Communication [Sociolinguistics] Visiting Professor‚ Center for the Study of Women in Society‚ University of Oregon 1996- Professor‚ Women’s Studies; Sociology; Linguistics; Speech Communication‚ Center for Writing Studies; Division of English as an International Language‚ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign‚ 1985 -1996 Jubilee
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of their article by using logical appeals. They provide a mixture of data‚ evidence and facts‚ which help them support their claims. Starting with an introduction to the human history from ancient times‚ the authors get us into the beginnings of a male-centered world. “English is an androcentric because for centuries it has been evolving in a society where men have been dominant.” By appeal to the anthropology‚ they help us understand how
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that…And then you were surprised because she threw your slippers at you! I should have thrown the fire-irons at you” (Shaw 60). This contributes to a trend seen throughout various literary works where the female characters are more perceptive than the male
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In order for a patriarch system to perpetuate male superiority‚ they must first create a space for male domination. This is accomplished by instilling feelings of self-hatred and unworthiness in females so that they accept their inferiority. In a patriarch society that facilitates female inferiority it seems that unification of women is the only way to achieve liberation. In Cherrie Moraga’s Loving in the War Years‚ the chapter entitled “From a Long Line of Vendidas” teaches that patriarch society
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In “Bloodchild” by Octavia E. Butler‚ slavery is a recurring theme throughout the short story. The Tlic are portrayed as the more dominant race‚ while the humans‚ or Terrans‚ are more submissive. Terrans must give one of their children to a Tlic in order to be able to nurture their own human children. Gan’s mother decides to sacrifice one of her children to a Tlic named T’Gatoi‚ because of their childhood friendship and the political power T’Gatoi holds. Gan always knew he would be the chosen one
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McIntosh’s essay White Privileges: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack explores the ideas of the white privilege and the need to abate it. In her study‚ based on her profession and experience‚ McIntosh argues that white people are over privileged‚ and have grown accustomed to these advantages in society. Whites have “unearned skin privilege and have been conditioned into oblivion about its existence” (31). McIntosh states that we need to mitigate the dominance and advantages of white privilege‚ as well as educate
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The definition of Androcentrism is‚ “an ideological focus on males and men‚ and issues affecting them‚ possibly to the detriment of females.” Theory and reality is that humanity is male and man defines woman‚ not in herself but as relative to him. Looking through many different theories‚ cultures and history‚ it is proven and shown that males have always been the center of society. The real question is should males be the center or society‚ what gives them the right because everyone is supposed to
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In psychology many different perspectives seek to explain the differences between males and females. In societies they play distinctive roles and are treated and viewed differently. They behave differently too. To compare and contrast the accounts of sex and gender we need to define the terms sex and gender. To examine further we need to examine the key aspects of the biological‚ evolutionary‚ social constructionist and psychoanalytical perspectives focusing on similarities and differences regarding
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Gendered Expectations of Children Being a boy or a girl seems a very certain thing referring to the “sex” of the child which is determined by the child’s physical characteristics. Actually‚ children are able to decide to behave like a boy or a girl or something in between when growing up by their personal internal definition and interpretation of self which is their “gender identity”. This identity does not completely depend on their biological sex though most children’s gender identity aligns with
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